Post by bluesbruce on Mar 26, 2015 7:04:26 GMT -6
While mindlessly surfing Youtube, I clicked on one of those "you might also like" links titled "7 Common Guitar Mistakes" or some such. Anyway, brought me to a video that I thought had some thought-provoking points. It's by a guy named Nate Savage (who I'd never heard of or watched before). It's about a 10 minute video, but I'll break down his seven points here (as well as give a link if you want to see the whole video):
1. not setting goals
2. wasting practice time noodling
3. strumming from the elbow (locking wrist) / using all downstrokes
4. poor muting (using both fretting and picking hands)
5. not using very tips of fingers to fret notes
6. not learning to tune well by ear
7. not applying what you’ve been practicing (using scales, chords in real music)
8. (bonus point) get your guitar set up by a professional
Anyway, I found this interesting and thought maybe someone else on here might as well. He said these are the biggest reasons he sees his students not make progress or not sound good when they play. Here's a link if you're interested to see the video:
Bruce
1. not setting goals
2. wasting practice time noodling
3. strumming from the elbow (locking wrist) / using all downstrokes
4. poor muting (using both fretting and picking hands)
5. not using very tips of fingers to fret notes
6. not learning to tune well by ear
7. not applying what you’ve been practicing (using scales, chords in real music)
8. (bonus point) get your guitar set up by a professional
Anyway, I found this interesting and thought maybe someone else on here might as well. He said these are the biggest reasons he sees his students not make progress or not sound good when they play. Here's a link if you're interested to see the video:
Bruce
