My philosophy on GETTING GOOD at guitar
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- Опубликовано: 22 окт 2019
- Celebrating the launch of my new course: nextlevelplaying.com I talk about what I think it takes to become good at guitar. The 4 levels everyone has to go through in order to make good progress.
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nextlevelplaying.com
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▶GUITAR◀
Fender Custom Shop Thinline 'Blackguard' Telecaster
▶MY TONE◀
Tone King Imperial + King of Tone
Hi, my name is Paul Davids! I am a guitar player, teacher, producer, and overall music enthusiast from the Netherlands! I try to inspire people from all over the world with my videos, here on RUclips.
If you want to know more about me, check out PaulDavidsGuitar.com or check out my guitar courses at: learnpracticeplay.com
Thank you for watching!
Paul
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Best advice I was ever given about music was by my father. He said, “ Son, don’t touch my guitar.
I know this post will likely get lost in all the other comments, but I would like to share the best advice I was ever given.
My guitar teacher told me this: “it’s not hard, it’s just new.”
Dedication. I failed as a young guy to do just that. So I went through a life of admiration of others and only wishing I could play and be good at it. Finally after retirement I decided this was my goal. It's too late to become that great guitarist you once dreamed of. There aren't enough years left,fingers and reflexes aren't great,and yes after 7 years of pretty constant playing I can play. Enough that I've been out entertaining mostly seniors with a very accomplished partner. But because I lacked dedication in my youth I may never unlock my potential musical ability. Don't be me and live a life of regret. Specially for something so enjoyable as music.
Hendrix could not read music. However, he did practice all day and night. There is infinite discovery in learning the guitar, and that is a motivation.
1) Learn songs
"Start with something basic like Neon"
I tell my students, “it is hard to play guitar, or any instrument. If it wasn’t, everyone would play guitar. But if you do the little things and stick it out until you start playing some tunes you like, you’ll be so happy you put the effort.”
This guy is like the Bob Ross of the guitar world
I think we've all been in love with that Tele since the first time you showed it. I swear it's made it into almost every video now!
My guitar teacher always said “learn as much theory as you can, then forget it when you play” and the further I get on my musical journey, they more true that rings. Good content man!
“Start with some basic stuff like neon” love the dry sarcasm
That "everything is connected" bit reminded me of my LSD trip last weekend. Thanks, Paul.
"Start with some basic stuff, like neon"
The epiphany that occurs when you under stand that keys, chords, scales and modes are all connected is one of the most amazing experiences I've every had in life. Sadly, I need to get better at learning how to connect them.
My first week of playing guitar I was looking at a bunch of tutorials and the best advice i recieved from the videos is to never put your guitar away or out of sight. Its been a little over a year and i cant remember a day that i haven’t picked it up. It’s such a simple act but the impact it can and will have an somebody’s playing is insane. Another piece of advice… watch Paul Davids
This dude makes me pick up my guitar whenever I am done watching and practice 4hrs 😂 love you Mr David
This went from "yeah that makes sense" to "WTF?" Pretty Damn Quickly.
I agree 100% about the "boring" work. It pays off so quickly if you just put in the work to learn your scales, arpeggios and chord shapes. Learn all the modes in just one key (learn C major) and then learn all the pentatonic shapes up the neck. And then learn it in E, and figure out why they are the same but different, and then you're halfway to being able to apply it to any key anywhere one the neck.
1. Learn to play songs