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is harder to learn guitar while you are watching t.v.?my mom asks me not to pracitice
when she is at home,does this sound a bit discouraging? felicia
Hi Felicia,
Actually, there are some things you can practice while watching TV, like, making chord changes. You don’t necessarily have to make any noise, just let your fingers of your left hand practice moving from one chord to another chord. Maybe you and your Mom could come up with a compromise of some sort? Like, you practice at a certain time every day, so she knows when it will begin and end? Or, you find a space to practice in your home that it quiet and private? Believe it or not, some people practice in bathrooms or big closets sometimes!
chord change progressions,Gr8 tip!(btween u&i my tv’s killing my guitar skill progression)thank you,so much for all your help,i know i have lots to learn.a good friend who knows told me a key to guitar is to learn scales…& to practice,practice,practice…(mucho gracius Lisa,thank you,thank you,thank you)! strumming is tricky for me.
Ooo, strumming was really tricky for me too for quite a while. Just keep at it and eventually it should “click”.
Scales are good, if they are relevant to what you ultimately want to learn to play.
But if they are not, it may be better to focus on skills that are more directly related to what you want to learn to play.
So, I’ll ask you: what do you really want to learn how to play? What music do you love?