Why You Aren't Improving at Guitar

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  • Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 76

  • @justin555666
    @justin555666 Місяць тому +6

    Knowing full songs, even with simple chords, is a million times more useful than any of the licks, riffs, or solos I used to practice over and over and over. I wish I learned that sooner.

    • @purplecowideal
      @purplecowideal Місяць тому

      Yea but aren’t riffs cooler when you are at a boring party?😮

  • @chadwickpainter8212
    @chadwickpainter8212 Місяць тому +10

    Well done. Ive found that even just switching from my electric to an acoustic as I work through learning something new can help. Its harder to pull off a lot of the stuff on an acoustic for me, so when I need to tighten the song up, i play on it until I can make it sound reasonably good. When I switch back to my electric, things are tighter, and I flow a bit better.

  • @diegooland1261
    @diegooland1261 Місяць тому +3

    Great advice. This might sound silly but I'm adding foot tapping to my playing. I don't tap my foot when I play so it's a new thing for me. The trick I'm finding is forcing the guitar to follow the foot.

  • @ruthhancock7665
    @ruthhancock7665 Місяць тому +3

    This may be the best lesson you’ve done yet, Sean… and I like them all. Thanks so much, for being so giving to us Rookies.

  • @BookManiac1965
    @BookManiac1965 19 днів тому +1

    Great video. This has been kind of a breakthrough moment with these tips. Thank you.

  • @donindri
    @donindri Місяць тому +3

    Rhythm. Counting, subdivisions. Took me a long time to realize I wasn’t hearing subdivisions properly. Was it a triplet or a 16th with a rest on the e of 1 e and ah? For example. Sometimes it’s hard to go back and learn what you missed. Thanks for posting.

  • @greenwave792
    @greenwave792 Місяць тому +5

    Yes, learning full songs is a must. Playing with a full band helped me more than anything.

  • @bkennedy114
    @bkennedy114 Місяць тому +2

    You are a very good teacher . Glad I came across your channel

  • @rodnyg7952
    @rodnyg7952 Місяць тому +1

    after 40something years of playing i don't really concern myself with intentionally improving anything with it. I may learn a few things here and there, remember some and forget most, but that's all fine with me

  • @kitgroovemachine
    @kitgroovemachine Місяць тому +2

    Thanks for posting, great tips !

  • @Steve-yk7iu
    @Steve-yk7iu Місяць тому +2

    Thanks for the video. Great advice.

  • @cheribarkman1784
    @cheribarkman1784 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you

  • @jcburger733
    @jcburger733 Місяць тому +1

    Great ideas on how to improve playing guitar.

  • @michaelsacksteder7952
    @michaelsacksteder7952 Місяць тому +10

    That Post Malone song sounds like it's just Learning to Fly.

  • @stavies7525
    @stavies7525 Місяць тому +1

    Nice guitar 😊 Thanks for another great video!

  • @newworldwellness7007
    @newworldwellness7007 Місяць тому +1

    Good advice. Thank you

  • @markcafebrown2883
    @markcafebrown2883 Місяць тому

    Sean I learn a shit ton from you and your channel. Ty brother

  • @stefano.b65stef77
    @stefano.b65stef77 Місяць тому +1

    you're right, stop playing songs in instalments! i used to be scared by some songs, i played a little bit without finishing it
    i learned them on your Patreon to be able to play them fully

    • @seandaniel23
      @seandaniel23  Місяць тому

      Thank you so much! I appreciate the support!

  • @richardsoucie1648
    @richardsoucie1648 Місяць тому

    Thanks...you provide some great advice. I have an ever expanding list of covers that I want to learn and try to do a few each day. Lately I've been using Chordify a lot to get me started and then figuring out how to make the song "mine" and of course often have to transpose it to fit my voice. Appreciate the suggestions!

    • @seandaniel23
      @seandaniel23  Місяць тому

      I've heard good things about Chordify

  • @jdb2722
    @jdb2722 Місяць тому

    My struggle is I only play full songs. But it’s real hard to know a lot of songs I want to know how to play. I can’t play boring to play songs. Majority are E or A minor so I can slip my way through the solos. Been in this rut for roughly 15 years

  • @typicalhooman101
    @typicalhooman101 Місяць тому

    genuinely very good advice in this video

  • @TheJoYo
    @TheJoYo Місяць тому

    it's for jazzing up your showtunes.

  • @Bantamfire
    @Bantamfire Місяць тому +1

    Looking forward to seeing you at Sweetwater, next month 😊

    • @seandaniel23
      @seandaniel23  Місяць тому +2

      Yes! It's gonna be great!

    • @trusarmor4957
      @trusarmor4957 Місяць тому

      @@seandaniel23 we do love the remotes

  • @arlo2203
    @arlo2203 Місяць тому +1

    could you please link us to the viral vid u discussed? would love to check it out!
    thank you, sensei.

  • @jacksonvega7751
    @jacksonvega7751 Місяць тому +1

    I like to think that after 20 yrs I’m not gettin better but I am just gettin more n more idiosyncratic. Who wants to be a technical guitar player, the real glory is in carving out something that’s peculiarly you. Character guitar players are the guys Iv always orbited around, it’s also where pretty much all the great songs n live performances emanate from. Give me jack white or Marc Ribotor Joey Santiago over vai or satriani etc any day.

  • @joepike6460
    @joepike6460 Місяць тому

    Hey Sean, just wondering if you could do a video of how to palm mute on electric guitar when the volume control is directly below the strings - I find I keep hitting it with my strumming hand. Would really help thanks as ever man!

  • @harmonicalessonsnyc6386
    @harmonicalessonsnyc6386 Місяць тому

    IV Maj / I Maj / VI m / V Maj - I learn the song in 4 or 5 keys for the easy ones like this

  • @barnaclerusty
    @barnaclerusty Місяць тому

    I mostly play guitar to come up with music that I can sing to. I can get suck for hours just trying to figure out chords that sound good together. I feel like I play the same old chords and a lot of my songs sound similar. There are a lot of insane chords out there my fingers just don’t reach. Not sure if you have put together a video on how to come up with fresh chords that go well together to build a song with a chorus, but there is an idea if you have not 😊

  • @liberalsrmentallyflawed3611
    @liberalsrmentallyflawed3611 Місяць тому

    Because of a lot of knowledge I was studying and learning. After 2 1/2 years of every single day practicing and learning. I've reached where I want to be.. wait, just a Campfire Hero that's it.. I was 50 years old when I first picked up a guitar. Now, I've accomplished my mission. Just strumming and singing for friends after grilling out and drinks.. Didn't want to be a technical player. I'm not a flashy player. But I can be everyones Campfire Hero..

    • @ralfybaby
      @ralfybaby Місяць тому

      A campfire hero is something to be ... 😂

  • @pineywoods420
    @pineywoods420 20 днів тому

    Being a percussionist, new to guitar, having paradiddles imbedded in my brain has hindered my strumming.

  • @JohnnyAllan-vj7sj
    @JohnnyAllan-vj7sj Місяць тому

    I noticed I get good at stuff I wanna play, then I don't really wanna play anything else. So that's about as good as I'm gonna get

  • @RoadKing-ky2bs
    @RoadKing-ky2bs Місяць тому +1

    Do a video on how your one-off hit made thousands of dollars!

    • @chrissorensen9511
      @chrissorensen9511 Місяць тому +1

      🤣😂playing guitar has made me the “hundred-aire” that I am today!!! 🤣😂

  • @alansimpson8962
    @alansimpson8962 Місяць тому

    Yes very true learn riff maybe learn guitar solo. But if you are in a band you better learn that song note for note from beginning to end. Because now somebody might be paying you. For your.music services.

  • @guascamsb8138
    @guascamsb8138 Місяць тому

    When I got stuck, I started guitar lessons. I did lessons for 3 years... tbh I don't feel I got unstuck. :(

  • @icbtunit
    @icbtunit Місяць тому

    Sounds exactly like one of those Ricky Gervais songs from The Office. I've got a feeling it's the same progression.

  • @spoonsmith9506
    @spoonsmith9506 Місяць тому

    I like power chords cuz uh they way they are.

  • @renatoaj
    @renatoaj Місяць тому +1

    I think I've just reached my plateau. I've been playing for a year and the "stuck for 10 years" freaked me out

    • @seandaniel23
      @seandaniel23  Місяць тому +3

      Good thing you've got tips!

    • @bilalattique
      @bilalattique Місяць тому

      25 years of playing here…. Still learning😊

    • @nateday9328
      @nateday9328 Місяць тому

      I'm on year...12? Still learning...still fighting the suck...

  • @dkelwood
    @dkelwood Місяць тому

    chordify is how i practis

  • @ralph0808z
    @ralph0808z Місяць тому

    And I thought I had my webcam turned off.

  • @charlieytpw
    @charlieytpw Місяць тому

    Throughout you old paradox’ again.

  • @purplecowideal
    @purplecowideal Місяць тому

    Yea but I do know a lot of varied riffs. 🎉😢😮😅

  • @TheKitchenStairs
    @TheKitchenStairs Місяць тому

    I too, naturally sux at shredding!

  • @nateday9328
    @nateday9328 Місяць тому +1

    I'd be interested in your tik tok millionaire story! Lol...also, help me out with melodies on chords!

  • @APW-ry2ok
    @APW-ry2ok Місяць тому +2

    Keep your guitar in view on a stand ,so you are tempted to pick it up….

  • @philippinestroppoholic7996
    @philippinestroppoholic7996 Місяць тому +1

    It's not about the guitar playing expertise ... there are loads of fantastic players. It's all about the songwriting. Mediocre (technically speaking) musicians have become super rich from songwriting royalties and can hire top players, or not, on their recordings. Noel Gallagher is a perfect example. Just saying ...

  • @coachsean9982
    @coachsean9982 Місяць тому

    Whoa, taking shots at drummers? I'm hurt.😢😅

    • @seandaniel23
      @seandaniel23  Місяць тому +1

      It was a learn-ed experience haha. But i'm sure you're great!

  • @sunshine_1111x
    @sunshine_1111x Місяць тому

    Great advice! Thank you