A Guitar Lesson to Help You Develop Your Vision

Have you ever done any of the following?

1. Made excuses for not practicing because you "didn't have time"?
2. Practiced the same licks and exercises that you did last year?
3. Felt like you had hit a brick wall in your progress?
4. Felt unsure as to what to practice?

Unless your name is Steve Vai, chances are you've done at least one of the above!

They are all symptoms of having a lack of vision.

What do I mean by vision? Vision inthis context is having a clearly defined picture in your mind's eye of how you wouldlike to play. It must be a crystal clear, exciting and inspiring picture!

Without an absolutely clear picture of what you would ideally like to sound like, youwill not know what you need to practice in order to realise that vision. You will alsoprobably lose the drive and motivation to practice daily for many years until you canplay like your vision. You may even start using the loser's mantra which is "I don'thave time to practice".

Exercise One:
Think about how you would like to play in 10 years time. Close your eyes and try tosee yourself playing exactly how you would like to play. Write down what you see now.

Make sure that it is detailed. What techniques are you a master of?What songs can you play? What bands are you in? How many students do youteach? How does it feel when you play like you do?

Exercise Two:
Now write down what areas of your playing you will need to startworking on in order to reach your vision. What techniques do you need to startpractising? What chords do you need to learn? What music theory do you need tostart learning about? Do you need to start doing ear training? What books, teachers,CDs and other tools will help you realise your vision? How much time every day doyou think you will need to practise in order to play like you want to play?

Exercise Three:
Spend 10 minutes a day for the next 30 days imagining yourself playing exactlyhow you would like to play. Do this with your eyes shut. Don't worry, it won't makeyou want to start eating tofu or go around the neighborhood hugging trees!

At the end of every time you do this, write down one small new detail about yourvision. By the end of 30 days you should be feeling so excited that you'll want to practice 24/7!

Craig Bassett (The GuitarSolutionsExpert) is a professional guitarist, guitar tutor and author.
http://www.pentatonic-guitar-lessons.com

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Music revs up this #39;Cadillac#39; - USA Today

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Musicians tap new revenue model - BBC News

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My music life - PSU The Clock

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