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Are you getting frustrated with your guitar practicing? Just can’t get over a hump without a certain technique or movement? Here are some suggestions to help you out.
First, let me tell you a situation that came up at a recent lesson. A student of mine is learning the F chord. Now, if you can play the F barre chord then you know it could be a real challenge at first. I walk into the lesson; the student tells me he got very frustrated working with the f chord this week. It sounded horrible; he said he couldn’t get it to sound good, etc. I asked him how often did he practice it this week. His response was that he had to put away the guitar on Thursday because he got so frustrated and skipped a day of practice on Friday. His lessons are on Saturdays. I asked how he was practicing the F chord. He said he was doing what I told him; Lead with second finger, strum once to move from a C chord to the F chord, etc.
So you thought it would be cool to play a guitar? You spent some money and bought some gear and you have been working for a while but it is getting kind of hard to stay motivated. You feel like you aren’t improving and your hands are sore. What now? How do you keep playing and enjoying the experience when the going gets tough? We all feel like giving up at times but the difference between a musician and a wannabe is someone who keeps going when the going gets tough. How do they do it? How do people keep going when it all just seems too hard?
One of the key things to remember when you feel like giving up is that everyone has gone through the same thing. Even your guitar heroes, the guys that are the reason you wanted to play in the first place have felt like quitting at some point. Understanding that you aren’t alone can be an important start in getting your motivation back.
Everyone knows about the importance of setting goals these days. This is equally important in learning to play the guitar. Regardless of who you are or what kind of music you are trying to play setting and achieving goals will help you in a number of ways.