Four Questions to Ask Yourself When Learning Guitar Becomes a Chore
There are many times when you reach a plateau in your learning.
Either you find it too difficult or you run out of time or you just don't get it and you find yourself getting frustrated.
In that case you need to find the trick that will move you along and get yourself practicing and learning again.
The longer the guitar is put down the harder it is to pick it back up again.
It is a fact that absence in this case is not a good thing.
So what do you d when you find that you aren't picking up the guitar as much as you use to? Or if you find yourself in a position where you don't want to practice or you are bored? You need to find what will inspire you to get started again.
Let's start at the beginning.
Can you remember why you wanted to learn in the first place? What was it that made you spend a couple hundred dollars to get your guitar and all the other accessories to get started? Was it love of music? Did you want to join a band? Maybe you wanted to write songs and sing them? First question to ask yourself--Has your original motivation for learning changed? Let's assume the original motivation is still there(if it's not you need to figure out why before you will be successful in learning again).
Now what is the part of learning that is bugging you.
Is it the time? Is it the difficulty? Are you fingers hurting? Do you sound horrible? Second question to ask yourself--What is causing you to give up? Okay so you know that you are upset because you are finding it difficult.
You can't get your wrist low enough to wrap your fingers around for clear chords or you keep dropping the pick when you strum.
Perhaps you are finding that you can't strum to save your life.
Third question to ask yourself--What can you do different to improve? The first think to think about is how can you change it up a bit? Is there a new routine that you can find that will alter what you were doing before.
Changing it up is a good alternative.
Find a different practice routine, try a different time of day to practice, practice different things and step away from that "F" chord that you just can't get clear.
Maybe you're not ready for a 2 string bar chord yet.
Losing your pick? Hold it a different way and a little firmer or strum with your fingers.
Fourth question to ask yourself? What can I alter in my practice routine to make it more fun.
Be aware of what cause you the most frustration and change it up a little.
Work around it as much as you can.
Be creative and find different ways to practice or different ways to learn.
Buy a DVD if your learning by book right now and visa versa.
Don't be afraid to try something new.
Learning an instrument is not easy.
You will sound lousy for awhile, it goes with the territory, bt don't give up--instead--change it up.
Either you find it too difficult or you run out of time or you just don't get it and you find yourself getting frustrated.
In that case you need to find the trick that will move you along and get yourself practicing and learning again.
The longer the guitar is put down the harder it is to pick it back up again.
It is a fact that absence in this case is not a good thing.
So what do you d when you find that you aren't picking up the guitar as much as you use to? Or if you find yourself in a position where you don't want to practice or you are bored? You need to find what will inspire you to get started again.
Let's start at the beginning.
Can you remember why you wanted to learn in the first place? What was it that made you spend a couple hundred dollars to get your guitar and all the other accessories to get started? Was it love of music? Did you want to join a band? Maybe you wanted to write songs and sing them? First question to ask yourself--Has your original motivation for learning changed? Let's assume the original motivation is still there(if it's not you need to figure out why before you will be successful in learning again).
Now what is the part of learning that is bugging you.
Is it the time? Is it the difficulty? Are you fingers hurting? Do you sound horrible? Second question to ask yourself--What is causing you to give up? Okay so you know that you are upset because you are finding it difficult.
You can't get your wrist low enough to wrap your fingers around for clear chords or you keep dropping the pick when you strum.
Perhaps you are finding that you can't strum to save your life.
Third question to ask yourself--What can you do different to improve? The first think to think about is how can you change it up a bit? Is there a new routine that you can find that will alter what you were doing before.
Changing it up is a good alternative.
Find a different practice routine, try a different time of day to practice, practice different things and step away from that "F" chord that you just can't get clear.
Maybe you're not ready for a 2 string bar chord yet.
Losing your pick? Hold it a different way and a little firmer or strum with your fingers.
Fourth question to ask yourself? What can I alter in my practice routine to make it more fun.
Be aware of what cause you the most frustration and change it up a little.
Work around it as much as you can.
Be creative and find different ways to practice or different ways to learn.
Buy a DVD if your learning by book right now and visa versa.
Don't be afraid to try something new.
Learning an instrument is not easy.
You will sound lousy for awhile, it goes with the territory, bt don't give up--instead--change it up.