Guitar Practice Tips & How To Stay Motivated

Knowing what to practice is important. Knowing how to practice is even more so.

When you first start learning guitar, everything is completely new, and it’s easy to find the right thing to practice. But as you learn more, you might hit some guitar roadblocks, and get stuck.

Guitar Practice Tips

These practice tips for guitar are made to help you push through and achieve your goals – no matter what!

The Biggest Shortcuts For Learning Guitar

How to get good at guitar - acoustic guitar shortcuts

Learn how to practice guitar effectively with these 10 acoustic guitar shortcuts! I’ll also show you 3 great exercises for your practice routine!

5 BASIC Skills EVERY Guitarist Should MASTER

In this video, we’ll learn about five essential skills that every guitarist should master to improve their playing. These tips will help you develop your guitar skills and become a better player.

7 Steps ANYONE Can Do To Learn Guitar Faster

These tips for beginner guitar players will help you focus on the important things, and teach you a process for learning songs on guitar quickly and more effectively.

8 Habits of Highly Successful Guitar Players

Explore eight valuable tips to help you establish a productive practice routine, create a conducive practice space, seek feedback from others, set goals, and stay motivated.

5 Surprising Guitar Facts Every Beginner Should Know

Discover 5 surprising guitar facts that will transform your playing experience. From thumb position to strumming tips, these simple insights make learning guitar easier and more fun.

Guitar Practice Methods

Set it and forget it! These practice routines and methods will help you save time and focus on what matters, so you can play your favorite songs right away.

Improve Fast With This 15 Minute Beginner Guitar Practice Routine

This quick beginner guitar practice routine will ensure you develop a good sense of rhythm, master basic chords, and learn songs effectively.

Late Beginner Guitar Practice Routine – Warmups, Technique & Songs

Ready to move beyond the basics on guitar? Learn the ideal 30-minute late beginner practice routine that includes warmups, technique, theory, and songs – all with real-world tips.

100% of Successful Guitarists Practice Like This

Discover the #1 guitar practice habit that all successful players use. Learn how simplifying your practice will help you improve faster and make your playing sound musical from day one.

The STAIR Practice Method

Are you looking to maximize your guitar practice time and consistently improve your playing?

How I Taught Myself How To Play Guitar

Online vs. In-Person Guitar Lessons

Discover the pros and cons of online guitar lessons and explore the distinctions between traditional and online guitar learning.

Essential Guitar Skills

Don’t miss out on these essential guitar skills. It’s not about showing off or impressing your friends (although that does feel really good) – it’s about doing it right.

8 Practice Hacks To Learn Guitar FASTER

Discover our top 8 guitar practice hacks, designed to speed up guitar learning and ensure quick guitar progress tips are at your fingertips.

Good Habits To Ensure Success When Learning Guitar

Tap your foot while playing guitar to improve your rhythm

This 5-part series will show you 5 habits that all successful guitarists utilize on a daily basis.

Develop These 7 GOOD Habits for Immediate Improvement

In this lesson I’d like to go over 7 bad habits holding you back on guitar and replace them with 7 good habits and exercises to fix them.

Guitar Myths & Mistakes

Don’t let that little voice in your head make you believe you can’t do it. Truth is, we all have these thoughts time to time, and we all succumb to bad information every once in a while. Let’s set the record straight.

5 Common Mistakes Self-Taught Guitarists Make

I reveal the 5 most common mistakes self-taught guitarists make and how you can overcome them to keep progressing smoothly.

You Are Not a Visual Learner (And That’s a Good Thing)

Learn why “visual learning” isn’t enough for guitar, and how to use inspiration to fuel real progress. Watch less, play more, and train your ear with this practical strategy.

8 Common Guitar-Learning Mistakes (And How to Fix Them!)

8 Mistakes people make when learning guitar

Whether you’re a beginner or looking to improve your skills, avoiding these pitfalls will help you progress faste r and enjoy playing more.

10 Guitar Learning Myths That Can Hold You Back

There are many myths surrounding learning how to play the guitar, and they often discourage people from even trying. Let’s debunk 10 common guitar learning myths that are holding you back.

How To FAIL at Guitar in 5 Simple Steps!

(If you want to be successful on guitar, you should probably do the exact opposite of everything I say in this video)

6 Mistakes Guitarists Make – Fixing Bad Habits

Avoid These 5 Bad Guitar Tips (And What to Do Instead)

6 EMBARASSING Mistakes I Made When Learning Guitar

We all have our ups and downs on our musical journey, and I believe that by discussing these mistakes, we can all learn and grow together.

Starting Guitar Later In Life?

Not everyone has the benefit of starting guitar at 8 years old… heck, I’ve had students start at 80 years old and still learn how to play their favorite songs. I have spent my entire career helping older beginners catch up to where they deserve to be on guitar.

7 Tips & Exercises for Older Beginners

5 Things Older Beginners Need to Know about Learning Guitar

Many people believe that it’s too late to start, or that they lack the necessary skills to become proficient. In this video, we’re going to debunk 5 common myths that older beginners often believe about learning guitar.

Staying Motivated To Practice Guitar

You’ll see your idols playing amazing things effortlessly and you think of how hard you’ve already worked. You can only imagine how much harder you have to work in order to hit that point yourself!

Lost motivation to play guitar is more common than you think. That is why I’ve put together this page to provide you with advice for getting past these barriers that affect us all.

At the end of the day, you are guaranteed to get better at guitar as long as you keep trying. It can be hard to muster up the energy to practice but in these tutorials and discussions I’m going to share with you some surefire ways to make it happen consistently.

Overcoming ROADBLOCKS When Learning Guitar

I Have No Sense of Rhythm!

A while back, I had a student come in for their first lesson. They were wondering why, even though they played the right stuff, in the right order, it never actually sounded like the song they were trying to play.

Will I Be A Beginner Forever?

In this lesson I answer a question by Emma from the U.K. She says that she’s afraid she’ll be stuck being a beginner forever. I explain what it means to be a beginner, and how to blast past it.

My Guitar Isn’t Good Enough!

It’s not about the quality of the guitar… it’s all about the quality of the guitarist. (To a certain extent… if your guitar is absolutely impossible to play, even by a professional, then yeah.. you have a case)

I Don’t Feel Like Practicing Guitar!

I want to talk about what is probably the most important thing for guitar: practicing, and to develop the motivation to play guitar!

New Year’s Resolution to Learn Guitar – Does It Work?

I’m not saying New Years resolutions don’t work. I just think that no matter what time of year it is, if you want to learn guitar, you can do it! You don’t have to make a new years resolution to learn guitar, but just a general resolution – today!

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