Are You Still A Beginner Guitar Player?

I bet that if you are just starting out or you have been playing for a little while, you know how to play at least a couple of chords, maybe even several. You can probably do some strumming too and maybe some picking. The question is, what does it look and sound like when you do these things?

Here are some questions to ask yourself as a guitar player:

Are you confident?

Do your fingers know exactly what to do?

Can you play without looking at the strings or your fingers?

Do you have to stop and think about what you are doing?

Does it sound right and good?

If the answer to any of these questions is no, you are a beginner guitar player. There is nothing wrong with being a beginner, unless you don't want to be one anymore. Stop Being A Beginner! If you want to improve and get better, now is the time. You can do this! I know you can improve no matter where you are at. It's time to focus and master the skills you already have.

There is a lot of information out there to learn, but there is no need to be overwhelmed with it all! A lot of the things being taught aren't really necessary to help you get better. You just need to focus on some specific skills and master the things you have learned.

To get out of the beginner stage, you don't need to know a lot, you just need to improve on some of the small things.

There are 3 basic things you need to improve to move from the beginner to intermediate or advanced stage. They are:

1. Knowledge of the most common chords

2. Picking

3 Strumming

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That's it! If you can master some chords, picking and strumming, your guitar playing will be at a new level. Notice I didn't say if you can "play" these things. I said "master".

Focusing on these simple skills and really learning them is what is needed for you to improve. You likely don't need to know how to play another chord, strumming or picking pattern although it may be helpful. What is needed is really learning and mastering these things. 

Go back to those 5 questions I asked earlier and make sure that you take some of your practicing time to work so that you can get a YES! for each one. You will have to get focused and really pay attention to the details of what you are doing, but that makes all the difference.

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