Stop Learning Riffs - Break Bad Guitar Habits
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 24. 07. 2024
- Many Guitarists get stuck in the bad habit of learning riffs of different songs but not completing the song, and playing them all the way through. In this Guitar Lesson we're going to discuss why it's beneficial to break these habits, and how to do it.
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00:00 Introduction
00:30 First Issue
00:52 Second Issue
01:18 Tension
02:08 Breaking Songs Down
03:03 Practicing Tips
04:53 Song Recommendations - Hudba
No Sleep Til Brooklyn - two riffs with some variation by skipping bits in some iterations. Also has rest periods to help relax hand and to keep time for jumping back in.
Great song!
Great points ...This definitely great advice, especially for beginners,,,strumming, changes...important stuff one misses out on just worrying about riffs and stuff
i totally agree, i used to have this problem that i just learned riffs or solos, but when i tried to learn a full song i had terrible endurance and wrist pain
and i have to thank nirvana for building my endurance with easy songs
There have been times where I just learned an opening riff to a song, only to realize years later that there was an even cooler part later on. Sometimes even the simplest sounding stuff can be mind blowing.
Breaking the Law by Judas Priest is a great one to start learning on. Fairly simple riffs with a good mix of single string licks and power chords, no solo, a moderate tempo, it's fairly short, PLUS you walk away saying you can play a song by the legendary Judas Priest, best metal band ever!
Great recommendation! Always exciting being able to play a whole Judas Priest song!
I started playing guitar when i was 16 and im 30 now, but i took years at a time off so i really never got my full potential out of it. But when i do pick it up i always try and learn 1 song in whole(within my skill level) until i can play it at least 90% of the way, which makes me feel a little better about not being consistent đ
Is there a way to figure out a songâs bpm so I can set the metronome to match?
If it's a popular song you'll usually be able to just check Google. Best way otherwise is to download a free metronome app that has a "tap tempo" function. With that you just tap the app to the beat of the song and it'll give you the BPM
Appreciate the response and the content. Reminds me of back in the day hanging out with my friends trying to figure out Metallica riffs. Wearing out our tapes going over the same sections repeatedly while squinting to listen to the solo again. No internet so thatâs how we learned them. The books were(are) expensive and were often wrong while being beyond our means at 13. If we were lucky the tab would be in a magazine. The mags usually only had parts of the song so you still had to craft the song by listening to it⊠ah, the good old days
Not gonna lie, felt a little called out cuz I was playing a single Tornado of Souls riff throughout the video
But it depends on what you want from Playing Guitar
Some people are just content to play some of their favourite riffs
my brain hurts from all the jump cuts literally in the middle of you talking. did max headroom edit your video?
I disagree. I only ever learned riffs and very rarely ever learned entire songs. I always teach people to put creativity at the top of their practice routines. Everyday you pickup your guitar I want you to come up with something original. Otherwise people just end up being really good at being able to play 5-30 of someone else's songs. Like it's cool and all you can play the solo to Tornado of souls, but I can sit here and come up with riffs and songs on the fly and do it for 2+ hrs straight, meanwhile 90%+ of all musicians struggle SO MUCH with actually creating music.
This is what i do too, but it's very important to ALSO learn riffs and songs you like.
Your own original sound will be the result of the stuff you learn, combined with your own creative skull organ (brain).
When creating original riffs one might get demotivated by the bland or boring sound at first, but the more you search, the more you find.
2 years of "freestyling" later, i very much enjoy the sounds i make and i could sit in front of my amp for days if i had the time.
"Trust the process"