Guitar Tabs For Beginners

In this acoustic guitar lesson I would like to talk about your practice and how you should be spending this precious time alone with your guitar.

Once you have allocated 30 minutes a day for you practice schedule you need to know how to divide that time up to get the best results from your efforts. If you just mess around for 30 minutes you don't actually learn anything new and it's really just wasted energy. Now don't get me wrong! Goofing around on the guitar could be a lot of fun and there should be some of that everyday but you must realize that it's playing guitar and not practicing.

We are all different and you might want to make a few changes but the basic strategy is the same. Focus on the foundations every day.

1. 5 minutes learning chords. Just start with 2 or 3 and make sure your changes are as smooth as possible.

2. Rhythms will be the next exercise and the aim here is to get a very relaxed and learn a few patterns every day. Don't work on more than four patterns each day.

3. Songs are a great way to solidify the chords and rhythms you've been practicing and you'll also get a taste of your new skills in action.

4. Three minutes on some scales and chromatic exercises. The aim is to improve your two hands synchronization.

5. 3 minutes on some ear training. This could be as simple as recording yourself playing some Major and Minor chords while you try and tell the difference.

6. Now that you've worked hard and been very focused you can reward yourself by playing whatever it is you like! Make it count and end your practice schedulewith something that will make you feel good!

This is the end of this acoustic guitar lesson. A sample practice time broken up to focus on some very important basics. Keep it up and soon you'll be a guitar wonder!

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