"Some of the examples I use may be genre specific" ...WHAT!? All of what you said is absolutely applicable not only for pretty much every guitar genre, but for most everything you'll ever try to learn/practice. Great lesson and great video - thanks sensei!
Although you are a guitarist and you give examples based only on guitar work, I find your almost all of your advice good for other instruments. I play guitar and bass on the side but I'm looking to play trumpet professionally and I watch these videos to help me as a trumpet player.
Cool. I find myself watching piano tutorials to learn stuff like Stevie Wonder on guitar. I like watching bass lessons too, as a lot of the time they tend to focus a lot on applied theory rather than just the actual numbers for fingers and frets.
I've been playing for a little over a year I don't have many musically inclined people in my life and your videos have been very helpful, well appreciated brother
Going along with this. I'm also quite new and have been watching and re-watching your videos recently 'cause they're so comprehensive. You're strengthening my wisdom. Thanks
Your sensei series are probably the most fair and non-biased TH-cam content about guitar and music, and of course, with tons of advice that is useful. Thanks for keep inspiring me as a guitarist.
I commit to a notebook. What I did, what I learned, what I want to learn or improved on. And time running on the side. Most important: 10 minutes is better than none. Especially in guitar when that's all you're going to get, particularly being new on acoustic. (OW!) Forgot how much acoustic tends to hurt, lol. Even repetitive piano can be painful. My guitar player absolutely refuses acoustic. Why? "It hurts." lol
Thanks! Another one: combined exercises. It's in several ways more efficient to train few things in one lick (for example, pull-off + chromatics + working on pinkie, etc).
I always learn SO MUCH from these. It's great having so much content available on YT and websites when you're trying to self-teach, but the crucial thing that I've found I miss out on is that you don't have anyone to tell you HOW to learn. I never appreciated how important that is until I started watching this series, thank you so much!
Remember though, if you find a few good sources to help you, don't keep searching for tons more. Sometimes it can just be overwhelming or information overload. Find good content and take 3 days to a week to implement it. That was you are always moving forward.
Man you are an authentic guitar teacher! For about three years I studied music and guitar in a music school nearby my house, my teacher used to tell me all those advices and he has so much experience, just like you I presume. Keep up with the good work and greetings from Portugal!!
Improving practicing skills are almost always transferable. As a multi instrumentalist I am always borrowing ideas from other instruments to help me improve. This video has got great content. Love it.
I overpracticed yesterday, maybe for the first time in my life. Hands just didn't want to work good and were shaking a bit. And today I see this video. So in time! Thanks for reminding to keep reason!
Some really good tips here, I'm going to make myself a schedule for a couple of days a week now. I really wish I had more time to practice and play but studies come first unfortunately, thanks for the lesson Samurai!
number 1 got me to my playing today.. too many people forget this . even if you aren't and can't just tell yourself "YOU WILL" perform this . I practiced in school all the time for any musical performance opportunities
One of the best guitar videos I've ever seen on TH-cam, that doesn't even involve a guitar. Practicing, approaching and thinking about musical things without your musical instrument is just as important and beneficial as spending time with it. It's actually possible to level up your musical skills without touching your instrument just by rethinking the way you spend your time with it and approach learning and practicing new things.
I really enjoy your sensei series! It is interesting how you tackle topics and ideas regarding your instrument while not actually having to play your instrument. Very abstract and mindful.
These insights are really vital, and all your videos have helped me become a better musician and all-round human being. Thank you Samurai Guitarist Sensei!
Sensei Series is always exceptionally helpful and, more importantly, relaxed. It's refreshing to hear from someone enjoying their music to the fullest. More musicians need to heed the words of the samurai guitarist.
This is a very well put together video! Fantastic tips for practicing too. The idea of having goals, setting intention, and planning out the time to realize those intentions is a great process!
I'm more of an athletic coach than a musician (but I do dabble in guitar, or try to tell myself that I do), but these are solid tips for just about any practice to develop any kind of physical skill. Motor learning research will back it up as well. Nice video.
Greetings from Toronto! Love the somewhat philosophical music advice, its been what I've been looking for lately, and from a fellow Canadian! Trying to get prepared for my Humber jazz audition and your videos are very helpful and interesting. Thanks for your content!
I love how this channel is not specifically meant for guitar players, which makes people who play any other instrument learn a lot as well. Awesome channel, keep up the good work! :)
This helped me quite a bit in my french horn practicing, I found out that I was over practicing I also started learning some hard music that isn’t in our books.
best thing in music is having a great ear, a great memory and very good timing. Nobody ever hands you sheet music. You MIGHT get a lead sheet, mainly just chords.
I wanted to do a lesson like this, you mention many thngs that others miss well done, also, I am known for my understanding of theory but you taught me something there too so thanks.
Just wanted to highlight the importance of practising with correct technique. Although I've played guitar and piano for years, for the last few months I had been experiencing crippling back and shoulder pain whenever I played (even for short periods), and was feeling a lot of tension. It seems so obvious now I've resolved the issue, but I didn't realise I had fallen into the habit of involving incorrect muscles when playing in an attempt to compensate for weakness in the fingers and hands. I was pushing from the wrists and forearms, which was resulting in tension in all sorts of other places and was ultimately discouraging the proper development of my finger and hand muscles (which had probably grown weaker over the period in which I had fallen into this habit). At first I felt almost a little reluctant to let go of the tension and depend only on the finger muscles again, as it meant taking a step backwards to relearn how to do things properly (probably just my own psychological barrier of impatience). However, I have since experienced massive improvement in my playing and complete freedom from pain and tension, and this principle of isolating awareness of the correct muscles and depending only on the use of those correct muscles (not involving other muscles which ultimately only create an opposing frictional force to the desired movement) has also since helped me to massively improve my singing and drumming technique. Maybe this is just a problem that was unique to me (I have always tended to try too hard and use too much force/tension when performing physical actions), but it's certainly been a revelation and has made me so much more efficient and effective in my playing and approach to pretty much all physical activities, and maybe it will help someone who like me was unconscious of their incorrect technique.
6:09 "If I'm learning a Charlie Parker solo..." then you're literally me three times a week when I took Jazz Improv in college. HOW CAN YOU CALL IT IMPROV IF WE HAVE TO MEMORIZE TUNES? But really, I know a lot of Parker, now...
Love this channel, sammurai and I have different musical tastes, but he's really informative and interesting. In other news I can play an F chord but not an A major, feelsbadman
I have a few questions. How much impact does the country you are living in have? And what are countries where the music scene is flourishing and well respected?
That's hard to comment on, I've only really spent significant time in the US and Canada, but I was able to surround myself with good teachers and fellow musicians. If that's not available I could see it being a detriment.
"Some of the examples I use may be genre specific" ...WHAT!? All of what you said is absolutely applicable not only for pretty much every guitar genre, but for most everything you'll ever try to learn/practice.
Great lesson and great video - thanks sensei!
Mr29Tiger It also applies to other instruments
i dont think his practice schedule work on all genres
Although you are a guitarist and you give examples based only on guitar work, I find your almost all of your advice good for other instruments. I play guitar and bass on the side but I'm looking to play trumpet professionally and I watch these videos to help me as a trumpet player.
Carlos Diaz He definitely makes his video for musicians in general that's why he's so awesome!!
Cheers dude thanks for the love!
Cool. I find myself watching piano tutorials to learn stuff like Stevie Wonder on guitar. I like watching bass lessons too, as a lot of the time they tend to focus a lot on applied theory rather than just the actual numbers for fingers and frets.
Patrick Ford good advice!
Zim Babwe YES!
I've been playing for a little over a year I don't have many musically inclined people in my life and your videos have been very helpful, well appreciated brother
Keep after it. TH-cam is filled with lots of great educators.
I'm new to this channel, lots of wisdom here!
Welcome!
me too
Going along with this. I'm also quite new and have been watching and re-watching your videos recently 'cause they're so comprehensive. You're strengthening my wisdom. Thanks
YT just suggested ur channel, ur the best man.
Woohoo, thanks youtube! And thanks for swinging by!
Honestly, your advises and tips are precise. They've been really helpful, lately!
Your sensei series are probably the most fair and non-biased TH-cam content about guitar and music, and of course, with tons of advice that is useful. Thanks for keep inspiring me as a guitarist.
Loved it. I was hitting a wall and motivation dropped. Will setup a 1 hour routine and work my way up. Thanks!
I commit to a notebook. What I did, what I learned, what I want to learn or improved on. And time running on the side.
Most important: 10 minutes is better than none. Especially in guitar when that's all you're going to get, particularly being new on acoustic. (OW!)
Forgot how much acoustic tends to hurt, lol. Even repetitive piano can be painful.
My guitar player absolutely refuses acoustic. Why? "It hurts." lol
Thanks! Another one: combined exercises. It's in several ways more efficient to train few things in one lick (for example, pull-off + chromatics + working on pinkie, etc).
I always learn SO MUCH from these. It's great having so much content available on YT and websites when you're trying to self-teach, but the crucial thing that I've found I miss out on is that you don't have anyone to tell you HOW to learn. I never appreciated how important that is until I started watching this series, thank you so much!
Remember though, if you find a few good sources to help you, don't keep searching for tons more. Sometimes it can just be overwhelming or information overload. Find good content and take 3 days to a week to implement it. That was you are always moving forward.
Man you are an authentic guitar teacher! For about three years I studied music and guitar in a music school nearby my house, my teacher used to tell me all those advices and he has so much experience, just like you I presume.
Keep up with the good work and greetings from Portugal!!
Improving practicing skills are almost always transferable. As a multi instrumentalist I am always borrowing ideas from other instruments to help me improve. This video has got great content. Love it.
I overpracticed yesterday, maybe for the first time in my life. Hands just didn't want to work good and were shaking a bit. And today I see this video. So in time! Thanks for reminding to keep reason!
dude i just wanted to apreciate your videos cuz they're amazing in any way,great subjects,great explanations everything is flawless way to go man
Some really good tips here, I'm going to make myself a schedule for a couple of days a week now. I really wish I had more time to practice and play but studies come first unfortunately, thanks for the lesson Samurai!
This was really helpful, I can already picture a little schedule on my mind, I'll write it down as soon as I can. Thanks.
Love how you break down your information! Please keep making super useful videos!
number 1 got me to my playing today.. too many people forget this . even if you aren't and can't just tell yourself "YOU WILL" perform this . I practiced in school all the time for any musical performance opportunities
(probably why I got terrible grades hahaha XD)
I get shit grades when I was in school. You get a better chance of getting chicks with a guitar then with good grades. lol
One of the best guitar videos I've ever seen on TH-cam, that doesn't even involve a guitar. Practicing, approaching and thinking about musical things without your musical instrument is just as important and beneficial as spending time with it.
It's actually possible to level up your musical skills without touching your instrument just by rethinking the way you spend your time with it and approach learning and practicing new things.
I really enjoy your sensei series! It is interesting how you tackle topics and ideas regarding your instrument while not actually having to play your instrument. Very abstract and mindful.
brother I simply love everything about the way you pick your own lessons
These insights are really vital, and all your videos have helped me become a better musician and all-round human being. Thank you Samurai Guitarist Sensei!
Sensei Series is always exceptionally helpful and, more importantly, relaxed. It's refreshing to hear from someone enjoying their music to the fullest. More musicians need to heed the words of the samurai guitarist.
Oh, man, thanks for not having an annoying intro and outro on the videos. Makes it so easy to get right into the topic.
Solid advice all around. I hope people are paying attention. :)
Thanks so much from Berlin, Germany. I will give you my couch when you come around. Your efforts are very much appreciated. Thanks!
i realize this is an old video, but it was super helpful. thank you~
This is a very well put together video! Fantastic tips for practicing too. The idea of having goals, setting intention, and planning out the time to realize those intentions is a great process!
This really helped me with my instrument practice and my music homework!! Thanks !!
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I'm more of an athletic coach than a musician (but I do dabble in guitar, or try to tell myself that I do), but these are solid tips for just about any practice to develop any kind of physical skill. Motor learning research will back it up as well. Nice video.
I took a huge hiatus from the internet, but I'm back now!
Love it! Keep going buddy! :)
My man! Welcome back!
Hey Samurai i Like a lot your aproach that bases on being present in the moment to get the full out of the practice.
Greetings from Toronto! Love the somewhat philosophical music advice, its been what I've been looking for lately, and from a fellow Canadian! Trying to get prepared for my Humber jazz audition and your videos are very helpful and interesting. Thanks for your content!
I studied at Humber, good luck!!!!
Thank you for making these videos sensei.
I love how this channel is not specifically meant for guitar players, which makes people who play any other instrument learn a lot as well. Awesome channel, keep up the good work! :)
This helped me quite a bit in my french horn practicing, I found out that I was over practicing I also started learning some hard music that isn’t in our books.
best thing in music is having a great ear, a great memory and very good timing. Nobody ever hands you sheet music.
You MIGHT get a lead sheet, mainly just chords.
Just want to say your videos are super helpful and with great quality. You need more subscribers.
This is an excellent video! Thank you so much for making so many really good videos and inspiring me to keep working on my musical craft!
Cheers
You gave me some very stress relieving knowledge! Thank you for your time, and effort to help other musicians!
you are by far one of the best guitar\music youtuber keep on the good work !!
I love your videos. you inspire me to never give up on my music goals thanks and keep up the good work
Your advice is so awesome! Thanks!
Nice advice. I'm defiantly going to share it.
This is very helpful for everything inside and outside of music, thanks!
Such a good video. Great point. Thanks!
I wanted to do a lesson like this, you mention many thngs that others miss well done, also, I am known for my understanding of theory but you taught me something there too so thanks.
These things are obvious but I needed to hear this. You are an amazing human being.
Great stuff! Your videos are really helping me get my playing to the next level, thanks :)
SO AWESOME! Love your wisdom brotha!
this guy's advices are like gold
I've never loved a Guitar teacher more great work
Fantastic! Thanks for this video.
Thank you very much for this, as always.
absolutely fantastic!
Awesome, thanks for the advice!
I so love the ear training thanks so much bro
Thank you so much, this was so helpful
Great video! :)
thank you sensei! I watch your video everyday.
Superb. This knowledge is gold
Arigatou! Helps a lot, man!
love the shirt! let's go jays! great vid.
dude, you're great, thanks
Great video, thanks mate!
very wise, as always
I don't even play the guitar, but I do have trouble with practicing. Thank you so much, these tips are really helpful!
extremely good advice i specefically had a problem with 3 practicing too long or not enough sometimes
very helpful man thanks
Great tips! 👍🏼
Bad ass videos man subbed and keep up the awesome content!
Thanks Sensei!
Great vid, Sammy-g!
Cheers Ash!
Just wanted to highlight the importance of practising with correct technique. Although I've played guitar and piano for years, for the last few months I had been experiencing crippling back and shoulder pain whenever I played (even for short periods), and was feeling a lot of tension. It seems so obvious now I've resolved the issue, but I didn't realise I had fallen into the habit of involving incorrect muscles when playing in an attempt to compensate for weakness in the fingers and hands. I was pushing from the wrists and forearms, which was resulting in tension in all sorts of other places and was ultimately discouraging the proper development of my finger and hand muscles (which had probably grown weaker over the period in which I had fallen into this habit). At first I felt almost a little reluctant to let go of the tension and depend only on the finger muscles again, as it meant taking a step backwards to relearn how to do things properly (probably just my own psychological barrier of impatience). However, I have since experienced massive improvement in my playing and complete freedom from pain and tension, and this principle of isolating awareness of the correct muscles and depending only on the use of those correct muscles (not involving other muscles which ultimately only create an opposing frictional force to the desired movement) has also since helped me to massively improve my singing and drumming technique. Maybe this is just a problem that was unique to me (I have always tended to try too hard and use too much force/tension when performing physical actions), but it's certainly been a revelation and has made me so much more efficient and effective in my playing and approach to pretty much all physical activities, and maybe it will help someone who like me was unconscious of their incorrect technique.
im gonna go make a practice routine, thank you
I love the ninja- training music. Would love to train for 7 years on a mountaintop music-temple.
really good advice! u are awesome my men🎉🎉🎉
Great stuff dude! I'm going to start incorporating some of these in my practice
Time.
Im a rock/metal guitarist with a really good non rock/metal teacher. Keep it up sensei.
Love--- this practical ideas!!!!!
Great video. Nice shirt as well, let's go Blue Jays!
This just motivated me to get serious about my practice and vocals thank you🙏🏻
Completely on point
I love this man
I am late to this, but, this is a GREAT VIDEO!
THANK YOU!
Everytime I hear your voice I feel happy
Thank you verry mutsh it helpt me. Now i know what i must do with my prectes time🤘🏼
Thanks this was a very helpful video for me because I'm still kinda a beginner
Great video! Great Channel! Keep up the good work! Thanks for all of the information. Also you've got a sweet beard.
No homo but I like this guys look
Jesus Christ me neither, but I like his personality too!
Dude, I love eating hotdogs with ketchup, no homo
A little homo, but I think this guy is hot
Thanks for this. In my forties now and picking up guitar again after almost fifteen years. Feels like I'm starting from scratch :(
I love that traditional japanese music in the background! Could you please tell me the name?
good advice!
6:09 "If I'm learning a Charlie Parker solo..." then you're literally me three times a week when I took Jazz Improv in college. HOW CAN YOU CALL IT IMPROV IF WE HAVE TO MEMORIZE TUNES?
But really, I know a lot of Parker, now...
Thank you!
U got a new subscriber .!!
Casually watching full playlist and suddenly a new video appears!
gonna sub and like bro thanks.... i will never stop playing ... and if i go more than 2 weeks without playing i go mentally nuts
6:00 a wise man once said: "If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly"
Love this channel, sammurai and I have different musical tastes, but he's really informative and interesting. In other news I can play an F chord but not an A major, feelsbadman
I have a few questions. How much impact does the country you are living in have? And what are countries where the music scene is flourishing and well respected?
That's hard to comment on, I've only really spent significant time in the US and Canada, but I was able to surround myself with good teachers and fellow musicians. If that's not available I could see it being a detriment.
Europe