Hi All
I started learning GJ in 2015 but had to abandon my lessons due to family life pressures. Anyway...I have gotten the bug to play again and find that I will have some time on my hands to play. I have a Manouche Latcho Drom by Dell Arte D-hole arriving tomorrow and am exited again. Last time I was fortunate enough to be able to take lessons; this time I think I will have to rely on books and videos. If anyone can make some suggestions, I would appreciate it. I don't mind paying for online lessons. Also, I would love to find others to get together with. If anyone is near Staten Island NY and doesn't mind jamming with a newbie, I would also appreciate that.
Thanks in advance and hope to be part of the community again.
Monte
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If you have 2 minutes a day to practice take it and make use of it. And when I say 2 minutes I really mean 2 minutes.
Go through a song progression, go through a scale, figure out inversion of a chord... do one thing with those 2 minutes.
You need to decide exactly what are you going to do prior to picking up the guitar though.
It may not do a heck of a lot for your playing but it's can do a lot for your attitude and state of mind.
Plus you'll be surprised how many times you'll pick up a guitar to use those 2 minutes but end up spending 30 or more.
I've wasted a lot of valuable time thinking I didn't have time to practice. Yeah I was putting a ton of hours working but everyone has 2 minutes every day.
Plus a teacher did me disservice by telling if you don't have at least 20 minutes it's not even worth picking up the guitar.
So wrong!
2 minutes is worth it believe me.
Having a guitar in your hands every day and having that continuance does a lot for your motivation and feeling of accomplishment. And it's teaching you to practice every day so when you do have time you'll have that habit formed and you're still learning small chunks.
Don't get yourself overwhelmed with material now.
Learn songs, I think that should be the first priority.
So you can get into jamming.
Pick a few tunes you want to learn and listen to them until you can sing them back to back, then it'll be easier to learn to play them.
Good luck!
Also, there is a NYC-centric Facebook group for gigs and jams. If you're on facebook, hit me up with a friend request and I'll send you the link to the group.
I'll echo that getting a guitar into your hands daily for whatever time you can afford is better than not playing at all. There's a lot of stuff that you can potentially learn, but focus on one thing at a time and learn it well. It's better to play one thing really well rather than playing ten things not so well.
@Jim - I sent you a friend request on FB.
thank you again for the help and encouragement. let's see how this goes