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A bad, live teacher is questionable.

If you can find a good one (and there are plenty out there - it just might take a try or two) it's the absolute quickest way to proficiency.

Insights and incites by Notes]]> Guitar Players Discussion notes_norton https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385872 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385867 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:50:44 +0000
You really do need to get yourself in front of a live tutor. That way your playing position and left/ right hand techniques can be looked at and fixed so you can carry on learning.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Alan Green https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385867 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385866 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:32:58 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Lorna Robinson https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385866 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385863 Sat, 21 Feb 2015 00:58:34 +0000
Practice as fast as you can without making mistakes, you don't want to learn mistakes.

Here is something I do when learning something difficult.

I break it down into small parts, perhaps a few measures of music, the music itself can give you logical chunks to learn by the what it's phrasing is structured.

Then I learn one part at a time doing this:

1) Play it as fast as I can without making a mistake for 2 minutes.

2) Take my hands off the guitar and do something else for two minutes

repeat steps 1 and 2.

For some reason, I learn things faster this way. A music teacher showed me this a long time ago, he said it doesn't work for everyone, but it works for most.

Insights and incites by Notes]]> Guitar Players Discussion notes_norton https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385863 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385843 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:41:10 +0000
Can you post a video of you playing guitar? I might be able to offer some advice if I can see you play. I think that this might have been/might be the problem. I looked at my picking technique, and realized it wasn't what one might consider normal. I more or less held my pick in a completely unnatural position. I looked up more proper ways to hold a pick, and since then have been working on gaining speed. As for my left hand, I have taken up metronomes to help coordination. I am still working out minor difficulties, but my problems have lessened.

As for an instructor, I never had one to begin with. I've been self taught.

If you would still like to see a video of me playing to look for any more flaws in my technique, I will try to get a recording of something more or less basic.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Necrodeath https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385843 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385791 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 23:40:30 +0000
Can't say that I remember having this problem, but 16 was a very long time ago and I didn't start playing until 13.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Hobson https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385791 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385788 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:15:32 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion jerrycasemusic https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385788 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385757 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:31:08 +0000
Can you post a video of you playing guitar? I might be able to offer some advice if I can see you play.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Riffs4Days https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385757 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385746 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:21:02 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Bruceye https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-385746 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-45746 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:16:29 +0000
I am direly concerned by my guitar playing as of late. I'm going on 16 years of age, and have been playing guitars for roughly eight years. I am decent, to say the least; capable of essentially whatever I try to learn. However, lately, I've been having difficulty building speed when playing, coordinating my picking, and moving my fingers to general patterns... I've not had this problem before with my hands... Is this a phase that most guitar players face? Perhaps due to my age? I am completely uncertain as to why this could be, and would appreciate anything that could serve as (at least partially) an explanation.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Necrodeath https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/difficulty-playing-guitars/#post-45746