Hell yeah! You are so right...!!! I'm 71 still playing 4-5 hrs.daily. Since I been exposed to your channel, I have trippled my skills since the beginning of the Covid Crap...!!! Thank You😊
I am almost 57 years old and bought my first guitar over 40 years ago. Since I've been playing, I've done exactly what you just explained. I haven't even played for almost ten years. Then it grabbed me again and I didn't want to run into a wall again. So I told myself I wanted to know everything now. I have learned the Diatonic/Pentatonic/Blues Scales and can now move safely in it. I have been working with alterned piking and have learned a lot from the harmony teaching. Since I see your videos my FOCUS lies on the technik. And it's true I achieve results I never thought I would. Thank you for your insides and advice
It's a life long pursuit that should be enjoyable.. The Guitar is a release.. The best way to get better is to play with others...Everybody learns from others!..This instructor is a fantastic player who makes it very logical..Excellent video and inspirational!
Everything good in life is about work CONSISTENTLY. With music specifically, the great Gibson SG, Fender Jazz, etc, - a cheap instrument will sound way way better than those if you fricking play the cheapo every day. It's consistency which is the "secret". Thank you for constantly pounding that idea out.
Thanks for the advice man! I have been playing guitar for like 6 months and indeed i started to develop that mindset of the more you practice, the better you are, and quickly started to frustrate and not having fun. Hearing this advice, really changed the way i want to practice, and most important, why am i doing it. Cheers from Argentina!
Hmm ... have to somewhat disagree with you here (and maybe this even has relevance to guitar). I'll put it this way: Why do most people who start an exercise program abandon it? (No, I don't have figures on that; it's a guess). Suggested answer: It's all built around the gym teacher's idea of "fitness" - and in particular, depends on self-discipline. That is to say, it's a matter of voluntarily undergoing punishment, for most people. No pain, no gain. After too much pain, most new fitness monks just go and have a beer. There's a better way. A guy called Josh Clark came up with a different slogan: No pain, no pain. Look up c25k if you want to read an interesting story. And here I get to where I claim Josh proved you wrong (for a lot of people, anyway): You get to the fitness level you want By Walking. That's exactly how. Run a little bit, then walk. Don't hurt yourself. If you're not enjoying it, stop wasting your time. (So change your goals - maybe keep them nice and short term). There are a lot of previously certifiably unfit people out there today who are reasonably fit now, just because they gave themselves permission to walk, and stopped listening to that stupid gym teacher, whose fitness advice was like Einstein teaching arithmetic in terms of special relativity. That's not to say that you're completely wrong. If you want to get even fitter, just walking probably won't take you there. But running won't take most people more than 100m further down the road to better health. But you could actually just settle for walking, and get substantial health benefits. (Guitar-obsessive relevance breaks down here, I think, because there's no such thing as "enough" when it comes to expressive capacity. In things like this we should want More, More, More, whereas when it comes to fitness there are quite moderate reasonable versions of "enough" - which could be the fitness level someone wants.)
@@sicko_the_ew Meant low effort/commitment equals poor results. People start walking when there babies. You missed the point. Or I didn't explain it thoroughly enough. No worries.
@@garygowland4738 Yes, OK, I obviously missed the point there. Sorry about that. (Well I kind of "added the point", didn't I? - and that's a bit worse than just missing the point. As in I've responded as if you were saying, "Don't waste your time walking if you want to get fit; you have to run" (and by implication, run like you did when you were young and the corporal was shouting at you). You didn't say anything of the kind, so I should not have gone and "read" anything of the kind.) My bad. This is a bit of a hobby horse of mine, since allowing myself to walk when tired has enabled me to literally run (not very fast, and after about 3 miles I've had enough fun). Not just that, but occasionally "pulling myself together" and "taking up running" - as in "now you *get* down that road, and you keep going until I say stop, even if you start to cotch from the effort" has failed every time. It was somewhat relevant to what Claus has to say, but it doesn't belong on your comment, saying something altogether different. Thanks for not turning the whole thing into an Internet War. :-)
i always seem to improve in any area when i take breaks. i always get frustrated when i do things day in and day out and don't improve, then i'll take a break, literally sometimes even for just one day. the next day i come back and it's like it all just second nature
You're absolutely right. I've had the same issue. Claus has mentioned this before in videos saying you need time to digest and taking a short time can help things along.
I always struggled with that question too. There were some rough years I didnt play much... or periods of time I didnt excell. Then some periods of time I excelled a real lot. If I could go back in time and explain a couple things to myself 20 years ago that really made certain things click... that would be cool.
I've been struggling to progress from advanced beginner to intermediate for a lot of years. I feel like I've spent hundreds of hours playing the same stuff over and over again. I'm not expecting to ever attain the level of professional but would love to be able to sit down and just enjoy playing music. Right now it's more work than pleasure. Will it ever become the fun others appear to have?
Claus, how would you respond to Troy Grady (cracking the code) philosophy of NOT, playing things slowly, but to play at moderate to fast speeds, in order to learn the motion mechanics of speed picking
Claus, what frustrates many people is they see the best of the best in their favorite bands and TH-cam videos and then expect that just putting in practice time will elevate them to that level. Then, when it doesn't happen they get frustrated and wonder why they can't do it despite years of practice. The best thing is the realization that enjoying your time with the guitar is the most important thing, and practice will feel like something you want to do instead of a chore to reach some other level of playing. I love every time I pick up the guitar, even if it's just for five minutes.
OMG, same here. Thinking passed the frustration and start to enjoy something new on the same backing track every morning and that is the real enjoyment for me every day.
it's MUSIC theory..which is a pain in the Arss becuase people makes it harder than it has to be. I punch through because I was determand to COMPREHEND it and USE it for GUITAR playing.. not the piano.... Music theory is actaully SIMPLE and EASY...once you comprehend it..lmao Just like I also learned the DOMINANT pentatonic scale. It'll separate me from the pack. There's 10 DIFFERENT diatonic scales ( 7 notes) with 7 modes each. 70 different modes. Most people might learn the Natural , harmonic and melodic.... Not the Harmonic MAJOR, ..the N6....harmonic/melodic b5 and the #4... Even if you didnt learn all 10 scales....but learn only 4.. Apply it to SWEEPING.....sweeping ONE chord is onething....sweeping mixtures and different combination of chords is another....It'll actually SAVE YOU A LOT of TIME if you know theory..becuase you'll know what riffs/mode are being played.. what chords/modes are being substitute/borrowed....instead of guessing or following TABS that's generated by KEYBOARD players...that never played a guitar in their lives....or ROOKIES still playing in a BOX. Plenty of people say they played for 20 years or whatever but never learn theory...it shows in their
@@samroyproductions3476 Actually , I learn music theory mosty to tell the Music theory buff to FFFFkk-off lmao ...because as a child...I heard certain cool sounds ( mostly from listen to Bach or whatever the hell background music watching Bugs bunny.lmao)..I micmic those sounds or those scales....but my Marching band music teacher would say I wasnt playing right or not playing IN KEY. Well, NO SHiet, Sherlock...you cant generate those sounds using only the MAJOR scale....No matter what freaken KEYS ( pitch) you play it in.....Bach use all these scales and MORE...durrr..durrr durrr There's a scale in twightzone theme song....To play it...use the WHOLE TONE scale.
david mchuuu I’ve heard him mention a week to a month, i have started practicing one scale position per week then move to the next the following week. He also mentions looping an exercise while watching TV
This is kind of de-motivating to many people out their exercising every day. There are many family people that carve time out fo their diary to make it happen, and see progress over time. maybe they won't play scales lightning fast ever, but they love to play and make progress towards their pre-defined goals. the examples given in this video also lack background ie. stock markets build up value over time, and they are not going up through one week or so... so folks, let's not be de-motivated by such a video and simply switch channels...
I've been struggling to progress from advanced beginner to intermediate for a lot of years. I feel like I've spent hundreds of hours playing the same stuff over and over again. I'm not expecting to ever attain the level of professional but would love to be able to sit down and just enjoy playing music. Right now it's more work than pleasure. Will it ever become the fun others appear to have?
Hell yeah! You are so right...!!! I'm 71 still playing 4-5 hrs.daily.
Since I been exposed to your channel, I have trippled my skills since the beginning of the Covid Crap...!!!
Thank You😊
I am almost 57 years old and bought my first guitar over 40 years ago.
Since I've been playing, I've done exactly what you just explained. I haven't even played for almost ten years. Then it grabbed me again and I didn't want to run into a wall again. So I told myself I wanted to know everything now. I have learned the Diatonic/Pentatonic/Blues Scales and can now move safely in it.
I have been working with alterned piking and have learned a lot from the harmony teaching.
Since I see your videos my FOCUS lies on the technik. And it's true I achieve results I never thought I would.
Thank you for your insides and advice
Why did the strings broken???
Excellent
It's a life long pursuit that should be enjoyable.. The Guitar is a release.. The best way to get better is to play with others...Everybody learns from others!..This instructor is a fantastic player who makes it very logical..Excellent video and inspirational!
What's good about your lessons is that you give entirely different perspectives on the subject!!!🙏🙏🙏
Everything good in life is about work CONSISTENTLY. With music specifically, the great Gibson SG, Fender Jazz, etc, - a cheap instrument will sound way way better than those if you fricking play the cheapo every day. It's consistency which is the "secret". Thank you for constantly pounding that idea out.
Thanks for the advice man! I have been playing guitar for like 6 months and indeed i started to develop that mindset of the more you practice, the better you are, and quickly started to frustrate and not having fun. Hearing this advice, really changed the way i want to practice, and most important, why am i doing it. Cheers from Argentina!
Like getting in shape. No one gets the fitness level they want by walking .
Hmm ... have to somewhat disagree with you here (and maybe this even has relevance to guitar).
I'll put it this way: Why do most people who start an exercise program abandon it? (No, I don't have figures on that; it's a guess). Suggested answer: It's all built around the gym teacher's idea of "fitness" - and in particular, depends on self-discipline. That is to say, it's a matter of voluntarily undergoing punishment, for most people.
No pain, no gain.
After too much pain, most new fitness monks just go and have a beer.
There's a better way. A guy called Josh Clark came up with a different slogan: No pain, no pain. Look up c25k if you want to read an interesting story.
And here I get to where I claim Josh proved you wrong (for a lot of people, anyway): You get to the fitness level you want By Walking. That's exactly how. Run a little bit, then walk. Don't hurt yourself. If you're not enjoying it, stop wasting your time. (So change your goals - maybe keep them nice and short term).
There are a lot of previously certifiably unfit people out there today who are reasonably fit now, just because they gave themselves permission to walk, and stopped listening to that stupid gym teacher, whose fitness advice was like Einstein teaching arithmetic in terms of special relativity.
That's not to say that you're completely wrong. If you want to get even fitter, just walking probably won't take you there. But running won't take most people more than 100m further down the road to better health. But you could actually just settle for walking, and get substantial health benefits. (Guitar-obsessive relevance breaks down here, I think, because there's no such thing as "enough" when it comes to expressive capacity. In things like this we should want More, More, More, whereas when it comes to fitness there are quite moderate reasonable versions of "enough" - which could be the fitness level someone wants.)
@@sicko_the_ew Meant low effort/commitment equals poor results. People start walking when there babies. You missed the point. Or I didn't explain it thoroughly enough. No worries.
@@garygowland4738 Yes, OK, I obviously missed the point there. Sorry about that. (Well I kind of "added the point", didn't I? - and that's a bit worse than just missing the point. As in I've responded as if you were saying, "Don't waste your time walking if you want to get fit; you have to run" (and by implication, run like you did when you were young and the corporal was shouting at you). You didn't say anything of the kind, so I should not have gone and "read" anything of the kind.) My bad.
This is a bit of a hobby horse of mine, since allowing myself to walk when tired has enabled me to literally run (not very fast, and after about 3 miles I've had enough fun). Not just that, but occasionally "pulling myself together" and "taking up running" - as in "now you *get* down that road, and you keep going until I say stop, even if you start to cotch from the effort" has failed every time. It was somewhat relevant to what Claus has to say, but it doesn't belong on your comment, saying something altogether different. Thanks for not turning the whole thing into an Internet War. :-)
i always seem to improve in any area when i take breaks. i always get frustrated when i do things day in and day out and don't improve, then i'll take a break, literally sometimes even for just one day. the next day i come back and it's like it all just second nature
You're absolutely right. I've had the same issue. Claus has mentioned this before in videos saying you need time to digest and taking a short time can help things along.
You are such an inspiration to me!!!hope for more stuff like this!!
Great video Claus! Thanks!
True. It's really about focus.
I always struggled with that question too. There were some rough years I didnt play much... or periods of time I didnt excell. Then some periods of time I excelled a real lot. If I could go back in time and explain a couple things to myself 20 years ago that really made certain things click... that would be cool.
I've been struggling to progress from advanced beginner to intermediate for a lot of years. I feel like I've spent hundreds of hours playing the same stuff over and over again. I'm not expecting to ever attain the level of professional but would love to be able to sit down and just enjoy playing music.
Right now it's more work than pleasure. Will it ever become the fun others appear to have?
Maybe take a break and listen to some music and realize why it is you love music in the first place.
Claus, how would you respond to Troy Grady (cracking the code) philosophy of NOT, playing things slowly, but to play at moderate to fast speeds, in order to learn the motion mechanics of speed picking
Claus, what frustrates many people is they see the best of the best in their favorite bands and TH-cam videos and then expect that just putting in practice time will elevate them to that level. Then, when it doesn't happen they get frustrated and wonder why they can't do it despite years of practice. The best thing is the realization that enjoying your time with the guitar is the most important thing, and practice will feel like something you want to do instead of a chore to reach some other level of playing. I love every time I pick up the guitar, even if it's just for five minutes.
OMG, same here. Thinking passed the frustration and start to enjoy something new on the same backing track every morning and that is the real enjoyment for me every day.
it's MUSIC theory..which is a pain in the Arss becuase people makes it harder than it has to be. I punch through because I was determand to COMPREHEND it and USE it for GUITAR playing.. not the piano.... Music theory is actaully SIMPLE and EASY...once you comprehend it..lmao
Just like I also learned the DOMINANT pentatonic scale. It'll separate me from the pack.
There's 10 DIFFERENT diatonic scales ( 7 notes) with 7 modes each. 70 different modes.
Most people might learn the Natural , harmonic and melodic....
Not the Harmonic MAJOR, ..the N6....harmonic/melodic b5 and the #4...
Even if you didnt learn all 10 scales....but learn only 4..
Apply it to SWEEPING.....sweeping ONE chord is onething....sweeping mixtures and
different combination of chords is another....It'll actually SAVE YOU A LOT of TIME
if you know theory..becuase you'll know what riffs/mode are being played..
what chords/modes are being substitute/borrowed....instead of guessing or
following TABS that's generated by KEYBOARD players...that never played a guitar
in their lives....or ROOKIES still playing in a BOX.
Plenty of people say they played for 20 years or whatever but never learn theory...it shows in their
Learning music theory is EC in the piano of course
@@samroyproductions3476 Actually , I learn music theory mosty to tell the
Music theory buff to FFFFkk-off lmao ...because as a child...I heard certain cool sounds ( mostly from listen to Bach or whatever the hell background music watching Bugs bunny.lmao)..I micmic those sounds or those scales....but my Marching band music teacher would say I wasnt playing right or not playing IN KEY. Well, NO SHiet, Sherlock...you cant generate those sounds using only the MAJOR scale....No matter what freaken KEYS ( pitch) you play it in.....Bach use all these scales and MORE...durrr..durrr durrr
There's a scale in twightzone theme song....To play it...use the WHOLE TONE scale.
Hi Claus! Been practicing the Ingenium exercises. How long do you recommend sticking to one exercise before moving on to the next?
david mchuuu I’ve heard him mention a week to a month, i have started practicing one scale position per week then move to the next the following week. He also mentions looping an exercise while watching TV
the funner the better!
This is kind of de-motivating to many people out their exercising every day. There are many family people that carve time out fo their diary to make it happen, and see progress over time. maybe they won't play scales lightning fast ever, but they love to play and make progress towards their pre-defined goals. the examples given in this video also lack background ie. stock markets build up value over time, and they are not going up through one week or so... so folks, let's not be de-motivated by such a video and simply switch channels...
Elon Musk on guitar
I've been struggling to progress from advanced beginner to intermediate for a lot of years. I feel like I've spent hundreds of hours playing the same stuff over and over again. I'm not expecting to ever attain the level of professional but would love to be able to sit down and just enjoy playing music. Right now it's more work than pleasure. Will it ever become the fun others appear to have?