Thank you, I can find loads of videos about what to practice, but not many on how to practice, this is really useful to me, I'm sure in no time I'll be just plain awful, as opposed to diabolically bad, as in now!
Thanx for the video. That is definitely something that I have been doing but I also add in ...doing it in front of the television. I find that I can semi detach my mind from both the practice and the tv and in that space I make significant progress on muscle memory. Eg nailing chords, arpeggios, pentatonics and general noodling... Muscle memory seems to come to me from a focus stage where I look and learn the "thing" by watching my hands...then by not watching them at all and visualing them.
Thank you that is very helpful. Sometimes other people have to do the legwork for us and I appreciate that I had an audition and didn’t do very well and this is one of the things they told me I need to focus on and it seem to of hit the nail on the head.
Sometimes the phrase “make a mistake” sounds bad, but it’s incredibly important to recognize that moment. In a way, you are trying to play repeatedly perfect movements while at the same time critically feeling whether a movement is in fact precise or a bit off. So, don’t completely shy away from mistakes, rather reward yourself when you ID an imperfection. That’s the thing, to see the opportunity to correct a flaw. Of course, there’s a balance. Being overly critical isn’t helpful. But 5 minutes of this deep analysis really makes a difference in the rest of your day. Great video!
This is just what I needed right now in my journey. I’m excited to start practicing right now. I was doing exactly what you mentioned at the beginning of the video. Not enough consistent perfect reps. Here we go! Thanks man.
I found this one other place. Rusty cooley. Practice all fragments for 5 mins at all speeds to program muscle memory. It works. I started practicing everything that way. Every key, every position, every permutation. I wish I would have known that when I was younger.
Practicing slow only helps to a certain point when it comes to speed. Practicing to walk slow doesnt teach you to run, you have to start running even if you fall. The motions are different at high speeds and have to be learned at high speeds. Think of children learning very quickly by trial and error, they learn walking perfectly by running and falling down over and over again until they find a way that works. Practicing on 3 speed levels seems a good choice, slow for perfection, medium tempos where you get it done well for 10 times. Then going beyond in short speed bursts where your technique starts falling apart and analysing the problem, isolate the problem and solve it.
He didn't say you should never try to play faster. In fact he clearly states that you should make sure you can play it cleanly without mistakes and then you can begin to practice faster and eventually build speed.
Walking and running are two different disciplines, like double picking and tremolo picking.You can’t walk and run at the same time as that would be a cantor (different discipline 😉)You learn to walk first slowly, then you learn to run slowly
What about situations where I can't really tell if It's perfect or not. For example right now I am trying to learn to just put my hand on the fretboard without looking and put it into the right spot from the first time. The problem is that I can't really tell if the shape I'm making on the second try (after I've done a succesfull attempt) is EXACTLY the same as the previous. It coulld easily be like a melimeter away and wouldn't even know it. Don't even speak about the rest of the arm. Like I don't have photographic memory or something.
Yes, that's crazy difficult. I've heard of players that can jump postions and find their spot...but not me. The shoulder and elbow are capable of a too wide of a range of motion and the subtle difference between the 6th or 7th fret is hard to nail every time. Still people do it with practice.
@@dannyjaco8997 As many as needed. You basically need to repeat it over and over until you can not think about it. That part of the process is really really hard to describe. But there's this moment while you're repeating the phrase that you slowly begin to let go. Like a trust. I'm not really a big fan of Zen philosophy but they really really nailed this idea. You must become a passive observer of yourself. This can take hundreds of repetitions. But I love it. It's calming, cathartic, like meditation. Try starting with 200 repetitions. But really really try to enjoy the process more than count. Delight in the sound of the guitar in the soothing repetitions. And then after 200 repetitions if you can say that you really enjoyed that process. Then you might have what it takes to be among the best guitar players. That easy.
from your brains point of view, going from a C chord to an F chord to a G chord is no different than reciting your times table up to 12x12 --> repetition creates & reinforces neural pathways (so it's really in the brain, not the muscle - but it works!)
I've been following the Agoge Diet for a couple of months and have built so much muscle. Just wanted to share for those feeling stuck with their muscle building.
I play a lot of PC games. Flying a flight sim you need a mouse hand and a stick hand. I am left handed. I always used my left hand for the stick. Where I sit it's easier to use the stick in the right hand and mouse in my left. Now using a flight stick in my left hand doesn't feel right. Guess that's muscle memory. That was such an easy switch. Why can't I get it on guitar? I also play guitar right handed.
I'm not convinced. seems like it's do as I say.. not as I do. the last minute of the video is Hella fast. like he ignored his own advice!!! what about the alternative... slow then medium. then slow. then fast? repeat. and if your price is 10 minutes. 10 times slow is a lot of time to be playing slow. and playing slow in itself is useless if you aren't improving technique each time. he says nothing about that.. so he's all talk. another thing - he ignores whether the music matters. maybe for some riffs you need to practice it faster than slow.
incredible insight. Not many channels realise about this problem when teaching guitars to beginners
Thank you, I can find loads of videos about what to practice, but not many on how to practice, this is really useful to me, I'm sure in no time I'll be just plain awful, as opposed to diabolically bad, as in now!
Possibly the best piece of guitar practice advice I’ve ever heard.
Thank you, but I can't claim to have created the ideas. For more reading consider 'Effortless Mastery' by Kenny Werner.
Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect. Thank you for the vid.
Thanks
Thank you!
Thanx for the video.
That is definitely something that I have been doing but I also add in ...doing it in front of the television. I find that I can semi detach my mind from both the practice and the tv and in that space I make significant progress on muscle memory. Eg nailing chords, arpeggios, pentatonics and general noodling...
Muscle memory seems to come to me from a focus stage where I look and learn the "thing" by watching my hands...then by not watching them at all and visualing them.
Thank you that is very helpful. Sometimes other people have to do the legwork for us and I appreciate that I had an audition and didn’t do very well and this is one of the things they told me I need to focus on and it seem to of hit the nail on the head.
Thank you Sir
Very informative video. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Sometimes the phrase “make a mistake” sounds bad, but it’s incredibly important to recognize that moment. In a way, you are trying to play repeatedly perfect movements while at the same time critically feeling whether a movement is in fact precise or a bit off. So, don’t completely shy away from mistakes, rather reward yourself when you ID an imperfection. That’s the thing, to see the opportunity to correct a flaw. Of course, there’s a balance. Being overly critical isn’t helpful. But 5 minutes of this deep analysis really makes a difference in the rest of your day.
Great video!
Thanks Sir.. I like slick teaching. How come this video does not have a million views n hundred thousand comments
Thanks for liking
That'd be nice! Here's hoping.
Thank you so much, this lesson is the real thing
Great info!
Thanks for the explanation.
That's actually really helpful, thanks mate!
This is just what I needed right now in my journey. I’m excited to start practicing right now. I was doing exactly what you mentioned at the beginning of the video. Not enough consistent perfect reps. Here we go! Thanks man.
Great! Hope this helps.
i've learned something in this video thanks for making this you should have 1million subs and 1million$
Thanks
Could you leave a link for the books next time ? Great video btw ! !
Good stuff
Motivating
Glad you enjoyed!
I always forget to go back to this fundamental practice thanks for the reminder and great explanation
I found this one other place. Rusty cooley.
Practice all fragments for 5 mins at all speeds to program muscle memory. It works. I started practicing everything that way. Every key, every position, every permutation. I wish I would have known that when I was younger.
Would have known..
@@jimantonino4394 yeah, haha
I corrected it. Thanks.
Practicing slow only helps to a certain point when it comes to speed. Practicing to walk slow doesnt teach you to run, you have to start running even if you fall. The motions are different at high speeds and have to be learned at high speeds. Think of children learning very quickly by trial and error, they learn walking perfectly by running and falling down over and over again until they find a way that works. Practicing on 3 speed levels seems a good choice, slow for perfection, medium tempos where you get it done well for 10 times. Then going beyond in short speed bursts where your technique starts falling apart and analysing the problem, isolate the problem and solve it.
He didn't say you should never try to play faster. In fact he clearly states that you should make sure you can play it cleanly without mistakes and then you can begin to practice faster and eventually build speed.
Walking and running are two different disciplines, like double picking and tremolo picking.You can’t walk and run at the same time as that would be a cantor (different discipline 😉)You learn to walk first slowly, then you learn to run slowly
What you’re saying is spot on to my journey and it’s only when I got this concept I started seeing crazy improvement.
I should've watched this 25 years ago!
Great video. Thank you sir
Thank you!
This method really helps
Watch some Ted talks on learning
What about situations where I can't really tell if It's perfect or not. For example right now I am trying to learn to just put my hand on the fretboard without looking and put it into the right spot from the first time. The problem is that I can't really tell if the shape I'm making on the second try (after I've done a succesfull attempt) is EXACTLY the same as the previous. It coulld easily be like a melimeter away and wouldn't even know it. Don't even speak about the rest of the arm. Like I don't have photographic memory or something.
Yes, that's crazy difficult. I've heard of players that can jump postions and find their spot...but not me. The shoulder and elbow are capable of a too wide of a range of motion and the subtle difference between the 6th or 7th fret is hard to nail every time. Still people do it with practice.
Great tip
Good job 👍
Thanks
Glad I found this!!!!
Good info thanks
Nice piece in the beginning, what is it?
Thanks. Yes, it's a beautiful piece. It's Carcassi Opus 60 no. 23
Thanks Ken! love it
@@andrewkratz226 You're welcome!
What’s the into song called?
If you know 7 or 8 chords, should you be practicing going between all of them, or work on going between two of them first??
I've had the results with just 'two of them first'. Usually focusing on whatever chord transitions are giving the most trouble in a particular piece.
@@kenjehlemany reps do you try and do each time. Thanks for responding to me.
@@dannyjaco8997 As many as needed. You basically need to repeat it over and over until you can not think about it. That part of the process is really really hard to describe. But there's this moment while you're repeating the phrase that you slowly begin to let go. Like a trust. I'm not really a big fan of Zen philosophy but they really really nailed this idea. You must become a passive observer of yourself. This can take hundreds of repetitions. But I love it. It's calming, cathartic, like meditation. Try starting with 200 repetitions. But really really try to enjoy the process more than count. Delight in the sound of the guitar in the soothing repetitions. And then after 200 repetitions if you can say that you really enjoyed that process. Then you might have what it takes to be among the best guitar players. That easy.
I'm gonna try it ?
Great video
Thanks!
A title says easy I'm going to click on it.
from your brains point of view, going from a C chord to an F chord to a G chord is no different than reciting your times table up to 12x12 --> repetition creates & reinforces neural pathways (so it's really in the brain, not the muscle - but it works!)
But there is muscle memory like finger placement on chords and behind neck for example
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I've been following the Agoge Diet for a couple of months and have built so much muscle. Just wanted to share for those feeling stuck with their muscle building.
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I play a lot of PC games. Flying a flight sim you need a mouse hand and a stick hand. I am left handed. I always used my left hand for the stick. Where I sit it's easier to use the stick in the right hand and mouse in my left. Now using a flight stick in my left hand doesn't feel right. Guess that's muscle memory.
That was such an easy switch. Why can't I get it on guitar? I also play guitar right handed.
Heh, flawless D
I'm not convinced. seems like it's do as I say.. not as I do. the last minute of the video is Hella fast. like he ignored his own advice!!! what about the alternative... slow then medium. then slow. then fast? repeat. and if your price is 10 minutes. 10 times slow is a lot of time to be playing slow. and playing slow in itself is useless if you aren't improving technique each time. he says nothing about that.. so he's all talk. another thing - he ignores whether the music matters. maybe for some riffs you need to practice it faster than slow.
He does talk about technique. Maybe you should watch this more slowly. lol