Loose advice from a music education graduate who is a multi-instrumentalist: When it comes to technique-focused exercise such as scales, practice them so slowly that you cannot make a mistake. Your fingers will learn the mistakes and you will take just as long to unlearn the mistakes as you will learning to speed up the scale/passage. Another tip I've been given by many different instrument pros: Always practice with a metronome!
I really appreciate you posting your learning and documenting your experience. I've played guitar for 13 years but have really been spending more time on it as of late and am hoping to master it in time.
@@cody7855 the hardest part to deal with is patience in this regard. I've started songs at 25bpm that eventually needed to be 125bpm so I could actually learn the song correctly, only going up 1bpm each time I got it correct. it's extremely painstaking to learn this way, but you learn more quickly over time and it becomes less of a slog. I recommend that route to any beginners who have the time and patience, but I do believe there's some room for leeway.
@@AdultGuitarLearning Yeah, something with a rosewood fingerboard and a bit bigger frets can be more managable for a begginer. That ebony board can be tough on the fingers.
@@voyxu143 I hear you, I had a Les Paul back when played 25 years ago, so I guess that was the thing that drew me to this one. My first was a sunburst. This fireburst looks dope
Loose advice from a music education graduate who is a multi-instrumentalist: When it comes to technique-focused exercise such as scales, practice them so slowly that you cannot make a mistake. Your fingers will learn the mistakes and you will take just as long to unlearn the mistakes as you will learning to speed up the scale/passage.
Another tip I've been given by many different instrument pros: Always practice with a metronome!
I really appreciate you posting your learning and documenting your experience. I've played guitar for 13 years but have really been spending more time on it as of late and am hoping to master it in time.
Was going to comment the same thing. As the saying goes and I think JustinGuitar likes to say, Practice makes permanent…so practice perfectly!
@@cody7855 the hardest part to deal with is patience in this regard. I've started songs at 25bpm that eventually needed to be 125bpm so I could actually learn the song correctly, only going up 1bpm each time I got it correct. it's extremely painstaking to learn this way, but you learn more quickly over time and it becomes less of a slog. I recommend that route to any beginners who have the time and patience, but I do believe there's some room for leeway.
Thank you for that, its tough to play something slowly that i know the beat and pace... I keep wanting to speed up, but I know i shouldn't
Master of Puppets is really ambitious as a brand new player. I respect the hell out of it.
Hey, gotta have a goal? Right?
Start by doing Black Sabbath, it will be easier.
I wish you the best. I just started playing again after 15 years of not playing at all.
I'm throwing a few sabbath songs in too. While puppets is the "goal" its not all i'm doing :)
@@AdultGuitarLearning My goal is Kiss of death by Dokken.
@@zibafairchild6185 Hell ya brother, I hope you get it :D
LMAO....this guy starts with a Les Paul Supreme??? BIG MISTAKE BRO....!!!
Why? what's wrong with it?
@@AdultGuitarLearning advanced guitar man, ought to get something a little more playable.
@@voyxu143 playable? How? It plays great. Is there something easier?
@@AdultGuitarLearning Yeah, something with a rosewood fingerboard and a bit bigger frets can be more managable for a begginer. That ebony board can be tough on the fingers.
@@voyxu143 I hear you, I had a Les Paul back when played 25 years ago, so I guess that was the thing that drew me to this one. My first was a sunburst. This fireburst looks dope
You lesson demos SUCK ... PLEASE STOP AND TAKE LESSONS YOURSELF, OK
I think you misunderstood the point of the channel there bud. watch the very first video and get back to me