Tips to Help You Stay Cool With Your Guitar Practice

Consider those who have succeeded -

Made it to the top! Listen often to great performers. For the rock guitar enthusiast these could be: Santana, Satriani, Beck, Hendrix, Buckingham, and Knopfler.. For the classical guitar aficionado these could be: Boyd, Bream, Rodamar, and Segovia. For jazz lovers there are few players better than Django Reinhardt and Wes Montgomery. Finally for country styling there are great performers such as Glen Campbell and Chet Atkins. The young king of slide guitar, Derek Trucks, is a truly inspirational guitarist. Find your favorite and learn what you can about how they stayed the course. There is all kinds of information on these greats.

Playing guitar is fun and very rewarding
But at first it can be grueling to stay with the program. Here are four tips to help you stay interested and motivated, as you push through the finger pain and constant repetition. Think about your end goal and the guitar practice required to reach it. Pace yourself.

First, the wise beginner guitarist is one who, after the initial adrenalin rush, takes time to approach the instrument methodically, much like a long distance runner calculates endurance. First year students will experience finger pain.
Don't overdo the finger pain, listen to great guitarists, choose a killer guitar that is exactly right for you, and finally, find an encouraging buddy to work with. I know that if you follow these four tips you will have a better chance at playing the guitar for a lifetime!