You’re Ready to Move On
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Closing Thought – Be Patient with Your Learning Process
(^) You’re probably beginning to realize that learning to play guitar is going to take some time and effort. Don’t be
in a rush to get through each session. Real learnsaying about how fast you should be progressing. Jing takes time. Don’t worry about what others mighust close your practice room door and keep working.t be Be
patient with yourself and don’t be frustrated at yoto enjoy the journey you are on. You’re becoming aur mistakes. Mistakes are part of the learning pro guitar player - one step at a time, one exercise acess. Learn t a time,
one workshop at a time. Just keep climbing up the at how far you have come. mountain and soon you will turn around and be surprised
Keep up the great work!^
Tips for Successful Learning
- Keep Doing the 1 st Session Finger Exercises. Gaining motor skill control is still a priority. So,
every day before practicing the new material, warm Accuracy and speed should steadily be improving. up by playing through the first session finger exercises. - Repetition, Repetition, Repetition. Developing good muscle memory involves repetition. Every
exercise and song should be played every day. Repenotes are added. tition will build speed and accuracy which is vital as more - Brace Your Picking Hand. Bracing gives the hand the stability it needs to find the correct string when
picking. - Be Patient with the Learning Process.consistent effort. Getting the proper motor skill control takes time and
- Try Not to Look at Your Hands.glancing at either hand before playing a note. Try There is a normal tendency at this stage to develop to find and play the notes while keeping your eyes a habit of on the music.
You might think that this is impossible, but generathought. You might miss a few occasionally, but yolly you’ll find that you are more accurate than youur accuracy will get better in time. might have - All of the First & Second String exercises (pages 9-13 in lesson book) can be
played without hesitation at 65 bpm. - The “More First & Second String” exercises can be played using the correct
rhythms and resting the correct amount of beats needed. - The notes to “Ode to Joy” and “Jingle Bells” can be played at 90 bpm.
- The chords to “Ode to Joy” and “Jingle Bells” can relatively consistently be
played accurately and evenly without hesitation at 90 bpm.