Jake Lizzio
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Patreon Only Video- Advice on Practicing
🕑 Added 2020-01-24 01:14:07 +0000 UTCGreetings!
This is another oft-requested topic that I thought would work much better for this style of video. It's also a day late, apologies!
Some updates-I'm cancelling my quintuplet video since I just don't feel good about how it's coming out so far. This has happened before, like with my Power Chord video and my Polyrhythm video. Sometimes during the process of making the video, I realize it's just not working. That means I have more thinking to do before I start filming. So it'll eventually get out there, just not when I expected.
Instead I'm replacing it with an extremely important topic, Chord Inversions and Slash Chords. To be honest, this is a topic I should have taught long ago but somehow it slipped through the cracks. It should be on YouTube next weekend and will go through all the basics of reading and parsing chord inversions, but more importantly, how and why to use them. We will also discuss slash chords like D/C# and why we might want to choose them over regular chords.
Hope this video helps out, and see you all soon!
Comments
gerry
This is one of the best videos I have seen on the subject. The idea that 5'/day is useful (and why) is not only priceless but fully backed my neuroscience. The personal anecdotes about your failures and what you learned from them are also on point. I have shared it with my family (musicians and non-musicians). Thanks!
Great advice. Along the lines of focus, one thing that worked for me (20+ years ago) was to make a list of 20 songs that I wanted to be able to play on guitar while singing. My goals were modest, but I wasn't focusing and I wasn't getting complete songs under my belt. I spent a couple of weeks attempting to learn/play each song and I ultimately reduced the list to just 5 songs that were realistically within my reach. I focused all my practice time on those 5 songs until I could comfortably perform them at an open mic. My guitar skillset improved greatly and I just kept repeating the process to where I can cover 100's of songs today. Of course, it doesn't hurt to simultaneously learn some practical music theory along the way which improves how quickly you can learn new material. Focus and small chunks is the key.
