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I’ve played guitar for 10 years, but feel like my progress is limited (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/guitars

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Love playing guitar and singing, mostly just chords, there’s a few “trickier” songs that I’ve worked through with finger-picking.

But I just feel like I can’t be bothered with exercises in scales and rhythm and think it holds me back.

Has anyone else just skipped the exercises and feel like they’re a competent guitarist? Any YouTubers I should check out?

In a way I think it’s made harder by being “intermediate” as it’s difficult to see where to go next.

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[–] X0X0 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In my experience you need a goal to force progress. Ie. Play on a stage / play infront of someone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I think having a goal of learning songs of a certain difficulty level, and be able to play them in front of an audience is a good motivator for improvement.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I’ve been on the hunt for a good open-mic night near me, surprisingly few in Sydney. :(