To learn the guitar is going to take practice. Here are some tips to help you make the most of your time. These are pretty important and will help you make fast progress and enjoy your time with your guitar... If you heed these here tips, you will learn better and faster!

Video Lesson

Justin's Top 10 Practice Tips

Included in this list are some things that may not be very useful for a beginner, but try to remember them for later! They are explained in greater detail on the video. If there is a god of guitar then these would be the ten commandments!

1. Practice what you can't do, not what you can.

2. Never practice making a mistake. Get it right.

3. Play perfectly slowly before you speed up.

4. Using a timer saves time.

5. Focus on one element of practice at a time.

6. Try and practice a little every day (lots better than all on one day).

7. Keep track of your practice (use a practice schedule).

8. If it sounds good it is good.

9. Playing and Practicing are very different, don't confuse them.

10. The more you think, the more you stink (practice until it becomes instinct).

Common Questions...

If I have more time than your suggested routines, what should I practice extra?
The best thing to do would be to have a 10 minute break to let your head clear and then do the whole thing again!

EXTRA TIP:
Make sure you leave some time for fun in there too - too much regimented practice and no fun could well make you lose interest. So make sure you leave some time to jam around amd play about - let your new skills grow your own way, naturally!

Ideally - you would spend half the time you play doing the specific exercises and then that same amount of time again just playing around, noodling and experimenting!

HELP!!!!

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