This is my new favorite channel on RUclips for music lessons. Love the knowledge bomb’s and resources like the bullet proof musician. Learning how we learn away from the instrument is also an integral part of music practice. I learned this in the past 3 months as I’ve hit many plateaus transitioning from intermediate to advanced guitarist
I thought I was the only one who would experience debilitating frustration when encountering a technical block in learning a new piece! Now I know that professional musician will have to practice repeatedly, in countless repetitions, in order to surmount barriers to achieve progress. That makes me feel much better. Thank you for sharing this! But how long does it take you to master a 3- or 4-minute piece? For me, it will take more than 3 months to learn a say 2-minute piece (I'm at most an intermediate player learning to fingerpick songs) and I often run out of patience, or even become fed up, so I move on to the next new piece on my wish list. Looking back, I have made overall progress in terms of techniques and music understanding but am still unable to play a piece to my satisfaction (that's to say, there are often one or two sections in a piece I have learned I feel I need to improve).
Another video with great suggestions - and, as I've learned, we should take the advice seriously about what to do to reduce injuries...they can really happen and as you get older they'll take forever to heal!
The tips on patience and adopting process-focused goals are just manifestly useful for me mentally. An absolute game-changer in my guitar journey. Thanks heaps Diego! Cheers!
So thorough, wow. Actually, without realizing it, I have already been doing most of the practices you discuss here, intuitively. But hearing the theory behind this is helpful. Btw, love your tremolo tutorial. I can finally call myself intermediate level, after a year of near daily practice. Here is a practice tip: Make sure you have a decent quality guitar, with good action. 👍
Diego, I can't help but think that at the beginning of this video you are going twice as fast as you should. Shouldn't practicing mistakes be avoided? I cite guitarist Manuel Barrueco: "Don't practice mistakes."
Hi William, thanks for commenting! Yes, I’ve actually received critiques for going either too fast or too slow for different videos 😳 I’ve been working on trying to speak speed that’s a little bit more in the middle. That said, if you’re having trouble with the speed, RUclips offers the ability to slow down the video. Take a look at the settings on the lower right of the RUclips window and you can select your speed there. Hope that helps! And yes, I agree that practicing (I.e., repeating) mistakes should be avoided. However, initially making mistakes should not be avoided. Instead, mistakes should be allowed to occur and then corrected immediately. Once corrected, we should work to repeat the correction. In this way, we can improve. If we avoid making mistakes, we can never develop our skills to a high level.
You’re very very welcome! Yes, I think two different pieces in a day is perfectly fine. Personally, I don’t like working on more than two at the same time in general unless the third piece is relatively short and significantly easier than the other two. I hope this helps! Thanks so much for commenting!
Yes, I’ve seen several pieces of research showing that studying or practicing in our case before going to bed seems to help improve the consolidation of newly learned information. Every chance I get, I practice at night for about 20 to 30 minutes before going to bed and make sure that I study the same material that I will cover the next morning. It’s the back to back Material with sleep in between that seems to help most. Thanks again!
I will be using these tips in my piano practicing.
So happy to hear that!! 🤩
Always good to have a refresher on how to practice :)
You're a fantastic teacher! I wish you taught piano!
This is my new favorite channel on RUclips for music lessons. Love the knowledge bomb’s and resources like the bullet proof musician. Learning how we learn away from the instrument is also an integral part of music practice. I learned this in the past 3 months as I’ve hit many plateaus transitioning from intermediate to advanced guitarist
This is the best video and breakdown of how to practice and improve. Thank you Diego!
Thank you for your comment Blas! I’ve got more coming!
I thought I was the only one who would experience debilitating frustration when encountering a technical block in learning a new piece! Now I know that professional musician will have to practice repeatedly, in countless repetitions, in order to surmount barriers to achieve progress. That makes me feel much better. Thank you for sharing this!
But how long does it take you to master a 3- or 4-minute piece? For me, it will take more than 3 months to learn a say 2-minute piece (I'm at most an intermediate player learning to fingerpick songs) and I often run out of patience, or even become fed up, so I move on to the next new piece on my wish list. Looking back, I have made overall progress in terms of techniques and music understanding but am still unable to play a piece to my satisfaction (that's to say, there are often one or two sections in a piece I have learned I feel I need to improve).
Excellent teaching and video quality. I've been sending it to my students and using the ideas myself. Hope you get a lot more subs!
That’s so great to hear! Thank you so much for sharing and commenting. I’ll be making more strategy videos soon so please stay tuned :)
Great teacher :)
Thank you! 😃
Top notch stuff!
Thank you Kevin! Glad you found it helpful. There will be more!
Another video with great suggestions - and, as I've learned, we should take the advice seriously about what to do to reduce injuries...they can really happen and as you get older they'll take forever to heal!
Just found your channel. I'm an oldie taking up the harp. I plan to use these strategies. This was a great training video.
Awesome! Glad to help! There will be more like this coming soon :)
Great and useful info. Thanks!
Glad you find these tips helpful! There will be more to come. Thanks!
The tips on patience and adopting process-focused goals are just manifestly useful for me mentally. An absolute game-changer in my guitar journey. Thanks heaps Diego! Cheers!
Thank you for your comment José! I’m so glad this helps. Please keep an eye out for more videos like this one in the near future.
Amazing lesson, thank you for these golden nuggets of excellence!
Glad you liked it! :)
So thorough, wow. Actually, without realizing it, I have already been doing most of the practices you discuss here, intuitively. But hearing the theory behind this is helpful.
Btw, love your tremolo tutorial. I can finally call myself intermediate level, after a year of near daily practice. Here is a practice tip: Make sure you have a decent quality guitar, with good action. 👍
Glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting!
Algo nuevo para me gusta los cambios que haces fácil buen reto👍👍👍
Absolutely golden this! Thank you! :)
This technique is a great idea to practice. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Wow. I am looking to learn this art and the method and information on this Chanel is amazing. I love it ❤ Thank you so much.
Thank you Andrew! Glad to help! If you’re interested in lessons please check out my website: DiegoAlonsoMusic.com
I love your content :)
Thank you Mohamed!
Diego, I can't help but think that at the beginning of this video you are going twice as fast as you should. Shouldn't practicing mistakes be avoided? I cite guitarist Manuel Barrueco: "Don't practice mistakes."
Hi William, thanks for commenting! Yes, I’ve actually received critiques for going either too fast or too slow for different videos 😳 I’ve been working on trying to speak speed that’s a little bit more in the middle. That said, if you’re having trouble with the speed, RUclips offers the ability to slow down the video. Take a look at the settings on the lower right of the RUclips window and you can select your speed there. Hope that helps!
And yes, I agree that practicing (I.e., repeating) mistakes should be avoided. However, initially making mistakes should not be avoided. Instead, mistakes should be allowed to occur and then corrected immediately. Once corrected, we should work to repeat the correction. In this way, we can improve. If we avoid making mistakes, we can never develop our skills to a high level.
thanks a lot Diego.
pls let me know if learning 2 or more diff songs in a day is ok. or do i have to master 1 before moving to the next song. TIA
You’re very very welcome! Yes, I think two different pieces in a day is perfectly fine. Personally, I don’t like working on more than two at the same time in general unless the third piece is relatively short and significantly easier than the other two. I hope this helps! Thanks so much for commenting!
Hi, looks like studies corelate even more repetition just before going to sleep or very close is even better, or i may wrong ... ?
Yes, I’ve seen several pieces of research showing that studying or practicing in our case before going to bed seems to help improve the consolidation of newly learned information. Every chance I get, I practice at night for about 20 to 30 minutes before going to bed and make sure that I study the same material that I will cover the next morning. It’s the back to back Material with sleep in between that seems to help most. Thanks again!
Can you teach me flamenco guitar please teach me
Thanks for your comment! Yes of course. Please send me an email to contact@diegoalonsomusic.com. Thanks again!
@@DiegoAlonsoMusic thanks for reply yeah I'll send you my mail
03:20 the nerd in me says: you're trying to avoid overfitting. 😁
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