How I Would Learn Guitar If I Could Start Over
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Guitar is one of those instruments that everyone seems to learn completely differently. Every guitarist has their own story of how they learned guitar, and they're all totally unique. That being said, here are some of the things I wish I did differently when I was first learning guitar.
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Comrades, don’t despise your small beginning and journey. We are still 1% of the 10% that wished they could play guitar to entertain the other 90%. Each month ahead is a chance to learn new concepts and techniques. Strum on!
Comrades are never a part of the 1%
We want to seize the means of improvisation.
As a teacher, job #1 for me is to keep the student inspired. When I teach a song, I use it as a tool to teach a specific technique / skill.
this has been my own experience as a self taught musician. it started with guitar, but after losing inspiration I turned to drums. years later and many lessons(as a drummer) learned, I’ve returned to guitar and am way better off having taken the drum approach- broader musical instincts if you will, stacked with lots of time spent jamming and gigging. The common thread all of these years that kept my progression going was staying inspired, listening to new music and really breaking down the songs I love most, using them as learning platforms.
Another tip: Learn a genre you don't like or don't care to listen to. I started playing also in 03, and all I wanted to play was punk and metal. I solely practiced sweep picking and power chords. I ended up working in a few studios in Nashville in 2013, and my landlord invited me to a jam night of "old blues cats that know their sh*t." This old black dude who had a WORN es-335 saw me and my white Schecter Avenger and decided to chat with me. He taught me so many licks and eventually a few jam nights later encouraged me to get on stage with a bunch of these blues players. It was because of him, my landlord and that jam bar that I play blues, and country. And because they encouraged me to branch out I'm now dabbling in slide and bluegrass. 13 y/o me would have never dared touch that music, but I listen and play so many things now that I could have been even better at if I just tried it back then.
Learning where the notes are (by feel after finding your first root), learning how chords are formed from the major scale and learning the triads on the bottom 4 strings unlocks so much. With those fundamentals you can play almost anything. Well, with practice...
For so many years I wrote myself off as a guitarist, I knew I was covered for songwriting purposes but looked at a Clapton, Mayer or Stevie solo like unattainable foreign magic I just wasn’t born with. Well that’s bullshit! As soon as you start putting in the work on your phrasing, vibrato, etc, you start to learn to sing with it and really express yourself, which is what makes these guys so good. Slowly but surely the hours and reps add up and you’ve got yourself some nasty blues chops!
To piggy back on #1, I think ‘GREAT’ is the key to finding a teacher. I grew up in a small town and in hindsight the local guitar shop teacher phoned it in by teaching tab. No theory. No fundamentals. No ear training. Just classic rock tab. I wish I would have had 1/10th of what’s available today on the internet back then.
and FOR FREE. I was not born before the internet but the amount of things I've seen and learned is something I would not trade. without them I would've just straight-up left music
This is golden!!! You hit all the stuff that I've come to realize is being a musician and not just someone who can mimic real musicians!!!
Regarding the Bass...I did 5 years of college as a Music Composer Major but one day a couple decades later I was renovation a home for a client and the husband came home at lunch every day and practiced his Bass Guitar. Listening to him as I ate my lunch in their garage taught me at least as much about composing as I learned in 5 years of college. 30 years later (2 years ago) I bought my first Bass and I wish it had been my first instrument when I was a kid. The Bass is the most fun of all the instruments, brass, strings, wind, percussion, hillbilly, middle eastern, Asian, etc. that I've played in my 75 years.
Rhett, thank you for the content. This video is great!
Love this new style ❤
This is a really well-edited video.
Goddamn that’s a beautiful Les Paul.
Keep up the good work.👍
Been playing for 8 years now, and is challenging once you get the fundamentals and foundational mechanics down. That challenging sense turns into satisfaction really quick of course. Definitely a huge investment, especially in a professional or session sense. Always appreciate the knowledge and experience you offer here.
Great and generous advises, Rhett. Thx
Great question -- certainly piqued my interest as a beginner. Will take it all on board.
Love the channel ❤
You just give a valuable lesson to any one taking up the guitar. I have tried to play with people who only played at home and basically by their self. That was a timing disaster. I started learning to play the guitar at 14. When I was in my early 20's I bought my cousins piano. Back in the 70' s books for piano was about all there was. So actually knowing the chords to songs helped to learn some songs on it. Multiple instruments to me personally helped learn new things on all of them. So the best to you from an old player.
Genuinely useful review for an indie rocker for whom metal is a guilty pleasure.
Learning bass was invaluable to me for opening my ears to the rest of the band. And every other instrument I've sat down at (drums, mandolin, keys, ukelele, lap steel, harmonica) has helped me be a more rounded musician and listen more fully and deeper.
Yes! From #1: A great teacher can expose you to lots of cool music that you might otherwise miss. *Listening* is so important to growth.
Started on Keys and Violin, switched to drums in middle school, and played jazz in college through my 20s and now all my work is guitar and vocals and nobody knows I even play those other instruments. I was fully self taught on guitar and really figured out how to lock in with drums and bass as part of a rhythm section and I gotta say, a drummer playing guitar has been my secret to success. Absolutely recommend picking up more instruments cause it will just make you better if you put in a little time, AND being able to play just about any instrument is money in the bank. That all said, finally took my first guitar lesson last spring because I just wanted a mentor and somebody to kick my ass and man I wish I took lessons sooner. I did realize that if I'm taking lessons I do tend to go way way overboard on practicing though and I tend to not get anything else done. I like taking lessons in the winter and then in the spring doing a bunch of songwriting and then gigs gigs gigs the rest of the year, rinse and repeat. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Great video Rhett!👍😊👏
Great video, Rhett
Amazing video and informative. As someone in their first year, videos like this help someone like me who gets overwhelmed by all the information out there on UA-cam, Reddit, and google.
For me, a lot of these tips that you gave, I ended up doing by playing as a volunteer in church. When I joined, mostly everyone was better than than me, for a lot of the Guitar parts I had to learn triads, you’re playing in a band every week, and usually there’s an opportunity to pick up another instrument if you just learn the basics (bass was something I picked up easily).
Definitely wished I learned CAGED, triads and such earlier. I knew the shapes just didn’t know how to apply them to my own playing. And also developing my own practice routine and not get stuck in the rigid structure of do these drills for this amount of time etc etc. I used to get so bored and then would go noodle around.
But now I just turn those drills into musical moments so that I don’t get bored and I’m more likely to have it stick. Same with ear training. Learn the songs I love cause I’ll be more willing to keep trying.
Really helpful, thanks
First off great video I've been playing since 1979 and I keep thinking about how I would start over if I was 9 years old today. I actually went ahead and signed myself up for a folk guitar class at my local community center after my uncle gave me an acoustic. The strings were about an inch off the fretboard but I was determined I had seen people on TV and I had seen the Woodstock movie broadcast on PBS as well as The Last Waltz Eric Clapton and Robbie Robertson and Jimi Hendrix became my heroes and then there wa this guy called Eddie Van Halen that everybody was talking about...
The folk guy recommended a nice folk lady who taught me for a couple years and then turn me on to a guy that played rock and roll he was able to show me up close the intangibles such as Ben's hammer-ons Palm muting he played at Hendrix and Van Halen and David Gilmour and AC/DC right in front of me so I can physically see how it was done which was invaluable.
Fast forward to today I have a 13 year old and a 10-year-old both girls they've had guitars in their rooms since they were very young neither has shown interest and I've given up trying to teach them because I realized I'm not a good teacher just as if my father would have tried to teach me it wouldn't have gone well being on UA-cam is no substitute for having a good teacher
I taught myself as well in the late 70s. My brother had taught me how to play chords on keyboards, so I was coming from an already established understanding of basic music, but on a completely different instrument. I learned guitar chords by transposing the notes of chords I knew on keys, over to the fretboard. As a result, I learned all the familiar chord shapes, but I finger some of them differently from most people (my open D fingering throws everyone off (index on the E string, middle on the G, ring on the B) I also taught myself to barr the open D, C and G shapes as well, instead of just the E and A shapes. And I developed my own unique style of picking using both my fingertips or my nails, for different situations. When not playing fingerstyle, I still don’t use a pick - my index fingernail serves as a pick, even though I keep it really short so I can use the nail *or* the flesh, just by how I angle my fingers. All of these things add up to the fact that I have my own unique style and sound on guitar, stemming from the fact that I completely taught myself, from listening, from transposing from sheet music (I can’t sight read, but I can sit down and translate it), and by ear. I wouldn’t change a thing about how I learned if I could go back. I probably could have learned more quickly, but I may never have developed my own thing if I had learned the same ways everyone else does.
Excellent advice
Awesome advice.
Hindsight is my whole experience with guitar! Lol
My first teacher when I was 12 yrs old, was a very nice well meaning girl of 16, who had been playing herself for only 4 years at the time, so my lessons came straight out of the Mel Bay book with no insights.
Plus, I had a mad crush on her that was distracting to say the least.
Your suggestion regarding learning a second instrument is very good. I dabbled with the keyboard for a year once and my guitar playing improved because with the keyboard I learned more about pacing, tempo and the difference between bass notes and high notes than I had with my guitar. It also improved my ear.
I just watched ricks video titles the same thing. I’ve been getting back into guitar after a few years away and attacking it more from the theory angle instead of just learning from tabs. Look forward to this one.
Thanks so much for an insightful video 👍
Here's a topic for what could be a challenging video. I personally have never met, heard, seen or read about a great player (not a pro or well known player) simply someone that can really play well that started later in life, 30s,40s, or beyond. I don't know that such a person even exists. Would love to see a video about that guy or gal.
Good advice!
I've played drums and keyboards, guitar and bass, even learning harmonica has taught me much. Good Vibes! 🎶
Great video @RhettShull. I would amend your advice just slightly. Trying to get good enough at guitar, keys and drums to do session work or tour on all three is an awfully tall order. It’s good to learn enough on those instruments to understand their role in the band though. Being able to sing is indeed a great plus. For those starting out I advise to learn some theory beyond just triads and pentatonics. Understanding the diatonic scale unlocks western music. From there you get to key signatures, modes and more complex harmony. I would also encourage really learning rhythm including how to read and write it. Understanding bars and time signatures gives you a big leg up. I’m amazed at how many players don’t understand simple rhythm concepts like where the “and of three” falls in a measure. Just my two cents.
I jumped into the deep end by being convinced to join junior high bands by the music teacher (friend of family) as the bass player. So deep end of playing with others, having a teacher but also at one point him forcing us to all switch instruments one year. I stayed focused on bass, but also picked up some guitar, trombone and drums along the way.
Lot of fun times and even with breaks in playing, I can usually still pickup a bass and enjoy playing it long as my hands & back allow (carpal tunnel, back injuries, etc suck)
That Les Paul looks so nice. Dream guitar.
This is an interesting take. I started playing and taking lessons at 7 years old. Between 7 and 14 I had 4 guitar teachers, 3 of which were hardly novices now that I look back and only one (my last one) actually went to school for music. However by age 14 I wasn’t interested in learning how to read music (which I can still piece together today) and after years of subpar teachers who could hardly teach you a song and simply taugt what in the Mel Bay books I grew bored of the instrument and didn’t really play with any intention until I was 23. Thankfully for UA-cam I’ve learned more in the last six years of playing than I did in my years of formal lessons. Teachers are a great resource, but there’s also a lot of great information for free or close to it on UA-cam and other digital resources. UA-cam and finding an artist whose style I wanted to mimic are really what saved the guitar for me.
You can obtain a great teacher at anytime. Particularly someone who quickly and astutely analyzes your approach and frees you up musically to get out of your own way. I studied another instrument with a great teacher and there were students of all levels. Actually more professionals than beginners. Great musicians, of any instrument, never stop learning.
For anyone wanting to learn theory, a keyboard will make it much easier to visualize. You don't need to know how to play; it's just a tool to help see how chords are put together.
If you don't have one, all you need is something cheap with 2-3 octaves. I use a keyboard controller connected to my laptop via USB. As long as you can play 5-10 notes at a time it'll do fine.
Nice topic to cover.
Good advice. I agree with every point you made.
Playing the bass guitar will improve your overall playing. Playing the drums , or even a cajon, is very important if you want to feel the rythm better. But personally I wouldn't worry
to much about the keys. You can't be good at everything at he same time, we have to focus.
Did you see the Mariachi trilogy? Like: El Mariachi, Desperado, and Once upon a time in the west? You should see all three of them. Make it a Christmas project, it's fun, really!
I started out playing in a band almost immediately after picking up the guitar, I think most of us (bandmates) started around the same time, and just learned as we went on. Learning by doing, really.
Took lessons for maybe 6 months, and then went on my own - though I should have kept on taking lessons for a stronger theoretical foundation. For ages I would just play what sounded right, without necessarily knowing what was happening. When you practice 5-10 hours a day, you start hearing and seeing patterns all over the place, without having any specific name for those patterns. You know what is working, and what isn't, but don't know the theory behind it.
Anyway, playing in band(s) really helped pushing one as a musician. Had to play a ton of music I didn't care for, or wouldn't have played otherwise.
Wait....I started playing 20 years ago, but that was 1984.......I'm not this old.
I can't be.
Awesome video, Sir. I am not sure where my life would be without guitar and especially my teacher...and I don't want to think about it.
I wish he was on social media but he isn't a monster player and great musician.
Thanks for sharing ideas what to do if you are to start all over again. I think learning Bass guitar is a better option for beginners and for me as you can sing and play single note easily. I still struggled playing with standard open chords after all the years of playing guitar.
You’re right.
I ended up figuring a lot of it on my own.
The whole root note thing was a complete mystery to me regarding the science of it. Everything prior was discovered purely from trial and error.
I won’t even get into the minor to major discoveries.
Thanks for your perspective, Rhett. My "if I could start over" list: (1) Find a good teacher and keep learning new things. I took about three months worth of lessons; mostly I learned campfire chords. Continued lessons with a better teacher would have helped. (2) Keep punching through the sticking points. If I got stuck on a lick or a speed technique I tended to freeze up rather than persevere through it. A good teacher would have helped me with this point. (3) Ear training. I've been playing for 50 years, and my understanding of music has grown exponentially in the short time that I've been mindfully working on connecting my ears to my fingers on the fretboard. (4) Did I mention find a good teacher? I have to have a good rapport with my teacher or else nothing is gonna improve.
i mindlessly beat on my guitar for a decade until i started playing with other people that knew a bit more than i did, i think the power chord was my first revelation and it lit a fire inside me that still burns today. i dont think there is a wrong or right way to learn, but the more you can ultimately learn is what will make you a better musician
I tried teaching myself guitar, after all I knew some basics & theory from piano lessons (I always wanted to play guitar, so see that as a detour )
But I wasn’t ready as an 11 year old, so I asked my parents for lessons
I later taught as well.
I still learned on my own and from friends and other musicians
Great video
I think one thing a lot of guitarists also need to do from an early stage is experiment with writing. Not riffs, but full-on songs. It forces you to listen to other people’s music and understand where phrasing comes in, structure and pacing. Even if all you’re doing is just writing an instrumental piece with just one guitar, embrace the process. Like anything, the more you do it the better you’ll get and just remember - even the Beatles shelved 75% of their music. It’s a numbers game :)
Honestly this is a mental block for me. I've gotten comfortable with the major scale and minor pentatonic, learning most of the notes all on the neck. But doing a song start to finish and creating my own composition is just not what I've done at all and is intimidating to me. I might come up with a riff or melody but don't know how to expand it.
I was lucky with the first part, I went to music school to play chello for about a year an a half when I was 9 years old. Hated it. But that left me with enough music theory to figure out scales and chords in different inversions, and how to find these chords and scales on the neck.
Rhett, all the points you just mentioned in this video are exactly the things that I also would want to have done differently. I started out with guitar lessons at the age of 8 and wanted to learn how to rock like Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend and Tony Iommi (my three heroes at that time). But my teacher wanted to me to learn how to read sheet music and get a proper technique and so 8 year old me quit because it wasn't any fun for me at that time. So I forgot about guitar playing for a while and then started off autodidactically at age 12. That was much more fun BUT I never learned how to properly play/understand/listen etc. until I started music university, which was quite a rough time because I definitely was the least proficient musician in our class. But as you said: I tried to keep up! And now I've been working as a professional musician for a couple of years already and I'm very happy things turned out the way they did. BUT I also would want to re-learn the guitar the way you explained in this video!
Thanks for the content - love your channel btw!
Greetings from Switzerland,
David
I have been playing guitar for 20 years too, but definitely I haven't been as consistent as you. It's only in the past 7 years or so I've been doing things the "proper" way, taking lessons, making sense of going up and down the fretboard and actually making sounds out of the guitar instead of random noises.
I'm not at the same level of theory knowledge (let alone sheer skills!) as you, but at this point I know I can improve in a "safe" and comforting way. Before taking lessons I just looked at the guitar and would feel totally sad due to the fact I wasn't able to play like I wanted to.
Only thing I wish is that my old teacher would still give lessons...
I started teaching high school in 2004 and knowing that I could have been your teacher now has me feeling super old. Thanks a lot man!!! Jk obviously. Good points in this. I've been playing over 30 years and I have some big gaps in my knowledge. This has me thinking about taking lessons again.
Started when I was 9 taking lessons from a great teacher and player. (Not always synonymous.) I totally agree with playing with other people and especially someone(s) who is/are better than yourself. I'm 71 years old and still look to play with other musicians that are better then I am. That includes horn players to drummers. Another example: our new minister is ararely turn down an opportunity to play in the pit at a local summer stock musicals. (that music kicks my butt.)
Without watching the video yet I would like to say a couple of things
1-you’re a damn good guitar player
2-learn theory
I started at 42 and I’m 60 now. Shortcuts may get you you somewhere but knowing where all those notes are and what notes work with what chords really elevate your playing and help you understand why those shapes are what they are. Greatness a,ways includes hard work
I wouldn't even say you need to learn theory, some of the Greatest players of all time, Stevie Ray Vaughn, the Beetles Paul Macartny, John Lennon, Eric Clapton to name a few never learned theory. More importantly is learn all the notes on the low E string obviously the high E is Identical and on the A string plus all your roots and you can play about anything. 👍🏼💯
As a bassist for 20+ years, I'd agree on your tips. If players want to get a bit more advanced, I'd really learn how to count the up and down beats, and be able to hit either one consistently. That helps break out of the bass drum comfort zone, and interesting timing adds a lot of spice to even simple lines. Beyond that, knowing how to play all the notes of 7th and 9th chords is KEY for more harmonically complex songs, like lots of R&B and jazz. Bass is both a rhythmic and harmonic instrument, so you really need to be a well-rounded musician to be that musical glue in a band. It's also just so much fun.
I started Playing drums fist before I got into guitar. Before I started playing guitar I think almost 8 year of playing drums before I started playing guitar. It does really help. Playing drums helped me learn guitar way faster than I Think Most people. After A couple of years of playing I felt comfortable on the instrument
Justin Sandercoe’s course is great. I’ve learned a TON so far. Best course online hands down.
I feel that point about playing with other people. Don’t think I’ve had the opportunity to jam with people since pre-pandemic, and while I do think I’ve gotten better at the guitar in that time, none of it matters if I’m all rusty when trying to actually make music with others. Plus it’s way more fun!
Totally agree on learning other instruments. I'd be working seven days a week if I didn't cap it at five just because I'm versatile enough to fill lots of holes. And that's not an overstatement, I was literally asked by my boss to work every single day! If you want to be the BEST be a specialist. If you want to be USEFUL be versatile. You're much more likely to be useful than the best.
I feel the same as you, but I'm not pro by a long shot. My biggest growth came from just playing with jam tracks on UA-cam until it sounded good. After that I made a garage band with people I met on Craigslist and through mutual contacts. We recorded an album together at my friend's house using rudimentary recording techniques. Despite that the album turned out great for weekend hobby musicians.
My problem, is that I need someone IRL to teach it to me. I’m not just trying to learn through UA-cam. I’ve tried for three months and it came out short. Now playing the guitar feels useless months later. Like I’m not getting anywhere. I’m not a visual learner. I need someone to sit with me and tell me what I should be doing and HOW to do it. Like repeatedly telling me my mistakes and helping me get better type stuff. That’s how I learn things.
Being self taught for me was not optional. We were very poor. As an adult, looking around for online instruction was if anything, confusing. I have advanced more in the last year than I have in the last 10, because there are tons of videos that take you back to the basics, something I didn't get as a kid. thanks for the post!
I learned playing bluegrass 27 years ago... then found rik emmett of Triumph and tryed playing like him that man would teach you alot it's a difficult style he plays
good stuff
it would be great if you had a split screen similar to what Scott Paul Johnson uses to show us what the fingering is on what you are playing, it's hard to see which fingers you're using and where. Thanks, great advice!!
These days, I'm glad I figured what I do know about guitar on my own. Theory bores the living hell out of me, so I think I would have given up if I was trying to learn in a proper manner. I never wanted to 'play guitar', I wanted to 'make music', and once I had a few chords, I could do that while I picked up a new chord or idea here and there. Kept things much more interesting, and satisfied what I wanted out of music.
My biggest regret in how I started playing guitar back in the '70s is that I didn't have any formal lessons. Not by choice, but simply because there weren't any teachers locally. Being totally self-taught, I developed loads of bad habits that are still engrained. The only benefit of the way I learned (I couldn't read music and this was pre tabs) was that I REALLY had to listen to records to try to figure out what was happening. That trial-and-error inevitably led to me finding my own riffs and chords. I now follow online courses and tutorials (including Rhett's - they're fantastic! 😎) where everything is explained, and they are amazingly helpful in helping me master new techniques and ways of thinking about music, but I still value that old way of simply having to listen closely to analyse what's being played.
I would force my younger self to do NOTHING but play rhythm and get wicked good at strumming patterns, keeping time and playing LOTS of songs all the way through. I would make myself do this for two years straight. And if younger me complained I'd smack that little bastard and make it three years if he doesn't shut up! lol
yeah, I learned bass before guitar, made worlds of difference
I wish
1. I had a tuner (good teacher is hard to find)
2. I read good jazz book (hard to find musician friends to play with if you are engineer :)
3. I can watch piano tutorials of favorite songs (learn piano, for me piano explains more in music than base)
+
4. Create your own composition or recreate favorite song in daw (one thing that i dont wish because i did :)
Rhett could you do a video on the Business side of a Professional Musican. Like what you can write off on your Taxes like guitars, amps, software. How to track gigs and taxes
Don't forget to have fun.
@rhettshull I get why you said you wish you would've had a teacher to tell you that you could play the same things in different places on the neck, but I'm having the opposite problem. Trying to learn guitar in my mid 50s after playing so many other instruments where each note could only be played in one place is driving me bat shizz crazy! 🤪 The fretboard just seems far harder to master to me than it probably needs to be.
Nice 👍
@RhettShull, I took your and others' advice and studied basic music theory. That was excellent advice! I use it every time I practice or play, and it makes communicating with other musicians so much easier. It really gave me a boost when I started learning guitar.
I actually studied theory on piano first since I already had a piano and some basic skills. When I got through the major an minor scales I had picked up other skills that transferred directly to guitar, like finger independence.
For everything there ist the right time. I started on my own , without a teacher, only by ear and books. I know for sure, if i had gone to a Music School, i would never ever become a musician. I had to do it all by myself , with all the mistakes.
Rhett's the man (just a comment for the youtube metrics)
Well I have the drums and keys first as I played both mostly drums 27 years. Then keys a bit while I lost last kit 05 Katrina. Never replaced it or returned. But I eventually picked up guitar in 2018 as my son was amazing ...I missed those sounds when he moved out after grad. I have to say yes. It is a good thing to have. But I also realize it gives you a wonder of am I a drummer anymore ? I finally realized yes and no. I am a musician period. For better or worse. I cannot not play an instrument. I need it. I wish I was half the guitarist I was in my prime drumming. Used to even jam with Brad 3 doors down off and on while I met him in uncle's studio Holly House. Anyway. Long story. Won't go into that. RIP Uncle Clyde.
My second instrument is actually guitar and bass is my third instrument… I’ve played drums for around 14 years now and have played guitar/bass for a year and a third or so…
Hey Rhett, I see you have invested in some Park Tool hex wrenches. Hope you are staying on your Mountain Bike.
Great video man! Also, I have a 1' X 1' Contact Box that my electrician put into my studio to power four electric baseboard heaters. It pops when it goes on and off. Annoying. Only way to solve that is to have another thermostat put in, I"m told. I'd like to soundproof the box. Any suggestions? Thanks.
To use the Jimmy Bruno model.
I'm always surprised how many absolutely shun the idea of taking guitar lessons. The expense can be off putting, and that's understandable. But there's thing I always encountered where some hipster that would say "No way, man. Nobody's gonna tell me how to play, man. I'll never take a lesson!!". And then you'd hear this guy play and after 30 seconds you'd say "Yeah, you might want to rethink that".
The whole thing is I think many are afraid of getting a bad guitar teacher. If you don't like the guitar instructor, then change them. You're not stuck with them. But as someone who had three years worth of lessons, they've been invaluable.
I naturally learned with no influence but my own. 2 years ago i woke to really want to know. Tomo says triads and intervals. He was your teacher. Truth, having a god teacher is key.
Finding a teacher is hard. I did better with guys who played what I wanted to play than I did with formally trained guitar teachers.
As long as you learn, there’s no perfect way, it was definitely harder and slower back in the 90s without all the videos and online resources you kids have today. We had books and magazines and cds
“Church youth worship band”…hoo boy does that ever bring back memories! In my case it was the mid-70s, so playing guitars in church was still kind of edgy. ;-) But yeah, apart from that I was all on my own.
nice
gonna buy bass as second instrument next year
Great advice on how to improve, but always feel like advanced players overestimate what they could have handled early on. Chances are most would have been overwhelmed if they tried to learn all that back then
I started back in the plandemic years...at middle age 47 years old.
Music was always enjoyed when I was younger but as always background I never really paid a whole lot of attention to it like I do now.
Even though Guitars for Vets doesn't exist in my area that 6-string sure saved me.
My biggest regret was wasting my time learning Dave Matthews songs when I started out. Back when I had the attention span and focus to learn I feel I could’ve been better served learning material closer to what I ended up playing.
It comes down to maturity. Had I known now what I didn't know then... I'd probably still would have pushed back and quit all together. I found my own way with a journey that is my own. I regret very little... I have played for thousands as a guitar, vocal, mandolin, bass, and drum player. I have played with a rock n roll hall of fame player on a huge stage for thousands. It's been a wild ride and it still continues. Sure I'd love to be a better player (who doesn't) but I'd also hate to loose the other parts of my life that lead me to who I am now. For you, church gigs killed your progression as a player. For me, it opened a world of possibilities. Everybody's journey is different and special. Thanks for sharing so it may inspire. I appreciate what you are doing in your channel.
What would you recommend if I already know how to play drums a bit? Drums or Bass?
How do you find a great teacher?