r/guitarlessons • u/True_Reaction3078 • 1d ago
Question What should I be practicing?
I’ve been playing Guitar for about four months now. I’ve been loving it but I’m starting to slow down on my progress because I don’t know what I should focus on practicing. I know the basic open chords and I’ve started to dabble in barre chords. I also know the minor pentatonic scale on all positions. What are a few things I should concentrate practice time on to advance my skills? I like a lot of Pink Floyd’s stuff so it would be cool to learn how to play with that sound.(I posted this in the guitar subreddit and it gotten taken down and I have no idea why)
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u/saltycathbk 1d ago
What kind of guitar player do you wanna be? If you wanna play like David Gilmour, start learning Floyd songs and figure out where your technique is lacking, target that.
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u/Poor_Li 1d ago
Quand on débute, on a l'impression qu'on connaît, mais ce n'est pas le cas. En si peu de temps de guitare, tu as mémorisé des positions, mais tu ne connais sans doute ni les accords, ni la gamme pentatonique. Mon conseil c'est d'accepter un plafond temporaire et de t'intéresser aux mêmes choses, mais plus en profondeur. Regarde un peu les intervalles, intéresse toi à l'harmonisation, travaille ta pentatonique majeure. La musique n'est pas une course, c'est un chemin qui n'a pas de fin.
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u/nilecrane 1d ago
I don’t know if playing along to backing tracks is recommended by teachers but I do that a lot and it’s a lot of fun. I try some new techniques and struggle and then go back to what I know for a while and when I come back to the new technique I’d notice I’d be a little better. That’s me though. You will feel like you’ve plateaued a lot on your journey. This is normal. Keep pushing yourself and you’ll get better. It’s mostly slow going. Sometimes you’ll have a breakthrough in your theory knowledge but mostly it’s just repetition and muscle memory. Justin Guitar is your friend.
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u/dino_dog Strummer 1d ago
Get a teacher if you can. Even if just for 3 or 4 lessons to get you started.
If you can’t or won’t then;
www.justinguitar.com (website is free, app is not - mostly same content). Easy to follow in order information.
Lauren Batemen, GuitarZero2Hero, Marty Music, Andy Guitar, Good Guitarist and Alan Robinson are all great YouTube channels.
Remember just because you have access to all the info doesn’t mean plow through it. If you had a teacher you’d have a 30-60 minute less once a week. There would be some review and 1-3 new things taught and then you spend the week practicing that.
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u/jayron32 1d ago
JustinGuitar.com