Revolves

When you start learning guitar, you’re excited. You may have a favorite artist. You’d want to play like him.

You might even have a favorite solo you might want to ultimately play. However, this path has a lot of roadblocks. That’s why many people starting out with guitar give up easily. It’s because they realize they can never play like their favorite stars, or so do they think.

When you learn a new chord, or anything else for that matter, you want to immediately put it to use. You don’t want to dwell into infinite theory. You want to know right now the things that will help you play your favorite song.

What many newcomers do is, learn a few basic stuff (like basic theory and a few chords), and off they go to download their favorite song’s TAB. They even watch plenty of YouTube videos explaining how to play a song. The resources are good, but you’re not ready for it, quite yet.

These songs often require things you haven’t learned yet. What happens is you learn what you don’t know half-heartedly, trying desperately to play that favorite song of yours, and then get stuck in the middle of nowhere. You might not know what scales are, and you might still be insisting on playing a song that requires its knowledge.

What to do?

First of all, jamming is a must! It helps you put your skills to use, and motivates you. If you learn just the D and A chord, you’d definitely want to play something melodious that uses only those two chords.

And that is what you should do. Find something that requires only the knowledge you have, and practice it.

The problem is, you might have a tough time finding a resource that will tell you what you should play based on your current knowledge.

If you learned a few chords, your best bet might be to master chord progressions. They sound great, and are the foundations of rythm guitar.

You may also ask others in guitar forums on what you should be playing. Personalized advice is the key to quick learning.

For example, in a downloadable course called Jamorama, you are given various Jam Tracks. Once you learn something, you try it out with your “virtual band.”

First, you’ll play the Jam Track with the guitar part present. So, you’ll know how you should play your part. You’ll of course, have the TAB of what you’re supposed to play with you.

Then, you play the Jam Track with guitar part muted. And you play that part. This is such a cool experience! You’ll have plenty of tracks to jam along with, trying out your new skills.

The problem is, Jamorama isn’t free. However, it doesn’t cost much (since it is downloadable.) I’m finding this thing quite useful. You might want to check out if it’s right for you.

Have a happy time jamming!