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make your own music

if you want to hear a certain song sometimes you gotta make it first (as an added bonus this usually takes 100+ tries)

@itscolortemperature

Jan 24, 2024

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so many ways to go about it

i can probably give better tips based on knowing what you want to sound like or be able to do ~ but that said there's some basic guides that go a long way compartmentalize the things you wanna learn and do intensives just focusing on that one new technique at a time. like just fingerpicking, or just slide, or just learning new chord shapes and scales, etc. while guitar is this creative tool, it's also highly physical. often times you're going to understand the new musical concept mentally quicker than you can actually do it with your hands. so be patient, and think of it sometimes more like doing push-ups vs playing a sport. you gotta workout and be strong in order to play 🤪 - take your time with new things, always play things as slow as possible in the beginning. when you get better you'll naturally be able to play faster - learn to play with a pick and without a pick. give your rhythm hand max. flexibility - if theres an artist or specific guitarist you like or wanna be like, study them. this is like extracurricular homework but it goes a long way to just watch or listen to your inspos on repeat - learn other peoples songs - you always pick up a new trick - look up every single way to play the same chord up and down the neck. learning new chords is like buying new clothes -start to learn the kind of guitar you want to be playing - owning an instrument you're excited to play makes it fun - read and understand basic major and minor chords and scales, you'll begin to see how everything is connected and how the language works - which allows you to write your own things and improv and mess around more - memorize frets by their note name, so your association is quick and you can learn stuff faster - play in front of the t.v. on mute - worked for me 🤙

@dakotablue

Jun 22, 2024

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My routine

I always warm up with a few scales that come easy to me. Moving up E major via triplets on the first three strings until you hit the G# and go back down, modulation exercises with B to E to A mixolydian scales, then lydian, then I’ll do some chord progressions that have augmented and diminished chords thrown in to work on key changes. Then throw on a song ive been learning (that I did not write) and jam on it, moving between soloing and rhythm stream of consciousness style. Then it’s time to work on my own songs. A general rule of thumb I have is: sometimes you can only get 20 minutes of practice out of yourself, other times 2 hours. Waxing and waning is key.

@michaelsoftworldwide

Mar 6, 2025

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bedtime thunderstorm

the sound of rain and thunder… yeah i’m passing tf out

@hughes

Mar 10, 2025

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crossing something off your bucket list

i went to loch ness today!! i’ve wanted to go there ever since i was a little kid reading my monsters and cryptids book from the book fair cause i was a freaky little spooky kid. did not see any monsters but i bought a little figurine from the nessie hunter guy in dore :)

@hughes

Dec 28, 2024

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letting your dog sleep in the bed

how beautiful is it that this creature feels safe enough to fall asleep next to me?

@hughes

Feb 12, 2025