[0:00] 90% of people trying to learn guitar
[0:02] quit in the first
[0:04] year and if you're trying to teach
[0:06] yourself your chances of coming out of
[0:08] the winning side of that statistic after
[0:10] a whole year are even worse but don't
[0:13] give up hope because I've spent the last
[0:14] seven years going from
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[0:22] this to this
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[0:31] using nothing but completely free online
[0:33] resources as a selft talk guitarist and
[0:35] in this video I've put together the top
[0:37] five tips I wish I knew as a beginner
[0:40] guitarist to help you go from knowing
[0:42] nothing to becoming a successful
[0:44] self-talk guitarist winning the 90%
[0:45] statistic and learning in half the time
[0:48] it took me if you apply these tips and
[0:50] make sure you stick around to the end
[0:52] because tip number five is probably the
[0:54] most important advice you will ever get
[0:56] as a selft talk guitarist let's get into
[0:59] it
[1:00] tip number one YouTube and songster is
[1:03] all you need musician simply guitar
[1:06] unnecessary now I'm not saying that you
[1:09] shouldn't use them and if they work for
[1:10] you then that's fantastic but I find
[1:12] YouTube and sster which are both
[1:14] completely free by the way I explain
[1:15] what songster is in just one second uh
[1:17] to be a very comprehensive and
[1:19] synergetic teaching Duo that taught me
[1:20] everything I know now pay close
[1:22] attention because I'm about to break
[1:23] down my exact process for learning new
[1:25] things on the guitar with these two
[1:27] applications I just mentioned first I
[1:29] searched up a YouTube YouTu video of the
[1:30] song I want to learn note that this can
[1:32] also be a riff scale uh chord shape
[1:34] whatever it may be I'm just using song
[1:36] for Simplicity just to get a feel for
[1:38] the Rhythm and Melody this is a crucial
[1:40] First Step that will accelerate your
[1:41] learning drastically because by
[1:43] listening to the song first and
[1:44] internalizing the melody and the notes
[1:46] now your brain can associate certain
[1:48] notes with fingerings and Frets on the
[1:49] guitar something that takes most
[1:51] guitarists decades to Master Okay step
[1:53] two search up a YouTube tutorial video
[1:56] of the song once again it can mean scale
[1:58] riff chord whatever you want to learn
[2:00] and for most popular songs there should
[2:02] be some of my favorite people to learn
[2:04] from include Gareth Evans Paul Davids
[2:06] and Marty music there are linked Down
[2:08] Below in the description if there isn't
[2:09] a tutorial video on YouTube you're going
[2:11] to have to look up tabs now if you don't
[2:12] know what tabs are it's essentially like
[2:14] sheet music for guitar and they're super
[2:16] super valuable to selft talk guitar so
[2:18] put that on your things to learn do take
[2:19] note that this is a more advanced way to
[2:21] learn than tutorial videos so it's
[2:22] generally a good idea to start out with
[2:24] tutorials and preferably tutorials with
[2:26] tabs on the screen like this one before
[2:28] moving on to just tabs alone
[2:30] I prefer to use a website called
[2:31] songster for using tabs just because
[2:33] they're pretty accurate they have pretty
[2:34] much any song out there and they also
[2:37] have this very useful playback feature
[2:38] where you can listen to what this song
[2:39] should sound like and then try to
[2:41] emulate that this takes us to a very
[2:43] important point on tabs though that you
[2:44] should always always always cross
[2:46] reference what you're learning on the
[2:47] tabs to what the actual performance
[2:49] video of someone playing it even when
[2:51] using a playback feature like songsters
[2:53] because not only does it help your note
[2:55] recognition like we were talking about
[2:56] before but also Tabs are often wrong and
[2:59] even if they are correct correct they
[3:00] don't give you any information about the
[3:01] Rhythm so it's a crucial step that you
[3:03] cross reference what you're learning on
[3:05] the tabs with the actual video
[3:06] personally I'll often use a combination
[3:08] of tutorials tabs and just learning by
[3:11] ear uh especially as you develop that
[3:13] note recognition so just use anything
[3:15] you can get your hands on tip number two
[3:17] no gear no problem as a beginner
[3:19] guitarist it's always tempting to just
[3:21] go buy a bunch of cool gear right I mean
[3:23] you're going to need an acoustic an
[3:24] electric then that means that you also
[3:26] need a guitar cable guitar amp pcks
[3:29] you're going to need capos tuners right
[3:31] this is literally all you need no tuners
[3:34] you can just use one of the hundreds of
[3:35] free guitar tuning apps out there
[3:37] personally I use Guitar Tuna no electric
[3:39] guitar you can play pretty much all the
[3:41] same stuff on acoustic at least until
[3:43] you've assured yourself that you're not
[3:44] going to quit and then you can go out
[3:46] and buy an electric guitar because the
[3:47] last thing in the world that you want to
[3:48] do is go buy an expensive guitar and
[3:50] then two weeks later decide that you
[3:51] don't want to play guitar anymore and no
[3:54] picks I personally believe that every
[3:56] guitar should start off finger style
[3:57] where you pluck the strings with your
[3:58] fingers instead of with a pick just
[4:00] because it develops your dexterity and
[4:02] strength in your right hand your picking
[4:04] hand so much faster than using a pick
[4:06] does even a capo is UN necessary not
[4:08] only because you can play the same
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[4:14] songs just down you know on the
[4:18] [Music]
[4:22] neck but also because you can actually
[4:24] make one using nothing but a couple
[4:25] rubber bands and a pencil I will say
[4:28] that there is a case where as as you
[4:30] advance some guitar gear can actually
[4:31] help you progress but we'll get into
[4:33] that in tip number five tip number three
[4:35] just play something I want to start this
[4:38] off by saying that a lot of self-taught
[4:40] guitarists make the mistake of teaching
[4:42] themselves bad habits so whenever you're
[4:44] watching an advanced guitarist perform
[4:46] or do a tutorial video I want you to pay
[4:48] special attention to how they're holding
[4:50] their guitar the shape their wrist is in
[4:52] how they're holding the pick if they're
[4:53] using one and it may seem kind of silly
[4:56] right now but trust me doing this simple
[4:58] step right now and getting good habits
[5:01] nailed down rather than bad ones is
[5:02] going to save you years of frustration
[5:04] and waste of time down the road all that
[5:06] being said though you just have to play
[5:08] something like when I'm a beginner I
[5:11] find myself trying to make sure that I
[5:13] follow all the right steps and do
[5:14] everything in the right order so that
[5:16] everything's going to fall into place
[5:17] later down the road and I'm not doing
[5:19] anything the wrong way but I'm going to
[5:21] tell you right now there's no right
[5:23] thing to learn first a right way to
[5:24] start learning the guitar the most
[5:26] valuable thing that you can be doing
[5:28] with your time right now is just have
[5:29] having a guitar in your hands for
[5:31] instance this was the first RI that I
[5:35] learned but I could have just as easily
[5:37] learned something like
[5:40] this or maybe like
[5:45] this it's not really as important what
[5:48] you learn it's just that you're learning
[5:49] something and then you have the guitar
[5:50] in your hands so remember to pay
[5:52] attention to good technique but don't
[5:54] let that stop you from logging as many
[5:55] hours as possible with the strings
[5:57] underneath your fingers hey guys future
[5:59] me here um if you're enjoying the video
[6:01] so far and you think might be beneficial
[6:02] for others to see these tips then it
[6:03] really helps the video and the channel
[6:05] is whole get out to more people if you
[6:06] just hit liked subscribed I really
[6:07] appreciate it now let's get back to the
[6:09] video tip number four schedule and goals
[6:12] over the hump if your guitar journey is
[6:14] anything like mine it'll probably end up
[6:16] looking a little like this you start
[6:17] here at skill level zero and zero years
[6:19] spent
[6:20] practicing then as you start investing
[6:22] the first hours into practicing you'll
[6:23] see visible progress you'll start
[6:25] learning chords and new songs even if
[6:26] they're very basic and it's fun to
[6:28] practice and create sound But Here Comes
[6:31] The Beginner's worst nightmare the hump
[6:34] this is where practicing is going to
[6:35] feel like a chore you'll struggle to up
[6:37] your caliber of songs your fingers will
[6:39] Blister in pain and it'll feel like
[6:41] guitar just isn't meant for you this is
[6:43] probably where most of that 90% quit but
[6:46] that's because they're not sticking to a
[6:47] schedule and setting smart goals now
[6:48] when I say schedule this can mean
[6:50] anything from 3 hours a day to a half
[6:52] hour a week it's all up to you and what
[6:54] your goals are as a guitar player but
[6:56] the important thing is that you set a
[6:59] date and you don't miss it if you slip
[7:01] then it becomes easier and easier to do
[7:03] that again so if you're going to set a
[7:04] schedule for one week make sure it's
[7:06] something that you can stick to now on
[7:08] top of creating a schedule you'll need
[7:10] smart goals this means goals that are
[7:11] specific for instance learning a certain
[7:13] song or scale measurable don't set a
[7:16] goal like I want to play better they're
[7:19] attainable be realistic in what you can
[7:20] accomplish and don't push yourself too
[7:22] hard I mean Excellence does take time
[7:24] they're relevant set goals that are in
[7:27] line with the specific style you want to
[7:28] master are you a hybrid picker or a
[7:30] finger style guitarist a rock star or a
[7:33] jazz guy and they're time bound set a
[7:36] deadline for yourself to learn a
[7:37] specific song or scale or whatever it
[7:39] may be once again don't go too intense
[7:42] because that'll lead to burnout
[7:43] especially during the hump phase and
[7:44] stick with it that's it with scheduling
[7:46] and goal setting you'll be able to get
[7:48] past any hump and once you're back into
[7:50] that upward sloping portion of the graph
[7:52] which you'll know because practicing
[7:53] will start to feel fun again then now
[7:55] you can kind of adjust how you set goals
[7:57] and schedules there on based on you know
[8:01] becoming more laxed when it feels
[8:02] burdensome and adding it back on when
[8:03] you have the drive to do so because of
[8:05] tip number five which is make it
[8:09] fun this is by far the most important
[8:11] tip of the video so if you only remember
[8:13] one thing from the five tips that I gave
[8:14] you this is the thing to remember
[8:17] because if you make guitar playing fun
[8:19] then you're going to want to play and if
[8:20] you want to play You're going to play
[8:21] more and you're going to get better
[8:23] faster and most importantly you're not
[8:25] going to quit now I know this sounds
[8:27] kind of obvious but I think this is the
[8:28] biggest reason why that 90% of people
[8:30] quit well how do you keep guitar playing
[8:32] fun you ask well first off prioritize
[8:35] learning songs and riffs that you like
[8:36] to learn rather than just grinding
[8:38] scales all day or you know learning
[8:40] music theory unless of course that's fun
[8:42] for you secondly and I know this one
[8:43] sounds simple but keep your guitar
[8:46] visible around the house this might mean
[8:48] that you have to go buy a stand for it
[8:49] but trust me it is the best adjustment
[8:51] you'll ever make because just having it
[8:52] visible where you can easily go grab it
[8:54] when you have the temptation to do so is
[8:56] going to lead to so many more hours
[8:57] practicing on the guitar and so many
[8:58] hours getting better and having fun and
[9:01] lastly don't be too hard on yourself
[9:02] when it comes to meeting schedules and
[9:04] goals because you want to think about
[9:06] the long-term rather than the shortterm
[9:08] avoid burnout and become one of that 10%
[9:10] that moves on past the first year kind
[9:12] of going back to what I was saying at
[9:14] the end of tip number four you want to
[9:15] kind of play to your the curve of your
[9:17] guitar Journey so in those times where
[9:19] it's a hump and you need that extra
[9:20] structure to keep you playing and keep
[9:22] you motivated that's when you should be
[9:24] hard on your goal setting your
[9:25] scheduling but then when it starts to
[9:27] become more fun again and you kind of
[9:28] that upper sloping portion of the graph
[9:31] that you kind of you know lean back and
[9:33] pull off a little where you're still
[9:34] maximizing your productivity as a
[9:36] learner but you're not limiting the
[9:38] amount of fun that you're having on the
[9:39] instrument one last thought on making
[9:40] guitar playing more fun this goes back
[9:42] to gear um you know how I said how there
[9:45] is a case where as you advance some
[9:47] guitar deer can actually help you
[9:48] progress well this bad boy is probably
[9:51] one of the best investments I've ever
[9:52] made um it's just a Looper pedal which
[9:54] kind of allows you to jam with yourself
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[10:05] but it opens up so many possibilities on
[10:07] the instrument and just makes it so much
[10:09] fun to play again so when the time comes
[10:12] as you advance I definitely recommend
[10:13] investing in one of those anyways That's
[10:15] all folks so thank you so much for
[10:17] watching all the way till the end and I
[10:19] wish you the best of luck in your selft
[10:20] talk guitar Journey as you continue on
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