I agree with the previous comment! TIMING is so important. The one piece of useful advice my Father gave me was that if I’m playing and I mess up a chord, don’t go back to try and play it again but right, stay in time and play the next chord in the correct place!!! So many poor muso’s speed up what they can do well and slow down for more difficult things. Set a tempo and stick to it. Even if it’s a slow tempo, you simply increase tempo as you get more proficient.
@BenFletcherGuitar
4 ай бұрын
The thing about not going back is interesting. When you play at home you have an infinite amount of re-do's. Every time you take a direction when learning to improvise and mess up, you can go back over it. Live you only get one shot. I'm not sure what's best to be honest. Going back over it could potentially make you concentrate on what you're playing more, you could find new pathways and ultimately your tone will be better through repetition. On the flip side, if you never manage to get through something without going back over it, then how can you expect to play live? Hmmm, tricky. The metronome is something that a lot of good players seem to advocate for, though I'm not sure I would get a beginner doing it. I wasn't able to move my fingers quick enough to play at anything that could be called a tempo, when I started! I can see an advantage once you've been playing a while, though as I admitted to Graeme, it's not something I've ever used. What a slacker huh?!
@mindsetmusic999
4 ай бұрын
3.39 that is where I'm still at with my knowledge after over 30 years of playing guitar 🎸 😅😅😅 Great video as always Ben. 👌
@BenFletcherGuitar
4 ай бұрын
Ha! IF that's true, you're making it work just fine, mate! I'm sure you have a handle on some patterns at this point though. I've seen you come up with some really inventive riffs, so your ears are obviously developed even if you're not working from scale charts. Thanks man!
@PointyYT
4 ай бұрын
Killer social-club licks in the beginning jam.
@BenFletcherGuitar
4 ай бұрын
Ha! That was going to be point number 6, learn club chops! Fastest way to a re-book.
@graemero5532
4 ай бұрын
🤔 It all depends what type of player you want to become. The best route for a gigging cover band guitarist and a guitarist aspiring to write original material would be vastly different imo. But the best piece of advice I could give to a new player is stay away from any "get good quick" methods/systems like caged or neverlost. It takes longer to forget that crap than it does to learn. Another good piece of advice is to never practice without a metronome, drum loop or backing track, timing is paramount.
@BenFletcherGuitar
4 ай бұрын
Some interesting points there, Graeme. I think you're right that you need different information depending on the style you want to go for, but I d think there are some building blocks that apply to most things and would sped the process up for me to get to whatever standard I'm at now. Not having had any guidance, that whole thing about the intervals wasn't immediately obvious to a numbskull like me! Interesting that another comment mentions a metronome. Lots of good players talk about using those, but I've literally never tried it! I never practiced scales either because i found it really boring, I always just went straight for chops. Not that I'm advocating for my route, I'm pretty sure it's the wrong one, ha! Total agreement with the get good quick schemes. It takes years to master something like an instrument regardless of your method, people should know they're in for the long haul. Never heard of Neverlost?! I have a fairly odd way of looking at the board I think. I'm considering making a video about it, as it's always interesting (to me at least) hearing how someone else views what they're doing. (Very sorry about the slow reply, not been logging in to my channel much in the last few weeks).
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