If I had to say about a healthy habit, it's to not compare yourself to others. Yeah it's good to use such as a basis to practice and start from, but guitar is not a competition. Great work!
Agreed, thats the toughest thing ever, with RUclips and other platforms you see thousands of players that are more skilled. Hard not to compare your abilities.
Thank you so much for this video, Tyler. I have been playing for 65 years, but recently suffered my fourth mini cerebral stroke. It left my left hand with less strength and mobility than before. (The first time I have experienced such a loss, so I count myself lucky.) The areas covered in this video are just perfect for me, as they give me hope to counter address the problem, with a sensible and achievable regime. Thank you again!
Doesn’t mean that practice every day isn’t basically the single most important thing you can do to learn guitar, especially when the finger pain tries to chase you away.
Yeah. Anyone who seriously wants to be better at guitar or any other thing ever already knows that practice is the biggest thing. Idk why people even mention it lol. Seems so obvious
I’ve been playing casually for 3 months now maybe 30 mins a day every other day or more spontaneously. You’ll def get there. I advise exercises like spider walks etc that are done specifically to build strength but also help hand synchronization, string skipping alternate picking, etc. Be patient with it! I have come a way with just barely dipping into theory. Have only learned the notes for my tuning in Drop C, past that i haven’t rlly learned chords or scales i just play, but if you learn things and then learn WHY certain things are played the way they are musical compositions will be easier to pick out and integrate from your inspirations then with work work work and patience you’ll be surprising yourself
i do think exercise and hard work shouldn’t dissuade you from having fun!!! watch those fav guitarists of yours when you are feeling unmotivated :). Some watch and think they’ll never reach that level. Maybe you or i wouldn’t, but we could try. Everyone started somewhere. Vai, Satriani, Malmsteem, MAB, EVH, etc etc etc all were where we are now. Struggling to use our ring finger by itself :PP.
1. Define (say goal out loud, set lofty goals), Design (set smaller goals to meet bigger goals), Refine (regularly review how progress is going, be accountable to yourself). 2. Physical fitness (warm-up and stretch before playing) 3. Nuanced practice routine. Example: practice for one hour a day in fifteen-minute chunks. Suggested practice topics: exercises, scales, chords, sight-reading, theory, songwriting, improv, and ear training. 4. Listen to different music. 5. Record yourself and use a metronome.
Man I just want to thank you for this list, I was lost on what to do with guitar and was closed off from listening to other genres, now I know what to do and how to get better, thank you tyler.
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Helpful. I liked your practice habits. In scotts bass lessons, he separates the categories: 1. Fingerboard Visualization and Application 2. Technique, 3. Groove and Time , 4. Language and Transcription , 5.Diatonic Harmony, 6. Genres and Repertoire , 7. Play!. Interesting to compare. Oh, and I was waiting for your classical top albums.... good work!
Great suggestions. I'd add: -intermittent fasting; no sugar, no carbs -zen meditation 40 min/day or 20 min twice a day -Wim Hof breathing a bit of yoga
Great advice! Also, take the time to look back every now and then and pat yourself on the back for the progress you've made. It's easy (and essential!) to keep your eyes forward on all the things you can't do yet and focus on that, but it's important to look back at all the stuff you couldn't do or play yesterday but CAN today. It's motivation for those times when you think you suck 'cos you're struggling with the stuff you're working on.
Excellent. As always. Thank you Tyler. Also thanks for mentioning Sco and Charlie Hunter. So many people don't know them but need to. I saw them both in Cleveland and they bought me drinks on my birthday. The conversation I had with them after their respective sets changed my life forever. Love you brother!
When it comes to health, weight training with light weights for high reps is better than heavy/low because you need strength endurance more than power for playing guitar or bass. I used to lift heavy and I was always cramping up while playing bass and playing standing affected my joints a lot more. Lifting light weights solved that problem. Also, a half hour of LISS cardio after weights helps. When you're on the road, it's impractical to lug a bunch of heavy weights around, so a light dumbbell set is also good for that reason. I do a simple routine; one exercise for each bodypart, high reps to failure (no less than 20). I use a single dumbbell weight for all the exercises, strict form with a breathing tempo, and I only add weight to the dumbbells when I can do 100 reps on the easiest exercise. Takes about a half hour, followed by a half hour of cardio. I do that 6x a week as often as possible, but try to get in at least 2 days a week when I'm too busy to train all week. Some guys like Vai just have a daily walking routine; that's okay for general health, but you need some muscle building activity to offset age-related muscle loss and to do your best work, both in the studio and live. There's nothing worse than an aging out of shape musician. There have been times when I was out of shape when I was younger (from injury, not by choice), so I know from that what sort of impact it has on playing. Chicken legs and toothpick arms are a performance liability, particularly as you age and start losing coordination along with muscle. Weight training maintains both.
I play drums, and personally, just always playing with a metronome helps internalize it. So I feel just always playing with a metronome is good. I feel timing isn’t needed to be worked on if your always using it. You can incorporate a metronome into whatever your practicing.
I always massage my hands under hot/warm water about 30 seconds before i play, it reduces the warm up time drastically. Being 60 years old now, this process helps greatly seeing that my hands aren't as nimble as they once were.
Yeah but it depends on what you’ll upgrade from, I upgraded from a small 40 dollar pawn shop guitar to a epiphone les Paul ( I know epiphone lmao ) and it instantly made me play better. I am a person who likes to play as perfect as possible down to sound. So if you feel like your guitar is crap and is not getting the sound you want it might mean you need an upgrade. Also look at your amp the amp is probably the most important part out of getting the best out of the guitar. If you already have a good set up then all I can tell you is keep practicing because guitar is pretty damn hard.
Before spanking thy plank wash hands with hot water and soap, making sure to massage each finger and knuckle. I rinse with warm water then use a squirt of 70% isopropyl alcohol in my palm and rub throughout my hand especially the fingertips. Then rinse with cold water and towel dry. Not only will your fluidity on the frets increase, but your strings will last a lot lot longer. I've had a set of Dean Markley blues on for over a year and they still got great tone!
I had some fun with your Spark tones out on the cloud in my video today. Hope you don't mind. I put the link on your video that I'm referencing. Happy Friday!
I might add after finger stretching do warm ups. Practicing chromatic movements up and down the neck. Alternate picking on a string to flex the wrist. The music choices were excellent but I believe can also create a kind of rut. Listen to Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery. As well as other instruments played by Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Bill Evans. Finally don't leave out classical music such as Bach, Beethoven and Mozart. It may seem to be completely foreign from the guitar and preferred musical style. It opens us up to new concepts. It will instill phrasing, chord changes and even improvisational ideas.
All things mentioned are great, and equally important. But recording yourself really does work wonders. Give it a try guys. And to keep you in time use a click, a drum track, or prog your own drums, just a snare kick.
Great advice! But i would also add songs. Play songs, a lot of songs, and different kind of genres, and learn them by ear. That way you'll learn chords, technique, different time signatures, learn to play rhythm and train your earn. A lot of the great guitar heroes said one of their best teachers was listening to music and try to play it.
Another thing to add to recording yourself is to film it as well. Make a video out of it. Share it with friends and family. Put it onto RUclips and archive it. It will help you to see where you go wrong with your weaknesses and get better, while also showing you a timeline of just how much better you end up doing. It's not for everyone, but it's certainly helped with me and while I can't say I'm a pro, I'm definitely better than I was a few years ago.
I love this channel but I really believe that health comes from healthy lifestyle, and not from pills you take to not feel guilty about a bad lifestyle. Pills don't substitute fruits and vegetables and exercise, anyway, I wish the best for you and this community
I used to play passionately for 9 years , till I was clinically depressed in 2019, I still am . I still play , but I feel now the magic is gone. Since I do it half heartedly, I feel exhausted early. Trying very hard to resuscitate my passion. (Feel like I'm rambling now)
I just started playing guitar a couple of months ago. My goal is to be able to play David Gilmour's solo from "Echoes". Thank you very much for this video. Some very helpful advice. The idea of recording my practice with a metronome sounds very useful.
Define: I want to learn to play an entire Hendrix solo! Design: I’ll practice everyday until I master it! Refine: Hendrix? Never heard of em, here’s Wonderwall!
While I play bass, these tips can easily apply to me as well (part of the reason I love this channel!) Define: I want to learn "From the Pinnacle to the Pit" by Ghost after just one year of learning bass. Design: I learn to play progressively harder (and fun) songs after getting a crash course on the bas(s)ics. Refine: I play for at least fifteen minutes each day, if not more, while also re-playing the songs I've already learned.
Since watching this, it’s been like a kick in the backside (in a good way Tyler, so thanks!); I’d already decided to make a note of all the songs I wanted to learn (and I have broad musical tastes!) but it had become a case of writing the list being more important than actually learning any of the songs 🤦♂️ After watching this, I’ve learned Link Wray’s Rumble and am now working on my Wah technique playing the Stone Roses’ Fool’s Gold. Plus, I will force myself to learn Mountain’s Mississippi Queen next! Thanks again dude 👍
Tyler's music recommendations: - Blues o Jimmy Hendrix - Blues o BB King Live at the Regal o Stevie Ray Vaughan - Carnegie Hall o John Mayer Trio - Try - Jazz o Haromi - Sonic Bloom, Time Control o Scofield - This Meets That o Wayne Krantz - 2 drink minimum o Charlie Hunter Trio - Bing, bing, bing - Classic Rock o Jimi Hendrix - Axis, Bold as Love o Led Zeppelin 4 o AC/DC - Highway to Hell o Van Halen - Van Halen - Metal o Master of Puppets o As Daylight Dies o Kiodos - All’s Well that Ends Well o Rage against the Machine - Rock o Toxicity o Tool - Ten Thousand Days o Audioslave o Ween - Chocolate and Cheese - Indie o Pinback - Blue Screen Life o Grizzly Beat - Veckatimest o Wilco - Sky Blue Sky o Radiohead - in Rainbows - Singer/Songwriter o Continuum o Dave Matthews Band - Crash o The Rescues - Let Loose the Horses - Instrumental o Satriani - Surfing with the Alien o Vai - Passion and Warfare o Eric Johson - Bloom o Petrucci - Suspended Animation - Hip-Hip o The Eminem Show o Kendrick Lemar - Damn o Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die o Jay-Z - The Black Album - Pop o Third Eye Blind o Taylor Swift - Red o Justin Bieber - Purpose o Michael Jackson - Triller - Country o Brad Paisley - Play o Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison o Rascal Flatts - Me and my Gang o Hunter Hayes - Encore - Funk o Soulive - Doin’ Something o Lettuce - Rage! o Prince - Musicology
this is completely off topic but has PRS thought about giving you your dream guitar or even a signature? you definitely deserve it man!!! keep the kick ass music up man i love it!!!
I've been very off and on with my playing. I've recently regained a bit of fire under my ass for a few months now and actually started paying attention to my actual technique and technical/lutheir type knowledge.
Disagree with a lot of your choices for different genres, but that's what makes music so fun. This is going to help me out a lot, not just with guitar but also other instruments I play. Thanks!
the first tip of revision is actually superhandy in any topic if you have a variety of friends that are also (finnish) or blunt honest. It is usually taught in Finland to those in positions of hr power to some extent as an emphasis but they do try to give base level employees these kind of yearly "checkpoints" which rarely hold any weight. BUT that being said, it is a great tool, and one of the biggest reasons I feel like I've lost valuable hours learning by myself instead of having ever an instructor. MY blessing in disquise has been overanalytical and simplifying mind as I had a grasp of Troy Grady's stuff before actually realizing it was a thing, but I'm cowardly and stubborn and rarely step outside of those initial "hunches" before I find a reliable source like forementioned Troy Grady etc.
I recently sprained my pinky finger after practicing and I had to let it rest for some days, I think the stretching and warm water tip will be very useful
Don't delay getting one pick yourself up the best Acoustic guitar you can reasonably afford and start working away at it, spend some time working on Basics (how a guitar is tuned basic mechanics of strumming and picking) after that work on Basic Chords G, C, Em, D, Am, A, B7, E, F, and B, and then start taking lessons
Many years ago I chose to mimic Slash's diet and lifestyle on my way to guitar mastery. Maybe I'm not as good I could be but the candyman and the clerk at the liquor store know me by my 1st name and it's been a hell of a fun ride!
Set goals, It’s true when I saw a Trogly do trade Tuesday where he made a 50 dollar acoustic a custom shop strat over time. I thought I could do that to and after 2 years of fixing and trading up gear I have a core PRS 594. It’s absolutely beautiful.
I think a person that we can add to this conversation and maybe you could probably even sit down and have a zoom interview with is Raul midon. He has some completely different ideas on guitar playing that could be refreshing to a lot of people. If you don't know why I'll leave that as a surprise
i recently decided to start playing to a metronome.. it was humbling to find out i wasnt as good at keeping time as i thought. never thought of recording though, next step for me
Thank you for making this video! All of these guidelines might seem obvious to some people, but a lot of these things, I've always struggled with figuring out a way to set goals, hold myself accountable and be able to measure myself against them.
One thing I do to keep my practacing fun is putting the guitar down and taking a break when I get annoyed. Some people his this misconseption that when your struggling playing a song, your getting the absoulte best practace. When im struggling with a song, after trying at it for a while I just take break. Usally when I get back to it I have a clearer head and overall play better.
11:41 The reality is, imperfect time is what makes recorded or performed music "human". I'm not mentioning like a beat or half or a third of a beat apart - I'm only talking about millisecond delay per beat or per note. Perfect timing, in my eyes, is landing your notes perfectly or exactly on the beat which only computers can perform for prolonged periods. I'm more of a keyboardist than a guitarist (yes) but I can assure the entire world reading this comment that this is not necessarily pointing out what pros do - these are all suggestions for YOU guys out there. These tips are sure gonna help me out in learning literally any and every instrument that I'd wanna learn. As a healthy guitar, or umm... instrument, habit, I'd suggest to always keep yourself free from any and all stress and tension. Don't clutter your brain to a point where you cannot find what you want to execute from your brain. Keeping it clean is surely gonna help you focus on practicing. There's no generalised way of doing so but just trying is almost always gonna be the right solution.
Can you make a video, where you explain the difference between vibrato, vibrola and tremolo? I really tried to figure it out, but can't.. Nice video! (as always)
I keep hating that I'm so late to this content, I should've started this years ago! This might as well be a best seller book that I'd love to read. I just got the access to your web site and it's just straight awesome!
What’s your tip for a healthy guitar habit?
use a metronome
Order pizza for the kids so I can squeeze in an extra half an hour of noodling.
prs fanboy
@@nicolasreveco3748 honestly how the hell does one use a metronome? I always just use my ear.
Never drink 'cheap' booze... and use a metrognome.
If I had to say about a healthy habit, it's to not compare yourself to others. Yeah it's good to use such as a basis to practice and start from, but guitar is not a competition. Great work!
Underrated comment and opinion.
@@gigos2 Thank you
Agreed, thats the toughest thing ever, with RUclips and other platforms you see thousands of players that are more skilled. Hard not to compare your abilities.
Comparison is the thief of joy. I forget who said it. Very relevant though.
Agreed
“Define. Design. Resign”
The three steps of a musician
For me it's more like "Define. Recline. Recline. Recline... Shit why am I still reclining I need to start that song" 🤦♀️
you forgot “Take Ritual multivitamin”
More like “pick up guitar. Play shitty pentatonic licks. Put it down after 10 minutes.”
@@dorton Is that slang for ritalin?
habit 1 ] drugs
2] booze
3] sex with goats
4] selling soul to satan
5] throwing tvs out windows
My goal was to learn to play sultans of swing and now i know all chords
Just like Guitar George...he knows all the chords
Don’t let this guy hear u like mark knopfler he rated him lower than a yt guitarist
Sick bro! Keep playin
@@brandonlock6464 that's just his opinion because he only listen to sultan of swing
Is that you, Guitar George?
I’m... I’m guessing heroine isn’t one of them.
The thumbnail was a lie
i think that was adderall
Maybe the Nirvana shirt is a subliminal message....
That's probably not a "healthy habit". 🤔
@@sweetnsourchick1761 there is evidence to support your claim, possibly too much evidence.
Thank you so much for this video, Tyler.
I have been playing for 65 years, but recently suffered my fourth mini cerebral stroke. It left my left hand with less strength and mobility than before. (The first time I have experienced such a loss, so I count myself lucky.) The areas covered in this video are just perfect for me, as they give me hope to counter address the problem, with a sensible and achievable regime.
Thank you again!
This is way more helpful than the "Practice Every Day" stuffs.
Practice is 90% though, found out the hard way (kind of)
Doesn’t mean that practice every day isn’t basically the single most important thing you can do to learn guitar, especially when the finger pain tries to chase you away.
Yeah. Anyone who seriously wants to be better at guitar or any other thing ever already knows that practice is the biggest thing. Idk why people even mention it lol. Seems so obvious
@@countersteer713 Yeah, they always mention that and its the most OBVIOUS thing to do when you're learning.
I know what you mean in terms of tips and things, but practice is still generally more helpful
last time I was this early, lil' Wayne jokes were still funny
Wait lil Wayne jokes arnt funny anymore?
Wait, who's lil wayne? Lol jk😂
I think your just Jealous because his solos are so good
Heh, lil wang
They're still funny over on stevie T's channel
“There’s a terrible curse that plagues guitar players once they reach the intermediate stage”
? i think im intermediate but im obsessed now that my fingers dont hurt when i plsy lol
Agree!
I'm a good buddy of Johnny Hiland and he always tells me: Keep on practicing and you will see!
“I call it guitar playing Limbo”
@@redsparrow2388 So so true!!
I just started guitar, and i love it so far! Tho my fingers hurt like hell but i can fit in. :D
I’ve been playing casually for 3 months now maybe 30 mins a day every other day or more spontaneously. You’ll def get there. I advise exercises like spider walks etc that are done specifically to build strength but also help hand synchronization, string skipping alternate picking, etc. Be patient with it! I have come a way with just barely dipping into theory. Have only learned the notes for my tuning in Drop C, past that i haven’t rlly learned chords or scales i just play, but if you learn things and then learn WHY certain things are played the way they are musical compositions will be easier to pick out and integrate from your inspirations then with work work work and patience you’ll be surprising yourself
Keep it up m8. U'll get there. People like Marty Music and Guitarlessons365 r great places to start!!
The callouses will come, you won't feel any more pain, and after a few decades they're permanent.
i do think exercise and hard work shouldn’t dissuade you from having fun!!! watch those fav guitarists of yours when you are feeling unmotivated :). Some watch and think they’ll never reach that level. Maybe you or i wouldn’t, but we could try. Everyone started somewhere. Vai, Satriani, Malmsteem, MAB, EVH, etc etc etc all were where we are now. Struggling to use our ring finger by itself :PP.
awesome, keep playing!
1. Define (say goal out loud, set lofty goals), Design (set smaller goals to meet bigger goals), Refine (regularly review how progress is going, be accountable to yourself).
2. Physical fitness (warm-up and stretch before playing)
3. Nuanced practice routine. Example: practice for one hour a day in fifteen-minute chunks. Suggested practice topics: exercises, scales, chords, sight-reading, theory, songwriting, improv, and ear training.
4. Listen to different music.
5. Record yourself and use a metronome.
Man I just want to thank you for this list, I was lost on what to do with guitar and was closed off from listening to other genres, now I know what to do and how to get better, thank you tyler.
Helpful. I liked your practice habits. In scotts bass lessons, he separates the categories: 1. Fingerboard Visualization and Application
2. Technique, 3. Groove and Time , 4. Language and Transcription , 5.Diatonic Harmony, 6. Genres and Repertoire , 7. Play!.
Interesting to compare. Oh, and I was waiting for your classical top albums....
good work!
This was legit the smoothest way to thank your sponsor.
Ever.
Notice the word "healthy"
D R U G S
I just bought my first electric guitar!
Whatchu end up getting?
@@dylanstankewicz850 burny sg!(I love acdc)
@@therealtarmacc ah another ac dc fan, favorite song?
@@arielabraham6683 The new album is pretty cool.
MAKE A GUITAR, AMP, AND PEDAL COLLECTION PLEASE!!! ALL OF THEM!!!
What if i got one of them fancy fender LT amps that got every effect ever?
@@lincolnjezek4370 Well then I guess you don't need pedals...
2:50 is so true Idk if you’ve ever tried to play guitar while your hands are cold but it is extremely hard. Thanks for the advice Tyler!
“A healthy diet and good mental health can help you become a better guitar player”
*Cries in blues guitar*
loll
Great suggestions. I'd add:
-intermittent fasting; no sugar, no carbs
-zen meditation 40 min/day or 20 min twice a day
-Wim Hof breathing
a bit of yoga
Sure no sugar but seriously don't stop eating carbs altogether
Good stuff Tyler! You’re my Guitar Guru.
Thanks for bringing me back into dedication after 10 years. Keep inspiring.
Great advice!
Also, take the time to look back every now and then and pat yourself on the back for the progress you've made.
It's easy (and essential!) to keep your eyes forward on all the things you can't do yet and focus on that, but it's important to look back at all the stuff you couldn't do or play yesterday but CAN today.
It's motivation for those times when you think you suck 'cos you're struggling with the stuff you're working on.
Excellent. As always. Thank you Tyler. Also thanks for mentioning Sco and Charlie Hunter. So many people don't know them but need to. I saw them both in Cleveland and they bought me drinks on my birthday. The conversation I had with them after their respective sets changed my life forever. Love you brother!
“Vitamins and supplements are a great way to get the nutrients you need”
Rockstars: Wow, that’s good advice. *Pops 3 Vicodin pills*
And wash it down with a fifth of Jack Daniels!
I'm sure Jimi Hendrix took vitamins
Vitamin H
@@danwhitehurst9592 vitamin LSD
When it comes to health, weight training with light weights for high reps is better than heavy/low because you need strength endurance more than power for playing guitar or bass. I used to lift heavy and I was always cramping up while playing bass and playing standing affected my joints a lot more. Lifting light weights solved that problem. Also, a half hour of LISS cardio after weights helps.
When you're on the road, it's impractical to lug a bunch of heavy weights around, so a light dumbbell set is also good for that reason.
I do a simple routine; one exercise for each bodypart, high reps to failure (no less than 20). I use a single dumbbell weight for all the exercises, strict form with a breathing tempo, and I only add weight to the dumbbells when I can do 100 reps on the easiest exercise. Takes about a half hour, followed by a half hour of cardio. I do that 6x a week as often as possible, but try to get in at least 2 days a week when I'm too busy to train all week.
Some guys like Vai just have a daily walking routine; that's okay for general health, but you need some muscle building activity to offset age-related muscle loss and to do your best work, both in the studio and live. There's nothing worse than an aging out of shape musician. There have been times when I was out of shape when I was younger (from injury, not by choice), so I know from that what sort of impact it has on playing. Chicken legs and toothpick arms are a performance liability, particularly as you age and start losing coordination along with muscle. Weight training maintains both.
I play drums, and personally, just always playing with a metronome helps internalize it. So I feel just always playing with a metronome is good. I feel timing isn’t needed to be worked on if your always using it. You can incorporate a metronome into whatever your practicing.
I always massage my hands under hot/warm water about 30 seconds before i play, it reduces the warm up time drastically.
Being 60 years old now, this process helps greatly seeing that my hands aren't as nimble as they once were.
Buying a new guitar when you feel it will improve your playing?
Yeah but it depends on what you’ll upgrade from, I upgraded from a small 40 dollar pawn shop guitar to a epiphone les Paul ( I know epiphone lmao ) and it instantly made me play better. I am a person who likes to play as perfect as possible down to sound. So if you feel like your guitar is crap and is not getting the sound you want it might mean you need an upgrade. Also look at your amp the amp is probably the most important part out of getting the best out of the guitar. If you already have a good set up then all I can tell you is keep practicing because guitar is pretty damn hard.
If it give your passion a boost, it will.
That would be every day.
It always does
I used to do that and now I’ve got 9, now I’m trying to get weirder types of guitars so I have new sounds to mess with
I just ate a salad and now I can play Stairway to Heaven
I just ate some broccoli and now i can play 'Eruption' with no hands
Before spanking thy plank wash hands with hot water and soap, making sure to massage each finger and knuckle. I rinse with warm water then use a squirt of 70% isopropyl alcohol in my palm and rub throughout my hand especially the fingertips. Then rinse with cold water and towel dry. Not only will your fluidity on the frets increase, but your strings will last a lot lot longer. I've had a set of Dean Markley blues on for over a year and they still got great tone!
Here's a pro tip: don't set unreal goals and get disheartened when you fail to achieve them. Start off slow and get there eventually. ❤
I had some fun with your Spark tones out on the cloud in my video today. Hope you don't mind. I put the link on your video that I'm referencing. Happy Friday!
I might add after finger stretching do warm ups. Practicing chromatic movements up and down the neck. Alternate picking on a string to flex the wrist.
The music choices were excellent but I believe can also create a kind of rut. Listen to Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery. As well as other instruments played by Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Bill Evans. Finally don't leave out classical music such as Bach, Beethoven and Mozart. It may seem to be completely foreign from the guitar and preferred musical style. It opens us up to new concepts. It will instill phrasing, chord changes and even improvisational ideas.
All things mentioned are great, and equally important. But recording yourself really does work wonders. Give it a try guys. And to keep you in time use a click, a drum track, or prog your own drums, just a snare kick.
Great advice! But i would also add songs. Play songs, a lot of songs, and different kind of genres, and learn them by ear. That way you'll learn chords, technique, different time signatures, learn to play rhythm and train your earn. A lot of the great guitar heroes said one of their best teachers was listening to music and try to play it.
Another thing to add to recording yourself is to film it as well. Make a video out of it. Share it with friends and family. Put it onto RUclips and archive it. It will help you to see where you go wrong with your weaknesses and get better, while also showing you a timeline of just how much better you end up doing. It's not for everyone, but it's certainly helped with me and while I can't say I'm a pro, I'm definitely better than I was a few years ago.
I love this channel but I really believe that health comes from healthy lifestyle, and not from pills you take to not feel guilty about a bad lifestyle. Pills don't substitute fruits and vegetables and exercise, anyway, I wish the best for you and this community
I used to play passionately for 9 years , till I was clinically depressed in 2019, I still am . I still play , but I feel now the magic is gone. Since I do it half heartedly, I feel exhausted early.
Trying very hard to resuscitate my passion.
(Feel like I'm rambling now)
I listen to the most genres you listen to, not all. But in every genre we have in common we also have a favorite album in common too.
When you started drawing the cow,I totally thought it was going to be a topless horned she devil or something,lol
I just started playing guitar a couple of months ago. My goal is to be able to play David Gilmour's solo from "Echoes".
Thank you very much for this video. Some very helpful advice. The idea of recording my practice with a metronome sounds very useful.
Thank you! positivity and support is always great content
I love the quality of your videos. The work you put in shows.
100% on running your hands under warm water, particularly right before going on stage.
The fact you included ween makes me happy lol
Define: I want to learn to play an entire Hendrix solo!
Design: I’ll practice everyday until I master it!
Refine: Hendrix? Never heard of em, here’s Wonderwall!
While I play bass, these tips can easily apply to me as well (part of the reason I love this channel!)
Define: I want to learn "From the Pinnacle to the Pit" by Ghost after just one year of learning bass.
Design: I learn to play progressively harder (and fun) songs after getting a crash course on the bas(s)ics.
Refine: I play for at least fifteen minutes each day, if not more, while also re-playing the songs I've already learned.
I like that you've got that Pod sitting on a stand by your lamp.
I love practicing stuff for hours on stuff i have a hard time doing, is thay weird. Everyone says it shouldn't be fun, I love it.
Great Video!! 😃
I Waited for Your Fav Prog Rock but it wasn't there 😢
Since watching this, it’s been like a kick in the backside (in a good way Tyler, so thanks!); I’d already decided to make a note of all the songs I wanted to learn (and I have broad musical tastes!) but it had become a case of writing the list being more important than actually learning any of the songs 🤦♂️ After watching this, I’ve learned Link Wray’s Rumble and am now working on my Wah technique playing the Stone Roses’ Fool’s Gold. Plus, I will force myself to learn Mountain’s Mississippi Queen next!
Thanks again dude 👍
Define. Design. Refine. Not just solid advice for guitar, solid advice for anything you hope to achieve.
Tyler's music recommendations:
- Blues
o Jimmy Hendrix - Blues
o BB King Live at the Regal
o Stevie Ray Vaughan - Carnegie Hall
o John Mayer Trio - Try
- Jazz
o Haromi - Sonic Bloom, Time Control
o Scofield - This Meets That
o Wayne Krantz - 2 drink minimum
o Charlie Hunter Trio - Bing, bing, bing
- Classic Rock
o Jimi Hendrix - Axis, Bold as Love
o Led Zeppelin 4
o AC/DC - Highway to Hell
o Van Halen - Van Halen
- Metal
o Master of Puppets
o As Daylight Dies
o Kiodos - All’s Well that Ends Well
o Rage against the Machine
- Rock
o Toxicity
o Tool - Ten Thousand Days
o Audioslave
o Ween - Chocolate and Cheese
- Indie
o Pinback - Blue Screen Life
o Grizzly Beat - Veckatimest
o Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
o Radiohead - in Rainbows
- Singer/Songwriter
o Continuum
o Dave Matthews Band - Crash
o The Rescues - Let Loose the Horses
- Instrumental
o Satriani - Surfing with the Alien
o Vai - Passion and Warfare
o Eric Johson - Bloom
o Petrucci - Suspended Animation
- Hip-Hip
o The Eminem Show
o Kendrick Lemar - Damn
o Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
o Jay-Z - The Black Album
- Pop
o Third Eye Blind
o Taylor Swift - Red
o Justin Bieber - Purpose
o Michael Jackson - Triller
- Country
o Brad Paisley - Play
o Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
o Rascal Flatts - Me and my Gang
o Hunter Hayes - Encore
- Funk
o Soulive - Doin’ Something
o Lettuce - Rage!
o Prince - Musicology
Great vid. Probably the best "guitar habits" video I've seen.
I am so glad this video exists!! So helpful! Thank you!
this is completely off topic but has PRS thought about giving you your dream guitar or even a signature? you definitely deserve it man!!! keep the kick ass music up man i love it!!!
You, Marty music, and Shut up & play have been such great teachers the past 3 months
I've been very off and on with my playing. I've recently regained a bit of fire under my ass for a few months now and actually started paying attention to my actual technique and technical/lutheir type knowledge.
for me classical / electronica / alt, punk rock bring the most inpiration and ideas
It might be my favorite video of you. So helpful. Great advices. You're awesome
Disagree with a lot of your choices for different genres, but that's what makes music so fun. This is going to help me out a lot, not just with guitar but also other instruments I play. Thanks!
id say use your thumb behind the neck not over it for it unlocks many possibilities behind the instrument that you would not get otherwise
the first tip of revision is actually superhandy in any topic if you have a variety of friends that are also (finnish) or blunt honest. It is usually taught in Finland to those in positions of hr power to some extent as an emphasis but they do try to give base level employees these kind of yearly "checkpoints" which rarely hold any weight. BUT that being said, it is a great tool, and one of the biggest reasons I feel like I've lost valuable hours learning by myself instead of having ever an instructor. MY blessing in disquise has been overanalytical and simplifying mind as I had a grasp of Troy Grady's stuff before actually realizing it was a thing, but I'm cowardly and stubborn and rarely step outside of those initial "hunches" before I find a reliable source like forementioned Troy Grady etc.
I recently sprained my pinky finger after practicing and I had to let it rest for some days, I think the stretching and warm water tip will be very useful
Man that first track in the background sounds like that music "you touched my chalala, my din ding dong" lol
Damn I don’t even play guitar yet and i still watch these
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Don't delay getting one pick yourself up the best Acoustic guitar you can reasonably afford and start working away at it, spend some time working on Basics (how a guitar is tuned basic mechanics of strumming and picking) after that work on Basic Chords G, C, Em, D, Am, A, B7, E, F, and B, and then start taking lessons
Many years ago I chose to mimic Slash's diet and lifestyle on my way to guitar mastery. Maybe I'm not as good I could be but the candyman and the clerk at the liquor store know me by my 1st name and it's been a hell of a fun ride!
Man took so many notes, thanks so much. Agree with you that Tomo's time is pretty good!
Set goals, It’s true when I saw a Trogly do trade Tuesday where he made a 50 dollar acoustic a custom shop strat over time. I thought I could do that to and after 2 years of fixing and trading up gear I have a core PRS 594. It’s absolutely beautiful.
Didn't expect you to be a Chiodos fan. Awesome. Extra Awesome videos as of late too!
I was pleasantly surprised when I saw Chiodos on one of your top metal bands! Such an underrated band
I think a person that we can add to this conversation and maybe you could probably even sit down and have a zoom interview with is Raul midon.
He has some completely different ideas on guitar playing that could be refreshing to a lot of people.
If you don't know why I'll leave that as a surprise
My healthiest guitar habit is regularly playing live! Good stuff Tyler!!
That jam at the end was fantastic!
i recently decided to start playing to a metronome.. it was humbling to find out i wasnt as good at keeping time as i thought. never thought of recording though, next step for me
Whoaa, shout out for including chiodos all’s well. The album is loading with sick guitar parts.
Thank you for making this video! All of these guidelines might seem obvious to some people, but a lot of these things, I've always struggled with figuring out a way to set goals, hold myself accountable and be able to measure myself against them.
I'm working on playing my new guitar I got for christmas and I'm doing pretty good! Thanks !
Congrats on your guitar! Hope you love every second of it!!
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Best video I've seen from this channel! I enjoyed the list of albums too.. very practical advice
Thanks for breaking down the practice routine part
It may sound weird, but if your hand is very tired or sweat, you can wash them andd feeel very refresh to start again
One thing I do to keep my practacing fun is putting the guitar down and taking a break when I get annoyed. Some people his this misconseption that when your struggling playing a song, your getting the absoulte best practace. When im struggling with a song, after trying at it for a while I just take break. Usally when I get back to it I have a clearer head and overall play better.
I love how the music for the first part of the video sounds like the back ground music of a 80's infomercial.
thanks for telling me that im in the right path of musicianship. love you
11:41 The reality is, imperfect time is what makes recorded or performed music "human". I'm not mentioning like a beat or half or a third of a beat apart - I'm only talking about millisecond delay per beat or per note. Perfect timing, in my eyes, is landing your notes perfectly or exactly on the beat which only computers can perform for prolonged periods.
I'm more of a keyboardist than a guitarist (yes) but I can assure the entire world reading this comment that this is not necessarily pointing out what pros do - these are all suggestions for YOU guys out there. These tips are sure gonna help me out in learning literally any and every instrument that I'd wanna learn.
As a healthy guitar, or umm... instrument, habit, I'd suggest to always keep yourself free from any and all stress and tension. Don't clutter your brain to a point where you cannot find what you want to execute from your brain. Keeping it clean is surely gonna help you focus on practicing. There's no generalised way of doing so but just trying is almost always gonna be the right solution.
GREAT VIDEO! Desperately needed this one. Thanks for the advice.
you have inspired me to make beautiful sounds from a guitar
Another great one for Jazz - Wes Montgomery's Boss Guitar
JFL at the Chris Buck style playing and camera angles with the Suhr Tele... We noticed.
This is a very useful video - took screenshots of your doodles, Tyler! Now I can remind myself that I can moo it!
How about a video on how to choose electric guitar strings? Light, medium, etc?
Can you make a video, where you explain the difference between vibrato, vibrola and tremolo? I really tried to figure it out, but can't.. Nice video! (as always)
I literally took notes on my guitar notebook. Thanks!
“What’s inside a PRS guitar factory” -Some Video On RUclips
Me: Tyler Larson?
Wow thanks for this amazing video, it's going to help me so much in every thing I want to acomplish in guitar
Was already a fan, but now I’m ride or die after the Wilco shout out...
I keep hating that I'm so late to this content, I should've started this years ago! This might as well be a best seller book that I'd love to read. I just got the access to your web site and it's just straight awesome!
CAN I GET A HEART TYLER
In the words of Bruce Dickinson "You need a change of heart"
nice
Lol I got the reference
tyler does 'have heart' (only true music is win fans will get it)
@@thefilthlambs7654 I guess I’m a true music is win fun
Tomo is an excellent guitar player, tone for days.