I am working on a lick in Positions 1,2,5 of Am Pentatonic. 1) I have hit a plateau in playing the hammer ons & pull offs in the lick; 2) The weak spot causing the plateau is my lack of technique/muscle in these 2 areas; and 3) to practice this weakness and bust through it, I found beginner exercises on hammer ons & pull offs that I'm working on before returning to the lick.
So many great insights in this video and clearly explained with great references. 7 months into my guitar practice and I've hit a Plateau and found myself "doing this and that" trying different techniques and courses that just got me stuck more (makes me think of flailing in quick sand, the more you do that, the more you get stuck). I'm back to focusing on specific and well defined areas that I need to improve and working with a 1-on-1 instructor online to help me spot those small yet impactful areas that I'm stuck in to break through them.
1 - composition and arrangement 2 - no access to education in this area (I'm not talking about a music schools,because I can't go to school or academy) 3 - I can only look for a teacher,I have been self-taught for 20 years and I am exhausted by rediscovering the wheel on my own
working my tail off trying to (finally!) develop a tremolo skill on classical guitar. as a left handed person playing right handed, my right hand is my "weak" hand and tremolo seems far harder for me than for many. My plateau is my evennnes generally, and of course my speed, which is current stumbling quite a bit as I get up to about 100 bpm playing a quarter note tremolo. My new added exercise to work at (at first) much lower speeds, playing both perfectly in time AND consistently accenting exactly one of the finger (accent i, then accent m, then accept a, then p), as a means of getting more precise finger control and precision.
Tremolo notoriously takes a ridiculous amount of time and investment. Sounds like you have a great exercise you're doing with the variations of accents. You'll totally get there. Here are two pieces of encouragement which I already used as a reply to someone in the comments here: 1) Never stop believing that it's possible to get it sounding how you want. As soon as we think that maybe it's impossible for us, that will become a reality. The science shows that it is possible, it's just a matter of time, effort, consistency, and focusing on the right things. 2) it's okay for it to take time. a long time sometimes, and the harder it is to get something the harder it is to lose it. --- I hope those are helpful. You'll get there, and great job going for it!!
This lesson is imporant info for me, immediately applicable, thanks for the pdfs-I will work these ideas into my practice, I'll answer your questions in a few days-ThankYou!
Dude this is an awesome video. This is where we have to use our critical thinking skills. Ok, we got to this place by doing this, we had a plan to get here, we built a specific road to get here. Now we want to get here, we can use some tools we already have but we need some new ones to help with this goal. We can’t keep doing the same thing expecting a different result, gotta change it up. How were you able to do 120 push-ups? Well I trained for that. Now you want to run a marathon right? Well we have to train for that, doing more push-ups isn’t gonna get us there.
Wow this was great! So glad I subscribed to your channel. I definitely like what I’m hearing and seeing here so will be looking into it more it. Thanks! 😎💯👍
@@soundguitar It’’s actually a name I only use for my guitar studies RUclips channel and subscriptions though I have been called that at times as well. Ha! Nice and will do! 😎👍
Hey Jared, thanks for this video. Anyways, if you don't mind can we hear your guitar journey? I know it sounds boring, but as a guitar player im always willing to know someones journey. I dont know but that kind of video really inspire me.
Thanks for the request! I'd be happy to make a video on that, but I'm not totally sure of exactly what you mean by my "guitar journey". Can you elaborate so I can make sure that you get what you want out of it? Otherwise I might go the wrong direction with it. Thanks! -Jared
@@soundguitar Thanks for the reply Jared, really appreciate it.. Uhm... What i mean is that, if possible can we hear about how you start playing guitar, what inspired you to pick up the instrument, stuff like that.. What are your struggles and how you overcome them.. Becaause when i was starting to play guitar i always search for videos these and i come across the video of Steve Vai. He tells how he practice, his motvitation and alot of stuff. And i was really inspired of that, knowing that the likes of Steve Vai, and TE was once a beginner and they accomplish alot in playing guitar. That very moment i feel like they were talking to me directly and i felt it. As guitar player it sink in to me that if you don't enjoy practicing achieving what you want is hard. From that moment i both enjoy the "input'and 'output'of playing guitar.
My plateau right now is making a musical sounding solo over a 12 bar blues in a major key. I know both major and minor pentatonic scales well, am happy with I IV V arpeggios but I don’t know how to construct a meaningful musical 12 bar statement with that knowledge. My weak point is the construction of melodic statements over each of the sections. So I need to practice creating statements for each section (bars 1-4, 5-8, 9-12 maybe) independently before joining them together as a complete solo chorus. There. Is that the right approach?
Amazing advice! Thank you! Good to mix it up with thinking and ‘thought theory’ somehow! Thanks for the book recommendation, will check it out :) in return I just finished humankind by Rutger Bregman, think you’d like it! Thanks so much again!
Yes, that can happen! I totally know what you mean. The goal is to have ONE specific thing to focus on, not several. Yes, multiple parameters can be set, but only ONE can be what we are needing to focus on and the rest can only be there if they are already ingrained and done by habit. If they aren't there yet then we need to focus on those completely individually until they are. So for example if you want to improvise with chord tones one AND do it in time with the metronome click on the off-beats (a great goal)... it's not going to happen until we can play chord tones only out of time. And then it still won't happen unless we can play a single note, or random notes, or anything successfully with the metronome click on the off beats. So really it's one thing at a time, always, that we're actually trying to gain, and the parameters of anything else that we really really have down can be added in. I hope that helps!!
you say that its a good idea to use repetition with manipulation, but do you also believe there is a benefit to having a fixed warmup routine? to get your brain and fingers thinking musically.
Certainly, as long as it's clear what the purpose is. Anything we practice or play ever, we should be clear on why and what the purpose and intended outcome is. Including if that purpose is just to relax and enjoy playing around without worrying about "practicing" or improving. So a fixed warm up routine can be great time spent if it's found to be effective in accomplishing something specific - which is usually just getting the hands moving and physically warmed up. I have a friend that does his warm up routine while listening to the news because he knows he just wants to physically go through the motions to get warmed up, then the real practice begins after being warmed up by focusing on a specific skill or problem and trying to solve it. I hope that helps!! great question! :) -Jared ~~
Ugh. I’m so frustrated with a piece I been learning. 9 months later and I am still frustrated by it. I am even playing the piece AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE but it still sounds like chunks instead of a smooth piece. I have created anchor points along the way but just can’t seem to get it. But I’m still putting in the time for it. Thanks
I hear you, Ruben! A few pieces of encouragement: 1) Never stop believing that it's possible to get it sounding how you want. As soon as we think that maybe it's impossible for us, that will become a reality. The science shows that it is possible, it's just a matter of time, effort, consistency, and focusing on the right things. 2) break down every element of what's happening at any given time and make sure you're mastering each individual skill separately, then combining them together after that. 3) look for what's holding it back and try to create exercises to specifically solve those. 4) instead of thinking that it's 9 months and you don't have it down, think of how much better at you are than you were 9 months ago. and how much it will be even more improved in another 9 months. 5) it's okay for it to take time. a long time sometimes, and the harder it is to get something the harder it is to lose it. --- I hope those are helpful. You'll get there, and great job going for it!!
@@soundguitar you up to do an analysis on the piece? I hope that by doing so you will point out some anchor points to help me memorize it as well as see some of the theory going to process is mentally. Just link me the tip jar. 😊
GUYS I NEED YOUR HELP! I play guitar for about 5 years, im at a point where whith a few days of practice I can master pretty much any song (except for some crazy stuff like through fire and flames...) So the question is, ehat are some good songs for impressing girls? I just want to have that one song in my arsenal that i can just shred and have girls blow away. Please don't say some crazy stuff that I'll need 5 months to learn like the G.O.A.T or something like that. Thanks in advance.
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If you keep up this standard of videos it’s only a matter of time before your channel gets huge. Really cool content man
I appreciate that! Thanks, Alex!
Wonderful intelligent discussion. In effect, improving on an instrument means never being comfortable.
Very true! Just like getting stronger from lifting weights where we have to literally be uncomfortable and tear the muscles for it to work.
I am working on a lick in Positions 1,2,5 of Am Pentatonic. 1) I have hit a plateau in playing the hammer ons & pull offs in the lick; 2) The weak spot causing the plateau is my lack of technique/muscle in these 2 areas; and 3) to practice this weakness and bust through it, I found beginner exercises on hammer ons & pull offs that I'm working on before returning to the lick.
What a wonderful lesson. Simple yet profound.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks, Ely! :)
So many great insights in this video and clearly explained with great references. 7 months into my guitar practice and I've hit a Plateau and found myself "doing this and that" trying different techniques and courses that just got me stuck more (makes me think of flailing in quick sand, the more you do that, the more you get stuck). I'm back to focusing on specific and well defined areas that I need to improve and working with a 1-on-1 instructor online to help me spot those small yet impactful areas that I'm stuck in to break through them.
The way you explain things is amazing man
Thank you
Thanks so much, cheers -Jared
Great content Jared. You are a gifted teacher. Thank you for sharing
This was so helpful, have been stuck at the same skill level for the last 6 months, you earned this sub! Thank you so much!
So glad to hear that this helped! Thanks for the sub. cheers, ~~ Jared
Such great teaching.
1 - composition and arrangement
2 - no access to education in this area
(I'm not talking about a music schools,because I can't go to school or academy)
3 - I can only look for a teacher,I have been self-taught for 20 years
and I am exhausted by rediscovering the wheel on my own
I know what you mean by rediscovering the wheel. that is indeed exhausting. Great job seeking out the knowledge you want!
working my tail off trying to (finally!) develop a tremolo skill on classical guitar. as a left handed person playing right handed, my right hand is my "weak" hand and tremolo seems far harder for me than for many. My plateau is my evennnes generally, and of course my speed, which is current stumbling quite a bit as I get up to about 100 bpm playing a quarter note tremolo. My new added exercise to work at (at first) much lower speeds, playing both perfectly in time AND consistently accenting exactly one of the finger (accent i, then accent m, then accept a, then p), as a means of getting more precise finger control and precision.
Tremolo notoriously takes a ridiculous amount of time and investment. Sounds like you have a great exercise you're doing with the variations of accents. You'll totally get there. Here are two pieces of encouragement which I already used as a reply to someone in the comments here:
1) Never stop believing that it's possible to get it sounding how you want. As soon as we think that maybe it's impossible for us, that will become a reality. The science shows that it is possible, it's just a matter of time, effort, consistency, and focusing on the right things. 2) it's okay for it to take time. a long time sometimes, and the harder it is to get something the harder it is to lose it. --- I hope those are helpful. You'll get there, and great job going for it!!
its a shame that you have only 6000 subs you deserve millions im not kidding!
That's very kind of you ☺️ many thanks! ~~ Jared
Love this lesson
Best lesson I have had in a long time thank you
Great lesson thanks, I work to inconvienience myself each day 👍🏼
haha, I hear you! Thanks, Lovat :)
This lesson is imporant info for me, immediately applicable, thanks for the pdfs-I will work these ideas into my practice, I'll answer your questions in a few days-ThankYou!
Dude this is an awesome video. This is where we have to use our critical thinking skills. Ok, we got to this place by doing this, we had a plan to get here, we built a specific road to get here. Now we want to get here, we can use some tools we already have but we need some new ones to help with this goal. We can’t keep doing the same thing expecting a different result, gotta change it up. How were you able to do 120 push-ups? Well I trained for that. Now you want to run a marathon right? Well we have to train for that, doing more push-ups isn’t gonna get us there.
Haha, yes, I LOVE the pushups and marathon analogy you make. Exactly. More pushups won't help you run the marathon. :)
Thank you for reminding me of these ideas. Ron Fernandez, Fernandez Music.
You're welcome, Ron! Nice channel :) subbed
Thank you Jared, insightfull and well explained as always.
This is another great lesson! Perfect timing for me. Thank you so much!
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Glad you liked it. you're welcome, and thank YOU :) -Jared
I just downloaded this book on Audible. Thanks buddy!
Fantastic! :)
Enlighting.
I don't really hit plateaux, I always add something new or change details in my routine... instinct I guess 😜
wow, that's great!! nice :)
@@soundguitar Ahah, I didn't mean to brag, got plenty to learn still!
@@HeadbangoO nah, it didn't seem like it, that's great that you have that instinct to challenge yourself!
This is great stuff- thank you!!
glad you liked it, thanks!
practice ❌
watching 100 videos about practice ✅
Thanks, great well taught out and edited content as always
This was incredibly helpful! Thank you.
Wow this was great! So glad I subscribed to your channel. I definitely like what I’m hearing and seeing here so will be looking into it more it. Thanks! 😎💯👍
Thanks J. Rod! (Ps, People call me that too!)
@@soundguitar It’’s actually a name I only use for my guitar studies RUclips channel and subscriptions though I have been called that at times as well. Ha! Nice and will do! 😎👍
Hey Jared, thanks for this video. Anyways, if you don't mind can we hear your guitar journey? I know it sounds boring, but as a guitar player im always willing to know someones journey. I dont know but that kind of video really inspire me.
Thanks for the request! I'd be happy to make a video on that, but I'm not totally sure of exactly what you mean by my "guitar journey". Can you elaborate so I can make sure that you get what you want out of it? Otherwise I might go the wrong direction with it. Thanks! -Jared
@@soundguitar Thanks for the reply Jared, really appreciate it.. Uhm... What i mean is that, if possible can we hear about how you start playing guitar, what inspired you to pick up the instrument, stuff like that.. What are your struggles and how you overcome them.. Becaause when i was starting to play guitar i always search for videos these and i come across the video of Steve Vai. He tells how he practice, his motvitation and alot of stuff. And i was really inspired of that, knowing that the likes of Steve Vai, and TE was once a beginner and they accomplish alot in playing guitar. That very moment i feel like they were talking to me directly and i felt it. As guitar player it sink in to me that if you don't enjoy practicing achieving what you want is hard. From that moment i both enjoy the "input'and 'output'of playing guitar.
@@mm-zn5hh Perfect! thanks for the clarification. I'd love to put a video together like that. I've added it to my list of videos to make :)
Thanks Jared love an appreciate all your hard work
What kind of strings and gauges do you like for Jazz guitar I have a strat
My plateau right now is making a musical sounding solo over a 12 bar blues in a major key. I know both major and minor pentatonic scales well, am happy with I IV V arpeggios but I don’t know how to construct a meaningful musical 12 bar statement with that knowledge.
My weak point is the construction of melodic statements over each of the sections.
So I need to practice creating statements for each section (bars 1-4, 5-8, 9-12 maybe) independently before joining them together as a complete solo chorus.
There. Is that the right approach?
Amazing advice! Thank you! Good to mix it up with thinking and ‘thought theory’ somehow!
Thanks for the book recommendation, will check it out :) in return I just finished humankind by Rutger Bregman, think you’d like it!
Thanks so much again!
Ooh, thanks for the book recommendations, Stuart! I appreciate it :) -Jared
Great video! Thanks
Glad you liked it!
I guess in guitar terms „plateau“ translates to „noodle around“
haha! true
Many guitar players learn for a year or two and repeat these for the next 20...
so true!
sometimes when I practice I'm setting too many manipulations or too many clear parameters. am I the only one? any suggestions?
Yes, that can happen! I totally know what you mean. The goal is to have ONE specific thing to focus on, not several. Yes, multiple parameters can be set, but only ONE can be what we are needing to focus on and the rest can only be there if they are already ingrained and done by habit. If they aren't there yet then we need to focus on those completely individually until they are. So for example if you want to improvise with chord tones one AND do it in time with the metronome click on the off-beats (a great goal)... it's not going to happen until we can play chord tones only out of time. And then it still won't happen unless we can play a single note, or random notes, or anything successfully with the metronome click on the off beats. So really it's one thing at a time, always, that we're actually trying to gain, and the parameters of anything else that we really really have down can be added in. I hope that helps!!
you say that its a good idea to use repetition with manipulation, but do you also believe there is a benefit to having a fixed warmup routine? to get your brain and fingers thinking musically.
Certainly, as long as it's clear what the purpose is. Anything we practice or play ever, we should be clear on why and what the purpose and intended outcome is. Including if that purpose is just to relax and enjoy playing around without worrying about "practicing" or improving. So a fixed warm up routine can be great time spent if it's found to be effective in accomplishing something specific - which is usually just getting the hands moving and physically warmed up. I have a friend that does his warm up routine while listening to the news because he knows he just wants to physically go through the motions to get warmed up, then the real practice begins after being warmed up by focusing on a specific skill or problem and trying to solve it. I hope that helps!! great question! :) -Jared ~~
Ugh. I’m so frustrated with a piece I been learning. 9 months later and I am still frustrated by it. I am even playing the piece AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE but it still sounds like chunks instead of a smooth piece. I have created anchor points along the way but just can’t seem to get it. But I’m still putting in the time for it. Thanks
I hear you, Ruben! A few pieces of encouragement: 1) Never stop believing that it's possible to get it sounding how you want. As soon as we think that maybe it's impossible for us, that will become a reality. The science shows that it is possible, it's just a matter of time, effort, consistency, and focusing on the right things. 2) break down every element of what's happening at any given time and make sure you're mastering each individual skill separately, then combining them together after that. 3) look for what's holding it back and try to create exercises to specifically solve those. 4) instead of thinking that it's 9 months and you don't have it down, think of how much better at you are than you were 9 months ago. and how much it will be even more improved in another 9 months. 5) it's okay for it to take time. a long time sometimes, and the harder it is to get something the harder it is to lose it. --- I hope those are helpful. You'll get there, and great job going for it!!
@@soundguitar you up to do an analysis on the piece? I hope that by doing so you will point out some anchor points to help me memorize it as well as see some of the theory going to process is mentally. Just link me the tip jar. 😊
@@rreyes3000 Happy to give it a shot! What's the piece?
@@soundguitar just sent email
@@soundguitar fyi. I got an email error delivery. I mailed you back.
poor tremolo
So you've learned all the basic chords😂
GUYS I NEED YOUR HELP!
I play guitar for about 5 years, im at a point where whith a few days of practice I can master pretty much any song (except for some crazy stuff like through fire and flames...)
So the question is, ehat are some good songs for impressing girls? I just want to have that one song in my arsenal that i can just shred and have girls blow away. Please don't say some crazy stuff that I'll need 5 months to learn like the G.O.A.T or something like that. Thanks in advance.