Post by cage77 on Apr 18, 2004 14:55:09 GMT -5
After almsot 15 years of playing, I started taking lessons. I felt like I had hit a brick wall with my playing and direction and went off to learn something new. From talking to my teacher, the one major problem people have when teaching themselves out of books or the internet is technique. Technique is not just about what you are playing, but how you are playing.
First, as was mentioned before. up and down strokes on picking. It might sound stupidly simple, but learning the proper way to do this makes you more effeciant.
Second, proper fingering. There is a proper way to approach the fretboard that makes you a much more effeciant player.
These two things, ponited out very quickly by my instructor, has helped me become a better player. I'm faster on things I want to be faster at, my tone has gone from very good to great, and my picking and control has sky rocketed. All this from from 4 lessons and practice. LEarning to approach the guitar properly makes everything a lot easier.
Despite what people like to say, most instructors are not out to influence what you play or make you play something you don't want to. Unless of course, you ask the teacher to teach you how to play metal or country or whatever. The fundamentals are something that, although you can, are very difficult to learn from a book or website.....
Ok...enoguh from me....
Brandon
First, as was mentioned before. up and down strokes on picking. It might sound stupidly simple, but learning the proper way to do this makes you more effeciant.
Second, proper fingering. There is a proper way to approach the fretboard that makes you a much more effeciant player.
These two things, ponited out very quickly by my instructor, has helped me become a better player. I'm faster on things I want to be faster at, my tone has gone from very good to great, and my picking and control has sky rocketed. All this from from 4 lessons and practice. LEarning to approach the guitar properly makes everything a lot easier.
Despite what people like to say, most instructors are not out to influence what you play or make you play something you don't want to. Unless of course, you ask the teacher to teach you how to play metal or country or whatever. The fundamentals are something that, although you can, are very difficult to learn from a book or website.....
Ok...enoguh from me....
Brandon
