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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:20 am
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:lol: it feels like such a high when you are trying to learn new chord progressions or scales and then all of a sudden it all comes together and what you are doing on the guitar sounds like something someone might like listening to.

or is it just me.
time spent playing is the best advice i have ever been given so far. :idea:


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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:47 am
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no mate what your feeling is 'acheivement'. Guitars are great for that, you'll find it happens more and more as life with your guitar goes on. :D

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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:08 am
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Congrats Man, I know the feeling and its great.

Man, I have been playing so long that I have to play at least an hour a day just to maintain what I have. I remember early in my playing time, when I was struggling. Then something clicked and I decided I was going to get good. Suddenly that day I was able to do hammer-ons/pull off combinations up and down the neck. My attitude that day made me break through the brick wall I had hit.

Now its so different, I have to really practice long and hard to progress. Not that I am that great now....but it just takes me more than a "can do attitude". As you progress, you will find that break thru's like this start to take a more regimented practice routine to accomplish...so keep practicing and you will be rewarded

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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:17 am
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I've been playing regularly for over 25 yrs, even longer if you could guitars lessons in school in 5th grade. That "high" you get is what it's all about. It makes you want to play more, to never put it down, and to spend most of your day thinking about playing or listening to music more "intensely" now that you're ripping it apart with your guitar brain.

I'm at the point where I can play pretty much anything I want to play. I don't "practice" often, since I just play a lot, but because I want to, and for several musical projects I'm in. As much as I've played in my life, I still never get tired of it. I can EASILY take a whole day off of work, or a weekend to myself, go to my friends cabin, and just play from the moment I wake up until I sleep.

You're right in that there is no magic "secret" to playing, you just have to play. There are pointers you can give people, but they need to have that fire in them to seek it out themselves. If your heart is in it, you hope to get those breakthroughs and get those highs.

That "high" you feel is what we all feel at times, some more than others. It's a great feeling, and it's VERY addictive. It's very zen-like and most people will never have that feeling in their lives.

Congrats to you, keep the faith. You're one of the few that truly loves the guitar and I'm sure it will be your lifelong companion through thick and thin, whether it's a hobby or ends up being a professional career.


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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:53 pm
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Practice makes the master ! :)


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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:49 pm
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On top of that, I find myself appreciating a well-played guiter in musical genres I don't usually like. I was in a hotel bar last night in Birmingham, Alabama, listening to a three-piece jazz combo. The guitarist was absolutely wailing on his hollow-body Gibson (sorry, Fender fans). Incredible!

(As a bonus, the bassist let me hold his insanely cool vintage Fender VI six-string bass.)

I've even found myself admiring some artful country guitar. Quite an awakening.


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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:12 pm
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I practice every day and I always end on the same song ("Rocky Mountain Way"). It's a signal to my family that it'll soon be safe to open the doors again. I try to play the song differently each time. What great fun. I heartally recomend it.

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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:07 am
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I went through that for 4 years i was learning the guitar, pretty much gave up for 3-4 years due to a silly thing called college, and now that im working and have a little free time, im back learning.

I find its tougher to find the dedication nowdays. before i could play whenever i wanted, now i can only play after work, when im tired from a long day in the office.

Still though, when i remember something i had forgotten, such as a song or riff, i get that same feeling! a musical instrument is one of the few ways grown ups can get that feeling continualy throughout life.

keep it up dude.


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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:31 am
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I've been lucky. I've always been in bands so I've always been able to spend some time playing. Oddly, during some periods, the bands were so locked in to a set of songs that my chops acually deteriorated - except for the dozen or so songs the band was playing.
But it's like riding a bike. I'm sure that even after 4 years of college, not playing, you got your chops back. And if not, even "Louie Louie" is fun to play loud.

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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:54 pm
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Over the last 10 months or so, I spent so much time playing, that I seemed to plateau. I shattered an ankle, so I had about 6 months to kill doing nothing, I'd been playing a couple hours a day before, then was spending between 12-16 hours a day! Unfortunatly, I got to a place where, I didn't know what to focus on. What I realized, was time off is what i needed. I found this before too. I'd be progressing nicely, then just hit a wall. Then I'd put my axe down for a week or two, and when I'd pick it up, thinking I'd be rusty, I found that things I was having difficulty before I was flying through. There is nothing in the world better than hearing yourself improve. When you're able to play with ease guitar pieces that had you in awe listing to before. Remembering hearing solos on CD or the radio, then getting to the point where you can play them with ease. The only bad thing about it, (and Im sure others have found im sure), is that some music seems to lose it's luster after you learn to play it, and realize it wasnt as difficult as it sounded. Heavy Metal was like this. When I first started playing, all I wanted to play was Metallica, Anthrax, Guns n Roses, Megadeth (although to this day, I have difficulty playing riffs that Dave Mustaine does, technically speaking, they are all they sound like). I then found myself being attracted to going back to the basics. Know, my guitar heros are the usual suspects; Clapton, Vaughn, Johnson (Eric and Robert, though eric isnt really basics). I personally am more enamoured with players that play with emotion over flashy techinque. Not being able to play an electric for over a month, Im looking forward to being able to play for an extended period of time.


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