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

submitted 1 year 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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Actually coming back to the thread to share my own experience... is that I haven't played guitar for around the past 10 years, since I started college. I still have all my gear, and just this week I picked it back up, and it felt so good to play again. But most of my muscle memory and finger strenght is gone and I don't remember how to play most songs that I played back in the day. I spent most of my teenage years playing a couple hours a day, but now I feel like a beginner again. So, I'll say, try doing some exercises as warmups, then go practice the songs that you want to play. At least that's what I plan on doing.