{"id":1947,"date":"2020-05-20T13:43:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T13:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2020-05-20T13:45:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T13:45:58","slug":"how-to-play-guitar-tips-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/how-to-play-guitar-tips-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Play Guitar Tips: Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while ago we posted an article explaining how to play guitar, and some extra little things to help get you started.
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This article aims to expand on that, as you probably have a lot of free time on your hands right now, so there\u2019s no better time to pick up a new skill!<\/p>\n

Practice makes perfect <\/strong><\/p>\n

Its one of those old phrases that many people often overlook and ignore, but when it comes to learning an instrument, especially guitar, it couldn\u2019t be more true. I\u2019ve played guitar for around 12 years now, and I still remember how to play songs from 12 years ago, because I played them enough. You need to repeat patterns and chords so they stick in your head, because muscle memory is a huge part of playing guitar.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got to be patient when it comes to learning the guitar too, but as soon as you\u2019ve practiced enough, it should just click.<\/p>\n

Research what you\u2019re doing<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re struggling to understand a technique or a chord, research it and get some insight into what it means and why you\u2019re doing it. You don\u2019t want to be blindly putting your fingers places on the guitar without knowing why. Added insight into how scales work, how the overall guitar works, and just how music \u201cworks\u201d in general is almost essential. If you think of learning guitar like building a house, these things are like the foundation.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t think too much\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thinking TOO much about what you and your hands are doing isn\u2019t good. It should feel natural, and if you feel yourself getting irate because you can\u2019t do something, put the guitar down and take a break. Once you resume later you\u2019ll be more calm, and trust me you\u2019ll surprise yourself with how much better it\u2019ll feel attempting what you were previously attempting. Many times I\u2019ve left what I was learning for a few hours and came back to find out I did in fact know what I was doing, I was just getting irritated earlier, and overthinking what I was doing.<\/p>\n

That just about wraps up the tips this time! If these guides are helpful please let us know, because we enjoy making them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A while ago we posted an article explaining how to play guitar, and some extra little things to help get you started. This article aims to expand on that, as you probably have a lot of free time on your hands right now, so there\u2019s no better time to pick up a new skill! Practice…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[530,1],"tags":[224,317,70,532,71,531],"class_list":["post-1947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-uncategorized","tag-education","tag-educational","tag-guitar","tag-guitar-tips","tag-music","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1949,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions\/1949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}