John M. Thank you so much for desire to encourage and help others. I’m just starting to pick up my guitar and learn how to express myself with it. I’m a stroke survivor and I’ve had to re-learn many things I took for granted. I’m learning that nothing is perfect in life and having the courage to not give up and keep striving is what’s important. Thank you!!!
Thanks! This really motivates me to play and practise more. And helps me to not get frustrated about the parts I still cannot play after so much time. I'll just enjoy playing again
Assaf, I’ve learned some really cool finger style stuff from you over the past few years. This video really resonated with me, and I think was the best one yet. Thank you for all your work. 👍
I spent so much time during the first lockdown trying to improve my level and after three months I didn't notice a big difference, so I stopped for a while and few months later I noticed a huge difference. I had a math teacher in high school that described this phenomenon as "Fermentation", I had a discussion about this with my best friend recently and I am very glad that all this got confirmed today by a pro . Thank you so much for your videos man !
This is a very timely message for me! I just picked up the steel guitar and I've been practicing an arrangement of Will The Circle Be Unbroken, pretty much all I do now, and it's still not perfect. I could feel the doubts creeping in!
As a beginner nerves and remembering things as you mentioned you only get better by practising you shouldn't be worried about how it sounds that comes with experience and you don't get that over night
What really worked for me is to work on challenging chords and techniques with a couple songs every day, like never going back again from fleetwood mac and shape of my heart from sting- just for an hour or two, but then move on to stuff that is fun for me but not necessarily that hard or challenging the same way, like some bluegrass flatpicking. for a beginner-intermediate guitar player I find that spending just 15 minutes a day on very repetitive training of stretchy chords and specific transitions can be really helpful. Seven times 15 minutes on seven different day helps a whole lot more than seven times 15 minutes one day. After a while you will hit a skill ceiling and it's useless to repetitively practice technique, then just move on to a different song and come back a while later.
Thank you I was having a crappy day with my guitar progress feeling like I won't ever amount to playing perfect yet listening to this brang that positivity back into me. 🙏🙏🙏
Nicely stated! How many times have I encountered a lick, a technique, or a concept and felt completely defeated by it, only to master it, sometimes in as little as a week. Yes, most times it takes much longer, depending on the problem. Definitely, stepping back from a task and coming back to it, even after doing nothing, but especially after doing something new.
I can definitely relate to this. I have been playing for about a year now. I tried learning nothing else matters by metallica my first or second month and could not get past the first 10 seconds. Last week I spent a few days working on it again and now I can play almost the whole song and I am working on the solo now. I still can't play it in time along with the original but I can play it well enough on my own for my own satisfaction
well, shit, you figured me out lol... I learned there was this thing called a 'growth mindset' and a 'fixed mindset' and the difference was how each mindset perceived challenges or imperfections... A person with a growth mindset messes up and thinks, "I'll get it right next time!" and enjoys the challenge despite messing up repeatedly. A person with a fixed mindset messes up and thinks, "I guess I'm not cut out for this." and feels like each time he/she messes up is further evidence of his/her inherent inferiority and lack of 'talent'. Most people have a fixed mindset, and so did I. That is the reason I have barely made any progress with my guitar for years and it has been collecting dust for 2 years now (until I decided to try it out again today before putting an ad for it and selling it, and now I'm rethinking my decision and maybe keeping it). It's also the reason I graduated with a barely passing GPA in university, and the reason I struggle with learning anything new. I expect to be perfect from the START. It's taken me so long to figure this out. Perfectionism is deadly for all kinds of learning. You are absolutely right.
Really enjoying your videos, really good advice in this one, avoids disappointment and frustration due to not being able to achieve periods of perfection in a learning journey. Thanks so much. P.S. How do you manage to play for so long on the couch ? If I sit perched on the edge of our couch and play for an hour, my back is killing me. :-)
Sir can you make a tutorial of local song of the philippines??the title is "TILL I MET YOU" covered /sang by kyla.. Fingerstyle full song hoping please.. Hope u'll respond thank you very much..
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I really needed this, I was literally trying to perfect parts of a piece instead of learning the whole thing first haha, thank you!
John M. Thank you so much for desire to encourage and help others. I’m just starting to pick up my guitar and learn how to express myself with it. I’m a stroke survivor and I’ve had to re-learn many things I took for granted. I’m learning that nothing is perfect in life and having the courage to not give up and keep striving is what’s important. Thank you!!!
Thanks! This really motivates me to play and practise more. And helps me to not get frustrated about the parts I still cannot play after so much time. I'll just enjoy playing again
Assaf, I’ve learned some really cool finger style stuff from you over the past few years. This video really resonated with me, and I think was the best one yet. Thank you for all your work. 👍
I spent so much time during the first lockdown trying to improve my level and after three months I didn't notice a big difference, so I stopped for a while and few months later I noticed a huge difference. I had a math teacher in high school that described this phenomenon as "Fermentation", I had a discussion about this with my best friend recently and I am very glad that all this got confirmed today by a pro .
Thank you so much for your videos man !
Absolutely agree. I''ve noticed it playing your "Layla" cover.
This is a very timely message for me! I just picked up the steel guitar and I've been practicing an arrangement of Will The Circle Be Unbroken, pretty much all I do now, and it's still not perfect. I could feel the doubts creeping in!
As a beginner nerves and remembering things as you mentioned you only get better by practising you shouldn't be worried about how it sounds that comes with experience and you don't get that over night
What really worked for me is to work on challenging chords and techniques with a couple songs every day, like never going back again from fleetwood mac and shape of my heart from sting- just for an hour or two, but then move on to stuff that is fun for me but not necessarily that hard or challenging the same way, like some bluegrass flatpicking.
for a beginner-intermediate guitar player I find that spending just 15 minutes a day on very repetitive training of stretchy chords and specific transitions can be really helpful. Seven times 15 minutes on seven different day helps a whole lot more than seven times 15 minutes one day.
After a while you will hit a skill ceiling and it's useless to repetitively practice technique, then just move on to a different song and come back a while later.
Thank you I was having a crappy day with my guitar progress feeling like I won't ever amount to playing perfect yet listening to this brang that positivity
back into me. 🙏🙏🙏
Nicely stated! How many times have I encountered a lick, a technique, or a concept and felt completely defeated by it, only to master it, sometimes in as little as a week. Yes, most times it takes much longer, depending on the problem. Definitely, stepping back from a task and coming back to it, even after doing nothing, but especially after doing something new.
I can definitely relate to this. I have been playing for about a year now. I tried learning nothing else matters by metallica my first or second month and could not get past the first 10 seconds. Last week I spent a few days working on it again and now I can play almost the whole song and I am working on the solo now. I still can't play it in time along with the original but I can play it well enough on my own for my own satisfaction
I been playing for a few years and just discovered Metallica songs last fall. They are not easy but easy things are hard for me because they bore me.
I went back to a difficult song after one month few times, and it suddenly felt easy.
I learned at 12. I'm 57. Just now trying some stuff.
Inspiring, thank you!
“Music is an individual experience”
LOVE THIS
1:11 "Beginner guitar players are frustrated enough." - YES!!!! Yes, it's true!! LOL
I will show this video to my students mainly! Thanks for sharing!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Words of wisdom : play for fun and enjoy the music.... Mannnn the electric version though just startled me XD
Well presented; thank you for sharing.
Hooray. Thank You! Very brave of you to call out one of those clickbait guitar ads.
Phenomenal Guide👌
Now I'm going to tell my wife, "I'm not practicing. I'm developing the myelin sheath around my nerve cells!"
You taught me Steve Howe's Clap and I have to play it everyday or I'll forget it!
Yess sir!! Thank you very much 🙏
well, shit, you figured me out lol...
I learned there was this thing called a 'growth mindset' and a 'fixed mindset' and the difference was how each mindset perceived challenges or imperfections...
A person with a growth mindset messes up and thinks, "I'll get it right next time!" and enjoys the challenge despite messing up repeatedly.
A person with a fixed mindset messes up and thinks, "I guess I'm not cut out for this." and feels like each time he/she messes up is further evidence of his/her inherent inferiority and lack of 'talent'.
Most people have a fixed mindset, and so did I. That is the reason I have barely made any progress with my guitar for years and it has been collecting dust for 2 years now (until I decided to try it out again today before putting an ad for it and selling it, and now I'm rethinking my decision and maybe keeping it).
It's also the reason I graduated with a barely passing GPA in university, and the reason I struggle with learning anything new. I expect to be perfect from the START.
It's taken me so long to figure this out.
Perfectionism is deadly for all kinds of learning. You are absolutely right.
Thank you for the insight. It really gives me hope. 🙏
Great advice... 👍🏻
👏👏👏👏👏 wonderful video!!
I totally agree with you 👍
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Really enjoying your videos, really good advice in this one, avoids disappointment and frustration due to not being able to achieve periods of perfection in a learning journey. Thanks so much. P.S. How do you manage to play for so long on the couch ? If I sit perched on the edge of our couch and play for an hour, my back is killing me. :-)
I cannot disagree with a single word. Awesome video.
Sir can you make a tutorial of local song of the philippines??the title is "TILL I MET YOU" covered /sang by kyla.. Fingerstyle full song hoping please.. Hope u'll respond thank you very much..
Can u teach norwegian wood by beatels sir☺️☺️
LICK N RIFF ELECTRIC 🙌🎸🤩
best Teacher!
Can you please give a leeson about
" how it all works out by faouzia"
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Looks like I need 20 years to implement)))
I can confirm everything what you say...
As a beginner....even playing one song from start to end is...so hard even if it is just 4 chords repeating! :)
Keep going, the important thing is to play every day even it's only for a few minutes
After a while the most used chords become very easy for everyone so the challenge will be to actually memorize the sequence.
Babies learn how to walk and to talk by imitation and repetition .. just do it, and don’t worry … no one is perfect ..