Nita is one of my favorite live performers. Total badass rocker chick. The Chops, the look, and the swagger. Who ever said women guitarists can’t crush it?
This is probably the first time I've heard someone on youtube suggest using a metronome and to start out slowly. Great advice in just a couple minutes.
She is bang on with the increments and diligence. I used to teach percussion. I remember a time when I'd taught some new beats to a student and when they came back the following week they could play them at 120-150 but when I slowed the time down to 80-100bpm the beats became choppy and I could visually see them absolutely focus gazed in concentration because they hadn't started slow and worked up. Its amazing how the human mind works....
Nita, I hope you don't mind me commenting on something I just recently noticed about your appearance: you have NO tattoos (or at least none that can be seen). I only mention this because these days, most musicians are tattooed at least somewhere publicly noticable. And many folks have almost taken it to an obsessive level. *I'm not knocking people's choices on body art, etc. I just think it's nice & refreshing to see an artist taking a minimalist approach to body art (and of course, you are such an awesomely talented guitarist too - you are such a fast/accurate shredder!). : )* Thanks for sharing your talent w/the world. Keep on rocking (and showing off all those invisible tattoos in the proceass, lol).
Great advice! So easy to overlook the obvious things. Patience is the key. Another thing I started doing is if I'm trying to learn a lick from a song, I slow it down and listen to, and play along to it many times. So easy to get impatient and end up learning it wrong.
She's pretty great. When I see these types of videos it always reminds me of Shawn Lane saying go as fast as you can.. "Break the continum".. Then clean it up. That was easy for him to say❤️
Just saw her last night playing with alice, and all I can say is WOW. Amazing lady, just an amazing lady on lead. Best female lead definitely, possibly best modern lead period
This is how much I suck... her first run with the slow metronome cadence WAS SHREDDING to me. I think that is a good tip. I am working on using a metronome more and more. THANKS.
This is exactly what I do , but I Also have a clean guitar tone , I purchased the John Petrucci VHS Practice vid , John's exercises for guitar were the best around learnt so much from John.
Took me three years to get this into my thick skull but she's absolutely right. The number one thing I can pinpoint for improving is consistent practice with a metronome. Everything else isn't really practice, it's just noodling around.
I can do scales 16th notes at 140 comfortably 160 is rough. classical is a little harder action much higher . I need tosee how i would do on my electric. she is correct move up in 5 beat per minute increments and you will improve. I started at 120 worked my way to 140. 160 is too hard but im sure we can all get there. Nita is quite an inspiration. What a beutiful person inside and out.
My number one tip for improving your guitar playing is. Learn to be good at what it is you do (your thing) an enjoy it! The more you do that the more fluid and effortless your playing will become.
you dont need to make five straight perfect and up 5bpm on every trial. That is wasting time because 5 times and +5bpm just play with your focus if your focus are out then your playing was out. I prefer this method = if the original song is too fast find one point of tempo that you can play keep doing it until you're feel comfortable (it takes more than five trials) then raise up the tempo by 8 or 10bpm no matter you can play or not you must catch the tempo that is the point dont slow it back because what you do now is to stay on high focused and to push your ability to achieve the original tempo. In case the original tempo is 180bpm, if you already a tough player maybe you just need to slow it down to 150bpm then you just have to pass three stages to achieve your target. That is just my opinion and experience and it really works for me 😘😘
Can someone be good at guitar just by practicing on acoustic? By good I mean play fast and clean. I’ve never played on electric before but been playing since young age. And I’m decent
You can absolutely *kick ass* with an acoustic guitar, if that's what you want to do! The late Andreas Segovia literally didn't consider an electric guitar to even *be* a guitar. If you've never seen Estas Tonne, please check him out right here on TH-cam...I can imagine him *at least* holding his own, if not blowing 3/4 of the "tier one" famous rock/metal shredders clean off stage anywhere in the world. Whatever you're doing, just learn to do it correctly and you'll be just fine. Bad technique is one thing, but wrong technique is worst. But beyond that, keep going!
There are great guitarists who never play electric. Bluegrass, Classical, Flamenco guitarists for example never play electric and no doubt there are some great ones. It depends what style you want to play. You're probably best off playing the right guitars for the styles you want to play.
There are tons of insanely good acoustic guitar players, but I'm sure you know that. Do you want to play electric but are unable to get an electric guitar now and want to know if your acoustic practice will carry over? It will for the most part, they feel way different, each have their own little quirks and techniques, and there are limitations you'll run in to like string bending, but they're still both guitars lol. Anybody who can play one knows how to play the other, you'll just be kind of sloppy at first. It's not "ideal" but you have to work with what you have.
You can learn a lot of playing acoustic. Learn as much chords along the neck as possible. That will help you a lot when you switch of to electric. Your muting with the palm and fingers from your strumming hand and the muting with your left might need some work when you switch over, depending on what style to play. I think it's always good to play both. For the ones who are just starting out: You can also learn a lot from playing a classical guitar. If you're just starting out, I recommend searching on YT for "acoustic guitar lesson by scott grove". There is a lot of controversy around him, but that acoustic channel is separate without cussing and you learn a lot while keeping your motivation up. The other really helpful channel is that of pebber brown. For great riffs explained in great detail try "MasterThatRiff" with Marc McGuigan.
I don’t think 5 times is enough to ensure that you have the lick perfect. My rule is usually do it 20 times perfectly with absolutely no mistakes before moving up 8 beats on the metronome
Why am I jealous of a stuffed animal ? He just sits there in the 2nd best seat in the house. What does the Bear have that I dont .... ? Claws black eyes and fur ?
Ive seen many Nita videos. She is so Real, Humble and Lovely. But she is also a great teacher!
This woman is a shining light in the guitar world today. She'll be cited as an influence by many girls to come.
amen.
The Strauss family will live forever.
She's not a shining light, she's shining light.
I wish but unfortunately guitar isnt popular anymore and hasnt been for decades
Nita is one of my favorite live performers. Total badass rocker chick. The Chops, the look, and the swagger. Who ever said women guitarists can’t crush it?
Really cool person, humble and down to earth and real inspiration, and a great teacher too!
I like her teaching because she plays slow enough for beginners to see and hear what shes doing.
me at the beginning: I can do that..
Me at the end: never mind.
Me too😂
Nita is awesome. I manage to talk briefly with her off and on. Her personality shines through her playing and now I feel obligated to do this.
This is probably the first time I've heard someone on youtube suggest using a metronome and to start out slowly. Great advice in
just a couple minutes.
She is bang on with the increments and diligence.
I used to teach percussion. I remember a time when I'd taught some new beats to a student and when they came back the following week they could play them at 120-150 but when I slowed the time down to 80-100bpm the beats became choppy and I could visually see them absolutely focus gazed in concentration because they hadn't started slow and worked up.
Its amazing how the human mind works....
Nita, I hope you don't mind me commenting on something I just recently noticed about your appearance: you have NO tattoos (or at least none that can be seen).
I only mention this because these days, most musicians are tattooed at least somewhere publicly noticable. And many folks have almost taken it to an obsessive level.
*I'm not knocking people's choices on body art, etc. I just think it's nice & refreshing to see an artist taking a minimalist approach to body art (and of course, you are such an awesomely talented guitarist too - you are such a fast/accurate shredder!). : )*
Thanks for sharing your talent w/the world. Keep on rocking (and showing off all those invisible tattoos in the proceass, lol).
OUTSTANDING!!! Appreciate the usable instruction very much. New fan.
Great advice! So easy to overlook the obvious things. Patience is the key. Another thing I started doing is if I'm trying to learn a lick from a song, I slow it down and listen to, and play along to it many times. So easy to get impatient and end up learning it wrong.
Thanx Nita...Wish you the Best 😘
Nita Rocks! She can hold her own against just about anyone else out there! And she keeps getting even better. Nice lesson.
Lost for words. Talent and beauty
I just bought your guitar nita, you’re an awesome guitarist! I love my Ibanez Nita Strauss Jiva10
Really appreciate your help!!!!
Nita I practice with my metronome every day that I practice and I practice at least an hour a day damn near everyday. I don miss a day very often.
Gotta go for 8hrs a day. just saying ..its tuff
I assume she means 5 times in a row, which is what I normally do. That means if you screw it up at 4 , then you go back to 1 again.
Thanks Nita for taking the time to do these. I love your signature guitar.
She's pretty great. When I see these types of videos it always reminds me of Shawn Lane saying go as fast as you can.. "Break the continum".. Then clean it up. That was easy for him to say❤️
Just saw her last night playing with alice, and all I can say is WOW. Amazing lady, just an amazing lady on lead. Best female lead definitely, possibly best modern lead period
NIta, you are awesome player and gorgeous teacher
Good, melodic tip, thanks a lot!!! Love you technics and your charisma so much)!!!
Wow. That's awesome. Thank you (crazy shredding at the end!).
Gotta love a guitar playing woman that still shares her bed with a Teddy Bear.
David Tidwell @ yo nunca vi el osito de peluche.. solo estaba viendo sus tetas
She looks so cool and so wonderfull ... and shes a down to heart woman ... 10000 likes to her and the tiplesson in here
I've been struggling a bit with sweeps like this, but this method has really helped me get up to speed. Thanks :)
Super Great tip.
Thank you
Very good advice and nice playing--Thanks Nita
Thanks! Great advice!
Love her! I want her new Ibanez!
Awesome love her music
This is how much I suck... her first run with the slow metronome cadence WAS SHREDDING to me. I think that is a good tip. I am working on using a metronome more and more. THANKS.
Thank you for this advice. We beginners need all the advice we can get. Thanks for sharing Nita.
So true. Practicing w a metronome is a must
Thank you so much for the lesson, Nita!
You have my heart at 220bpm
Cool thanks for the lesson nita!! Keep shredding!!
#1 Record yourself. I guarantee you'll hate what you hear.
A good looper pedal helps, yeah.
And later listen to it with good headphones.
Great way to improve technique.
I record myself in Ableton Live all the time and rarely hate what I hear. If I do, more FX. 😂
I had the opposite experience. I thought I sounded better than I even thought I was.
This is the best advise. Period.
J H I hate how I sound to my ears but when actually playing it feels right
Love Nita
She is the real deal...total package, top of her game!
She gave the best stretching advice ever heard on one video. I know a lot of players who have watched the same video and use it.
Thanks a lot Nita you are awasome
Thank you so much. I needed to hear you say this so I can stop being lazy and do this.
Ho Nita. You loil great and play well.
I appreciate the tips.
Please teach more!!!
Ka- boom! Great lessson!
good tips, thank you 🤘🏻
I"m a simple man. I see a girl with a guitar - I put like))
Yes she is that freaking nice in person!!
You r amazing guitarist
Thanks 4 that timely tip
Can you show the notes to the arpeggio? Thanks
Awesome and beautiful guitar player..
Amazing
I will put this into my practice repertoire. Thanks Nita
Guapisimaaaa
This is exactly what I do , but I Also have a clean guitar tone , I purchased the John Petrucci VHS Practice vid , John's exercises for guitar were the best around learnt so much from John.
Nita playing and looking better without the metal makeup. Nice!
I have that exact same metronome on my phone !
I'd have to say that's a perfect example of not letting ones ego destroy ones talent.
Love that guitar!
Took me three years to get this into my thick skull but she's absolutely right. The number one thing I can pinpoint for improving is consistent practice with a metronome. Everything else isn't really practice, it's just noodling around.
2 weeks in I can't get passed 165bpm, but I started struggling with 125 so its definitely improving!
I can do scales 16th notes at 140 comfortably 160 is rough. classical is a little harder action much higher . I need tosee how i would do on my electric. she is correct move up in 5 beat per minute increments and you will improve. I started at 120 worked my way to 140. 160 is too hard but im sure we can all get there. Nita is quite an inspiration. What a beutiful person inside and out.
thanks so much Nita!!! u rock!!!!
Thanks Nita Strauss for the tips😍
I love you Nita Strauss!
Thank you/
Me encanta tu locura 😘
Do your nails ever hit the other stings ?? I'm always hitting other strings , brain and sound goes faster than my fingers . Just curious , txs . Andy.
Sexiest guitar player I’ve ever seen! What a beautiful soul!!!
Nita you are the best guitar Queen of the world 💓💓💓🎸🎸🎸🎸
Why I think Nita is one of the best players is there are some that are fast and technical she does that and sounds good.
very cool...thanks Nita....#SHREDON
Diosa hermosa me Enamore de vos!!!!! Jaja
UGTV, can you ask her if she prefer standard scale (mostly on all Ibanez models) over short scale necks (like mostly on all Gibson models)?
The first part of that arp sounds like the arp in the white wedding intro
Sweet
Very good! Great exercise! Slow down, but the quick way you do ...
You are very beautiful!
My number one tip for improving your guitar playing is. Learn to be good at what it is you do (your thing) an enjoy it! The more you do that the more fluid and effortless your playing will become.
Great exercise!
This is the best tip I've ever got!
WOW!!!! 🤘😍🤘
not only is she beautiful, she can play guitar too
she is a major influence of mine...
It would be helpful to see the picking hand!
How do you know she doesn't have a tattoo that you can't see?
Those bends !
Also people need to stop hating. She’s just doing what she loves doing and she’s really an amazing guitarist for a female. Keep rocking Nita!!
I love her
G-o-r-g-e-o-u-s 👍 🙃🎸😊
I think I might be in love... ❤❤❤
#LivinLavidaNita 🎸 #PrincessSatchBoogie 🛸
you dont need to make five straight perfect and up 5bpm on every trial. That is wasting time because 5 times and +5bpm just play with your focus if your focus are out then your playing was out. I prefer this method = if the original song is too fast find one point of tempo that you can play keep doing it until you're feel comfortable (it takes more than five trials) then raise up the tempo by 8 or 10bpm no matter you can play or not you must catch the tempo that is the point dont slow it back because what you do now is to stay on high focused and to push your ability to achieve the original tempo. In case the original tempo is 180bpm, if you already a tough player maybe you just need to slow it down to 150bpm then you just have to pass three stages to achieve your target. That is just my opinion and experience and it really works for me 😘😘
At the end i think "HOLY BALLS!"
Thanks Nita. I think I'm just kinda lazy to do this but I think you're right hahahah :D
She's right about that! Using the metronome is the key to playing faster and cleaner. She seems to like heavy metal.
Can someone be good at guitar just by practicing on acoustic? By good I mean play fast and clean. I’ve never played on electric before but been playing since young age. And I’m decent
Fuck yeah, you can, but watch out, don't learn techniques the wrong way, it is harder to unlearn something than to learn it.
You can absolutely *kick ass* with an acoustic guitar, if that's what you want to do! The late Andreas Segovia literally didn't consider an electric guitar to even *be* a guitar. If you've never seen Estas Tonne, please check him out right here on TH-cam...I can imagine him *at least* holding his own, if not blowing 3/4 of the "tier one" famous rock/metal shredders clean off stage anywhere in the world. Whatever you're doing, just learn to do it correctly and you'll be just fine. Bad technique is one thing, but wrong technique is worst. But beyond that, keep going!
There are great guitarists who never play electric. Bluegrass, Classical, Flamenco guitarists for example never play electric and no doubt there are some great ones. It depends what style you want to play. You're probably best off playing the right guitars for the styles you want to play.
There are tons of insanely good acoustic guitar players, but I'm sure you know that. Do you want to play electric but are unable to get an electric guitar now and want to know if your acoustic practice will carry over? It will for the most part, they feel way different, each have their own little quirks and techniques, and there are limitations you'll run in to like string bending, but they're still both guitars lol. Anybody who can play one knows how to play the other, you'll just be kind of sloppy at first. It's not "ideal" but you have to work with what you have.
You can learn a lot of playing acoustic. Learn as much chords along the neck as possible.
That will help you a lot when you switch of to electric. Your muting with the palm and fingers from your strumming hand and the muting with your left might need some work when you switch over, depending on what style to play. I think it's always good to play both.
For the ones who are just starting out:
You can also learn a lot from playing a classical guitar. If you're just starting out, I recommend searching on YT for "acoustic guitar lesson by scott grove". There is a lot of controversy around him, but that acoustic channel is separate without cussing and you learn a lot while keeping your motivation up. The other really helpful channel is that of pebber brown. For great riffs explained in great detail try "MasterThatRiff" with Marc McGuigan.
Teddy Bear in the background!
I don’t think 5 times is enough to ensure that you have the lick perfect. My rule is usually do it 20 times perfectly with absolutely no mistakes before moving up 8 beats on the metronome
I wish I was that Teddy Bear on the background 🤘
Why am I jealous of a stuffed animal ? He just sits there in the 2nd best seat in the house.
What does the Bear have that I dont .... ? Claws black eyes and fur ?