How do motivate yourself to keep up your musical practice? As someone who has pretty much always been fascinated by music and the instrument itself, it’s something I struggle to communicate to students but I’d like to hear your thoughts
I follow my singing teacher's advice: even 10 minutes of practice a day is enough. Funnily enough, I end up practicing my singing for about an hour each day, and then I only allocate about 20 minutes or so for guitar. But I still like to think that those 20 minutes of practice are better than nothing at all, even if the progress isn't as noticeable as if I were to follow a rigid structure. This way I avoid burnout at the expense of progress, and I'm fine with that (since I tend to burnout A LOT). I'm actually really curious Atu, how do you help your students which struggle with burnout?
being in a band definitely helps (makes it feel like it's your responsibility to ve the best guitarist you can be for your band) tho i practice a ton either way
@@skillvendor3905 I’ve always been of the same mindset that shorter consistent practice is key to avoiding burnout and building good practice habits, and for most students I’m of the opinion that there’s nothing wrong with taking a break from Guitar when it feels like a chore and coming back to it refreshed
@@lucyfer_the_bat agreed, having been in bands pretty much forever I chalk up a huge amount of my personal progress to the stressors of regular performance and rehearsal
I can breakdown motivation into few variants: 1. Motivation from the music track itself. Hearing Toquinho - Deixa and struggling to play it at 100% speed when you are at 95% is very motivational to keep practicing to hit this 100% speed milestone. 2. Motivation from trying something new. When you are stuck at sweep picking, why don't change it to chicken picking or any other kind of technique? If you are a little bit experienced initial successes at trying new will boost the morale. 3. Pause at the most interesting part of something and switch to something else. Your student will be in rage, because he wants to learn wonderwall but here is ear training lol. It works for example for a tedious speed technique building. When you think that this will be the last time practice for today. Don't do it. This will be your motivational fuel for tomorrow's practice. 4. New genre. Imagine you're a djenty b0i and suddenly you start playing Joe Pass or Classical Bach. 5. New gear. You played tele, now play gretsch baritone lol. Kind of expensive option, but still it works. 6. Most of all the greatest motivation is the admiration from the other people. Whenever somebody tells you: “Holy shit man that sounds cool.” or “How did you manage to remember all this stuff?” It really boosts your ego and understanding that nothing you do goes in vain. I’m not a teacher as per se, but that’s my understanding of the topic. If you love playing guitar you always find a way to expand your horizons.
Student: I can't switch from A to D because when I lift up my 1st finger my 3rd finger also comes up and then when I push it down I can only put one finger down at a time & it sounds muffled and sometimes I put my middle finger where my 3rd finger should go & it takes too long Teacher: Okay interesting, how long did you practise it? Student: 3 times Teacher: Like 3 20min practice sessions? Student: 3 times total Teacher: 😑
How do motivate yourself to keep up your musical practice? As someone who has pretty much always been fascinated by music and the instrument itself, it’s something I struggle to communicate to students but I’d like to hear your thoughts
I follow my singing teacher's advice: even 10 minutes of practice a day is enough. Funnily enough, I end up practicing my singing for about an hour each day, and then I only allocate about 20 minutes or so for guitar. But I still like to think that those 20 minutes of practice are better than nothing at all, even if the progress isn't as noticeable as if I were to follow a rigid structure. This way I avoid burnout at the expense of progress, and I'm fine with that (since I tend to burnout A LOT). I'm actually really curious Atu, how do you help your students which struggle with burnout?
being in a band definitely helps (makes it feel like it's your responsibility to ve the best guitarist you can be for your band) tho i practice a ton either way
Wish I could say I did! I think it's my adhd... but sometimes i have random spurs of inspiration...
@@skillvendor3905 I’ve always been of the same mindset that shorter consistent practice is key to avoiding burnout and building good practice habits, and for most students I’m of the opinion that there’s nothing wrong with taking a break from Guitar when it feels like a chore and coming back to it refreshed
@@lucyfer_the_bat agreed, having been in bands pretty much forever I chalk up a huge amount of my personal progress to the stressors of regular performance and rehearsal
Daydreaming you can do is much more fun than failing to be fair ahahaha
"Gonna be so awesome!"
*Never practices.*
It’s a real struggle!
omg that arrangement of Lord Huron is sooo beautiful 😮 tabs please 🙏🏻
I can breakdown motivation into few variants:
1. Motivation from the music track itself. Hearing Toquinho - Deixa and struggling to play it at 100% speed when you are at 95% is very motivational to keep practicing to hit this 100% speed milestone.
2. Motivation from trying something new. When you are stuck at sweep picking, why don't change it to chicken picking or any other kind of technique? If you are a little bit experienced initial successes at trying new will boost the morale.
3. Pause at the most interesting part of something and switch to something else. Your student will be in rage, because he wants to learn wonderwall but here is ear training lol. It works for example for a tedious speed technique building. When you think that this will be the last time practice for today. Don't do it. This will be your motivational fuel for tomorrow's practice.
4. New genre. Imagine you're a djenty b0i and suddenly you start playing Joe Pass or Classical Bach.
5. New gear. You played tele, now play gretsch baritone lol. Kind of expensive option, but still it works.
6. Most of all the greatest motivation is the admiration from the other people. Whenever somebody tells you: “Holy shit man that sounds cool.” or “How did you manage to remember all this stuff?” It really boosts your ego and understanding that nothing you do goes in vain.
I’m not a teacher as per se, but that’s my understanding of the topic. If you love playing guitar you always find a way to expand your horizons.
I know the other way around- as I am comping my students I tend to fall asleep..
Hahaha fair! I’ve been there
This is amazing we need tabs
Cheers! I’ll try get on it asap
Thank you A, never fails to inspire and bring a smile
Cheers Danny!
Student: I can't switch from A to D because when I lift up my 1st finger my 3rd finger also comes up and then when I push it down I can only put one finger down at a time & it sounds muffled and sometimes I put my middle finger where my 3rd finger should go & it takes too long
Teacher: Okay interesting, how long did you practise it?
Student: 3 times
Teacher: Like 3 20min practice sessions?
Student: 3 times total
Teacher: 😑
Hahaha guess I just found my next video
Teach still gets paid though! That sweet $20 is worth the effort 😃
Haha I keep telling myself it is!
sick lighting bro
Cheers!
@@atutahi and playing too 😅 love your work