subject: Guitar Music Lessons - How To Practice Guitar [print this page] If desire is the most important component of learning guitar(without it you wouldn't have even began), then focus is the most significant component of practicing guitar.
I frequently tell people that twenty minutes of concentrated practice can beat, hands down, 2 hours of 'normal' practice, or just goofing about.
Numerous individuals are discouraged when they're told how much time they must place into practice. The truth is, you do not have to practice all the time to be a good guitarist.
(I'm not stating you shouldn't have time to goof off and play around. But in case you want to enhance quickly, you have to keep playing guitar and practicing guitar separate.)
Let me tell you now...
It isn't how much time you put into practice, it is the quality of the practice that matters.
When I play guitar, I play to have fun, I play to perform for people, and I play for the enjoyment of playing! That is why I started learning guitar in the beginning.
But when I practice guitar, I focus and concentrate on what I am trying to achieve, and I work on the goals that I want to complete.
You see, if you totally focus on one thing, you are more likely to do it well.
This might sound basic too to some. A few of you may be thinking "this is excellent, I simply need to practice twenty minutes a day and I'll enhance more than I would if I practice for 2 hours every day".
Well that is not exactly true.
It's how concentrated your practice is that matters, not how long you practice. Can you truly concentrate for 2 hours?
Let me give you this little example to show my point.
Picture a red triangle inside a black box.
Close your eyes, and maintain that image in your mind for five seconds without letting a single thing draw attention away from you - no other thought must get into your mind for that 5 seconds...
How nicely did you do? Be honest with yourself.
This is not a simple thing to do. Most individuals find this hard at first. It's hard to keep a focused mind like this.
I hope this example has demonstrated you that it's not that easy to keep focused attention & concentration for look periods of time.
But still, you have to always remember that it's quality and not quantity of practice that creates the difference between a superb player and an average player.
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