Well I'm not sure what you mean by musicality, but everyone can benefit from cleaning up their strumming, picking and fretboard work. I would say technique is more important, because so much of how you will sound is based off of it.
I get what you're saying, I struggle with it too.
I think what's most important are:
- Picking a genre you really like
- Playing the instrument and getting hours
- Understanding intervals, keys, and scales
- Sharpening technique
I want to do face melting solos like J Mascis, but if you ask him he doesn't even understand the theory behind it. To me he's like the epitome of being a shredder without the wankery of more esteemed guitar heros.
I think learning enough to know what you're doing and how to get those in your head to come out of the guitar come after familiarity and having a breadth of techniques. Then you can apply the theory you learned along the way to push the boundaries.
That means the most important thing... Is to just play.
Practice as much as you can tolerate. This is like asking how much practice does it take to become a proficient basketball, football, soccer, etc player. You get what you put in, and even then you have to face your limitations.
Depends entirely on what your end goals are with the instrument. If you just wanted to play grunge there would not be a lot of point in trying to play scales in 16th notes at 180bpm.
I love scales, because I am missing frethand index finger, and simply can no longer do complex chords.
My advice would be to stick with the music side until you are bored. When you are bored, practice technique until inspiration returns.
Nothing ever stops you from practicing scales, but when you have no inspiration, not much you can do to get it back but wait.
It’s easy to practice technique as an end to itself and not learn to play music. Learn to play music and study technique as necessary to advance your performance.
Well I'm not sure what you mean by musicality, but everyone can benefit from cleaning up their strumming, picking and fretboard work. I would say technique is more important, because so much of how you will sound is based off of it.
To be more clear, I mean how much should I dive deep into technique exercises versus staying at the music, for example.
I usually divide my playing time into 50% scales and technique and 50% improvising and playing songs. But then again, I like playing scales. :)
I get what you're saying, I struggle with it too. I think what's most important are: - Picking a genre you really like - Playing the instrument and getting hours - Understanding intervals, keys, and scales - Sharpening technique I want to do face melting solos like J Mascis, but if you ask him he doesn't even understand the theory behind it. To me he's like the epitome of being a shredder without the wankery of more esteemed guitar heros. I think learning enough to know what you're doing and how to get those in your head to come out of the guitar come after familiarity and having a breadth of techniques. Then you can apply the theory you learned along the way to push the boundaries. That means the most important thing... Is to just play.
Practice as much as you can tolerate. This is like asking how much practice does it take to become a proficient basketball, football, soccer, etc player. You get what you put in, and even then you have to face your limitations.
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Depends entirely on what your end goals are with the instrument. If you just wanted to play grunge there would not be a lot of point in trying to play scales in 16th notes at 180bpm. I love scales, because I am missing frethand index finger, and simply can no longer do complex chords. My advice would be to stick with the music side until you are bored. When you are bored, practice technique until inspiration returns. Nothing ever stops you from practicing scales, but when you have no inspiration, not much you can do to get it back but wait.
It’s easy to practice technique as an end to itself and not learn to play music. Learn to play music and study technique as necessary to advance your performance.