Why Playing Guitar Fast Is Easy For Some, Hard For Others
Ever feel like playing guitar faster is a goal that forever remains out of your reach?
Don’t worry, tons of people go through this same frustration.
Good news though:
Playing guitar really fast, like super-shredder fast is easier than you think.
You just need to learn how to practice and think like the guitarists who play fast with little effort.
Sound good?
Great.
It’s not rocket science, so you’ll pick these ideas up fast.
Ok, here is why playing guitar fast is easy for some but hard for others (and how to make it easy for yourself):
Guitarists Who Shred With Ease Have Tons Of Motivation
Having strong reasons for becoming a fast
guitar player fuels your desire to practice and work hard to do it.
The fastest guitar players have incredibly amounts of motivation because they have strong reasons for achieving their goals.
No matter what your musical goals are or why you want to play guitar with more speed, you benefit greatly from strengthening your reasons to do these things.
Go through this process to do it:
1.
Think about the biggest musical goals you have
for your guitar playing. If your goals are not that big, MAKE them big! The
bigger they are, the more motivating they become.
2.
Then determine exactly why these things mean so
much to you. What do they give you that you didn’t have before?
3. Imagine the feeling of finally having these things, showing them others and using them.
Take your time with this and be as specific as possible with your goals and everything else in the exercise. This lays the foundation for achieving them.
Having Efficient Practice Is Key For Fast Progress
It’s not enough to practice guitar for many
hours every day – despite what so many people believe.
Practice guitar efficiently and you become a badass shredder in no time! THIS is how fast guitarists seem to go from average speed to high speed much more quickly then everyone else.
So, what can you do to make your practice more efficient?
Here is a short list of ideas:
·
Eliminate mindless practice and make every
moment count
·
Have clear goals and work with a teacher to reach
them (more on this below)
·
Practice in shorter bursts of time (15-20
minutes) to improve focus
· Practice things that transfer well
What does “transfer well” mean?
Interpreting Mistakes As Opportunities Makes All The Difference
One of the worst things you can do to harm your progress on guitar is turn every mistake into an overwhelmingly frustrating experience… and yet so many guitarists do this!
Yes, making mistakes can be frustrating…
But great guitarists transform mistakes into opportunities by using them as tools to indicate exactly why their playing is breaking down.
This not only lessens your frustration, but gives you tons of motivation to get better.
Why?
When you are in the habit of seeing mistakes as opportunities to improve, you see guitar playing at a different level than most people. You instantly give yourself the chance to learn and take action to get better.
Working With A Guitar Teacher Supercharges Your Progress
It’s a no-brainer that you benefit by taking lessons with a guitar teacher who has already helped others play super fast and become killer players.
Nearly all great guitarists have taken lessons with teachers (even at an advanced level) in order to correct subtle mistakes, reach higher levels of playing and discover new perspectives to help them improve.
It’s very hard to make tons of progress on your own as a
guitar player without expert guidance.
For sure it is possible, but taking lessons with a teacher
has so much benefit, that it doesn’t make sense to overlook it.
Bottom line: