![]() Everyone wants to get better faster, but if you're only playing hard stuff you will get burned out pretty quickly. ![]() On the other hand, probably more than half of your playing time should be stuff that's not too challenging for you, and hopefully fun to play. It seems like you're already on a decent path, so just keep doing stuff that's hard for you at least a few times a week. If you're not delusional, you will always feel like there is some deficiency no matter how much you practice, so don't fret about getting to the end and try to enjoy the journey. Another good way to make things interesting is to play with other people.Īs far as learning the neck, it's a slow and kind of painful process. If you're tired of playing rock, maybe some gypsy jazz would be fun to learn. So as far as staying motivated, I think the best thing to do is to always seek out more inspiration through listening, whether it's more of the same or exploring new artists or genres. The times I haven't felt motivated were times that I wasn't listening to very much music, or had stagnated in what I was listening to. However, if you keep at it, there will be moments when you look back and realize that you've made a lot of progress. If you keep challenging yourself, some things will always feel hard, and that's a good thing. You mentioned this a few times, so just know that it is an unreasonable expectation. You mentioned that things haven't really clicked, but most likely things will never feel like they've clicked. It sounds like you're in a pretty fun stage of development where you can play a lot of what you want, but it can be frustrating because you've learned enough to see the depth of guitar and how far you have to go to reach some kind of mastery. I recommend an experienced teacher if you want to help cut through some of the bullshit. You get advice like "I wish I'd done tons of scales earlier on," or something like that, but no one would have actually done that because they would have quit within a week on that kind of program. People who are good at guitar are often horrible teachers. I think that most experienced people are really bad at remembering the hardships they got through as beginners, so take any advice with a grain of salt (including mine). Looking forward to seeing what advice fellow players can offer! Everyone's musical journey is different, and I am interested in learning how you learned to get to where you are now! ![]()
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