how can i become a really good guitar player?

Question

i am 13 and am going to start taking guitar lessons with my best friend.i have always wanted to play guitar ever since i was a little girl and when i turned 12 i took guitar lessons but quit due to personal reasons, so i know how much hard work and dedication guitar is.music is my life and i want to explore the world of music.what are some things i will need (Or tips) to make me a really good guitar player??
thanks!<333

Answer 1

1. Learn all the chords and their progressions as much as you can. At last count there are over 2,400 of them.

2. Learn the practical application of music theory--notation. Read and write it.

3. Watch other guitarists and their styles. Beg them to show you something you don't know.

4. Develop a strong regimen in practicing slow and sure. Concentrate on accuracy rather than speed.

5. Maintain a clean instrument.

6. Accompany other musicians that play varied instruments.

7. Do not overshadow music notation by excessive use of tablature.

8. Use a quality hair rinse because the collagen in it will help you to develop strong nails. (Never thought this would be a tip, did you?)

9. Have a guitar technician examine your guitar for its action and playability.

10. Change strings at least once a month.

Good luck!

Answer 2

"practice" isn't quite right.

"Good practice" is what you need. In other words, set aside a certain time every day when you will do nothing but sit down and practice, and be religious about it. Use a metronome! This is one of the most important tools in becoming a successful musician, as it helps you learn to play practices in correct time. A metronome will also help you with technically difficult passages. You start out with the metronome at around half time, moving it up a notch or two at a time once you can play through the passage perfectly a few times at whatever speed it's on until you can play the passage at the desired tempo (speed).

You could probably get by with around 30mins a day at first. And think, all you need to do to become a really good guitar player is about the time of one TV show a day...

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I recently began taking lessons too! at first I was scared of being too bad, but with practice I got better.
The first thing you should do is take 2 easy chords (G and A 4 example) and learn how to place your fingers fast. The method I used for this is placing the index finger where it must go, then forming the shape of the other fingers so when they fall they are placed exactly where they should be. After that, practice changing from one chord to another, and when you change chords quickly, add a third, a fourth and repeat the process.
when you have done this with 10 or 11 chords, you should be able to practice scales quickly, which are very easy to learn, and with them you learn slides, hammers and pulls, and everything you need!

Answer 4

Practice!

Answer 5

On top of what others have said, I think that you should practice at least an hour a day and an hour and a half if you can. Practice playing while standing and while sitting.

Practice with no distractions. No phone interruptions. No radio. No visitors. No TV. No brothers or sisters or friends or parents interrupting.

Learn to focus very closely on what sound you make when you play. Is it in time? Are your chords clear and clean? Is there silence where silence belongs?

How you practice matters a lot. They say practice makes perfect but only if you practice perfectly. How you sit, how you stand, how you fret your chords, how you place you feet -- everything you do will affect your playing and your enjoyment in learning.

You can also practice at the wrong times. Take time to get ready to practice. A five or ten minute preparation period before you even touch your instrument can help to get you in the right frame of mind to practice well. Go to the bathroom before you go to practice. Tell everyone you need some quiet and peaceful time while you practice. Have a glass of water with you as you practice. Pick up the books that you practice with and count to yourself as you go through the pieces that you intend to practice. Clap your hands to the rhythms and say the names of the notes and chords just before you play each piece.

Use a music stand for your books. Buy a good one. The cheap wire type stands are crap. Get a light that mounts on the top of it like the pros use.

Buy a pad of manuscript paper from your local music store and practice writing the notes and chords and key signatures and clefs.

Learn to transpose a piece into other keys so that you can sing to them. And yes, learn to sing while you play. It will help your voice and your playing and it will increase your enjoyment of music.

Learn to play with others too. It's a lot different playing along with one or more than it is playing by yourself. With that in mind, buy music books that have CDs with them. Some even come with DVDs or you can buy a DVD for that book seperately. It is a big help to hear how something is supposed to sound and it's good to play along with.

Another thing that I think is important is to record yourself playing and then go back and listen to yourself as you follow along with the piece of music. You will hear your mistakes and also hear your improvement at the end of each week as you get better. I especially think that any band should record every single one of their practice and jam sessions and then sit together and listen very carefully to how they sound. How many times have we just been goofing around with our instruments when someone strums up a great sounding little filler or solo? One guy will say, "Play that again." The other will say, "I don't even know what I did." Then POOF! It's gone. It can't be duplicated especially when your trying to think of what it was a week later.

Learn to read the bass staff also.

Don't just concentrate on learning music for the guitar. Learn all you can about music as you go because you may want to play other instruments also later down the road.

Find an artist that you like and see how they do the magic that they do with their instrument. Buy their book of songs and learn them. It makes it fun to learn to play the very same things that you love to hear your heros play.

Most of all, don't be in a hurry. Your what? Thirteen? Take your time and always make it fun. If it's hard, slow down and pick one note at a time until you can do it without a mistake. Then, speed it up a little. No one just picked up a guitar or any other instrument and all of a sudden could play it. Everyone had to learn the same way that you are getting ready to. Some were even slower to learn than you are going to be and terrible at practicing like they know they should.

Many rock stars took clasical guitar lessons at one time. You may wish to do that later. It forces you to do the things properly that I was talking about before.

And before I forget, practice hard with a lot of concentration during your practice time and be very serious about it. It's other times that you can goof around with your guitar just to see what you can make it do and what you can come up with. So, remember. There is a time to work and there is a time to play. Don't get them mixed up and do one when you mean to do the other.

Finally, the more you handle your guitar, the more you will play it. If you keep it out on a stand where you can reach it quite easily, you are much more likely to pick it up and do things with it. If it's put away in a case somewhere, it can be a hassle getting it out every time you want to try something with it. For this reason, I would suggest having a plywood topped guitar. If they get banged around a little, it won't matter as much and you won't be so reluctant to take it places with you or play it outside. Just have a case for it so that if you do take it somewhere, it will be protected as you travel. A solid top is more expensive and more sensitive and has good reason to be kept in a good hard case. I have a nice solid top guitar that I paid over $500 for and I have to be more carefull with it more often than I like. I am now looking for a beater guitar that won't matter if it gets a few rain drops on it or won't be affected by humidity like my good one. It would be nice to have something to take to the beach or a picnic and not have to worry so much about it.

The more you play, the faster you will get better. You will never know all there is to playing the guitar. No one knows everything. Just don't quit. You haven't stopped learning until you quit. There will be times when it will seem like you are just not getting any better but, your getting better without knowing it. One day you will hear yourself and say, "I remember when that was hard to play and now it's easy." So, just don't quit. Don't quit. Don't quit. Don't quit. Don't quit.

Good Luck

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Answer 6

pratice