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today I start my path to the advanced level

Brandon’s anger and aggression towards us being too lazy to challenge ourselves on guitar is hilarious. Time to play video games and smoke cigarettes.

This guy single handedly gives the best advice on the fucking internet...❤❤

Option paralysis is my BIGGEST problem. I recently got a teacher after 20 years of just messing around with the same shit and not getting better, and he doesn't help with this problem either. Every week he just throws new shit at me without checking how I'm doing with the shit he threw at me last week. I'm completely lost.

Great video!! Love all the content lately.

been waiting for you to make this video for a while now, so thank you sir! you have helped me improve drastically.

Some great points, many of which resonate. I do appreciate that focusing on one aspect locks it in, but I'm at a point now where I can just pick up a guitar & enjoy playing it... So, more often than not, that's what I do, rather than actually practicing... I am slowly adding theory knowledge & techniques, but as I move forward, the motivations have changed from when I first started out... Recently, I've found playing at guitar jams & getting/giving tips with other guitarists has been a really positive thing to do.

This is exactly what I needed today..been playing guitar a little over 5 years now.. Recently I feel like I'm not getting any better. slacking off a bit at practice. Thanks Brother. I really appreciate it. Will get back to the grind again 😊

Awesome video Brandon! Very informative and love the aggressive humor in between 😆

LMAO....I am not sure about how much I like your approach to your videos, BUT, I cannot argue with what you are saying,lol....I was that guy in almost all 8 examples until I decided to learn all the new shit, took me a few years and I now see that the more I learn , the more I dont know. I am now a guitar player who knows what I need to practice to be able to play what I want to play live :)

What is a GUITAR?!

This is the most Important video I have watched since start learning Guitar. Thank you Brandon. ❤

Really appreciate your long form

This channel always comes in clutch whenever I hit a plateau. Whatever I'm wondering there's a video a few hours old answering it lol.

“Try using what little creativity you have….” 😂 Savage.

Damn i fcking love this video. Jokes and facts. Deadliest combination

Good job 👍😁❤

Loving the intensity!!

Personally I would allow 3 years to really properly get your head around music theory. But having said that, it is DEFINITELY worth putting the time in for it.

A lot of truths here

Another outstanding video, Brandon. Thanks very much for these (its the only channel where I consistently show up to be yelled at lol)

That sure beats my 'blind' daily practice, really needed the next steps. THX4that muchly

Just wanted to shout out that I appreciate the concise bursts of information that you give yin your videos. They're useful, and easy to build on. One question, though, and I suppose this is personal--did you ever see the PowerThirst commercials?

I'm here for the laughs! & 52 week guitar player

Great video! Inspired me to finally fucking learn every note on the fretboard. Try this friends: Find some way to randomly pick a note on the fretboard. Start with just the first fret. Do this 300 times. Add the second fret and do those 300 times. Add the third fret and do those 300 times. Add the fourth fret and do those 300 times. Not only do you notice that your exercise time per fret gets less with each addition but you will notice that the time it takes you to correctly identify the notes decreases even though you are adding more notes each round. Thanks B!!!

interesting

I took lessons for a good while and while there was definite learning there, I felt my lessons lacked the structure I was looking for (even when I voiced I was looking for more structure). My issue is after you learn all this 'shit' ...it's the integration of it all. Loving all the new long form vids Brandon. 👍

Great video.

thanks brandon

Great resources that give a good methodology for progress are Frank Vignola’s Modern Method course on Truefire and Steve Herberman’s Fundamentals Checkpoint on Mike’s Master Classes. They’re both jazz guys but both courses provide solid fretboard orientation in a methodical and efficient way. Good roadmaps both.

Finally a clear video

Bro that’s pretty cool

‘They tell you time is money like your life was worth its weight in gold’ - Bob Dylan I figure I can play about 5 scales a minute, so 25 times when I set my timer to 5 minutes. So 1,000 reps after 40-5 minute sets, so a total of a bit over 3 hours.

I been in the hospital two weeks .....havnt touched a guitar and when i get home someone's gonna pay

This vid hits me hard 😢😂

I'm going Just way thank you.

Playing major scales in 4ths sounds pretty interesting

Brendon, I ne been playing for over 50yrs as a pro You are so young and at the same time you speak so simple and wise,and, ONLY THE ONES WHO REALLY UNDERSTAND MUSIC CAN EXPLAIN THING SIMPLY, so many times I encountered guitarist who when asked why had "because" as the ONLY answer, so, I sincirely recomend your way to EVERY young enthusiast KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK,👍💪🔥

Absolutely bang on with your "option paralysis" statement. Guilty as charged here. I must have hundreds of videos saved. I even get overwhelmed with my guitar classes with too much info so I recently decided to simplify. With the help of my instructor, we have built a plan in which I concentrate on only a few things right now. Theory, specifically scales and modes, chords and rhythm......and practice, practice, practice. I have noticed an improvement with my playing already. 👍

i actually like music theory, it was really easy to understand

When I started taking guitar lessons, my mom had told the teacher that I already knew stuff about guitar because she had assumed that I knew how to change chords and stuff like that. She thought this cause I was experimenting with it in my room pretty often. So when it came time to my first lesson the teacher didn’t teach me any basics. No open chords, no strumming patterns or anything. So the first song he taught me was “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and it was difficult to say the least. So now that I’ve stopped going there I’ve began learning the basics but now I’m stuck on where to put my fingers when I’m looking at tabs.

Hello Brandon when you have time please do a video about Harmony minor and melodic minor Thank you And I know you are best guy 😎 cool

What kind of pick is that? I need to try it

I’ve gotten to the level where I can play 99% of the songs I’d ever want to learn and play them pretty damn good. I might even fool you into thinking I’m not intermediate. I still can’t improvise to save my life and putting off actually learning what it is that I’m already doing. Seems tough to take the next step without proper lessons

To learn the solo from "Strutter" by Kiss in three weeks I played it more than 300 times and despite that I still I suck!

get this legend to 1 million subs! we must know his age

dude, great info

True that

Guys, do anyone rememeber what are the 4 "pillars" of practicing guitar? I'm trying to remeber on of his shorts where he say 4 points of practicing. It was something like "memorizing the fretboard, music theory, technique, ..." and there was another one. If you know what video it was please send me.

As a person who literally just picked up the guitar to learn songs i like and nothing more, just practicing any one thing over and over until i get it right has gotten me pretty far. The only real problem i run into these days is finding songs i actually want to learn 😂

pff.. this can't be.. *_proceeds to play the same exercise he already practice for the past 2 years_*

These problems pretty much apply to Bass guitar too , i would know 😅

this video felt like a personal attack

off topic slightly, something i've never seen addressed.... whats a good number of songs for a guitar player to have in their repertoire (songs they have memorized start to finish and can play on demand), does that even matter?

can you make timestamps for these types of videos so its easier to fix the mistake youre having

Why do you know me too well 😭

Did he write anything down during this interview/back-and-forth, or is he holding a pen "just because?"

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(It took me 7 days to play the C Major Segovia scale 1,000 times)

Today I learnt that I'm stupid

It took me 5 years to play the Locrian mode 1,000 times

@6:00 I was drinking a beer and smoking cigarete, had just turned Halo off 😅😅

As a former classical musician who is now a noobie on guitar, it's strangely comforting, seeing everyone's excuses for not practicing and learning new material. 😂

5:03 that looks like my search history lol 😢

When it comes to being an intermediate guitar player. Some overcome hurdles by finding a guitar teacher, some by figuring it out on their own, and some never figure it out. Once I ship off to the Air Force, I’m gonna find a guitar teacher!

I have every problem he mentioned 😂😂

First !!🎉 And hopefully this will help (it helped)

I'm guilty of all of these problems Wait a minute *WHO THE FOOK IS THAT GUY?*

Should i practice scales as boxes or three notes per string?

I would just label this problems between amateur-intermediate player but I would say that an intermediate player, or so called, should know all major scales diatonic arpeggios shapes/intervals all over the fretboard

You're the guy that yells at us to just leave😢

All the problems apply to me 💀

You are a great teacher, and have great teaching, though I don't enjoy the harshness of your speaking, I know it isn't all serious but since I watchedthe "why guitar isn't for you" video that's more genuine I stopped seeing it just as a joke

Guilty on all points.

8:20 *Floof*

algorithmic

This guy: "You're stupid. You suck. One way you can not suck, however, is to pay me money"

please dont stop making log form content

I promise I've watched more guitar videos on KZfaq, than I have practiced real guitar.

:35 secs into the video 1,3,4,8 sometimes 7

Can you do a video on learning to play entire songs instead of riffs?

That hair is definitely ON CIGARETTES. (:

I never get his notifications Maybe he blocked me some how cuz hes tired of getting called a chad

cigarettes is the main problem us intermediate player have..

Me 🙂 Me at 8:22 😳🫢🫨😂…😭

Good thing I'm not an intermediate

No one ever sucked because they practiced more.

I… don’t practice

Idk 46 a week I could do. 800 minimum I can’t 😂 otherwise I definitely would. I’m a lame who doesn’t make that kind of money 😂🤦‍♂️

My problem is I need to get off the cigarettes

Boo I said g# booooo

This inspired me to buy a microwave!

$2400 per year 😂 the math breakdown assumes someone takes 2 hours of guitar lessons per week…been teaching for years, students do 1 hour lessons weekly at most. Deceptive math to trick you, I wouldn’t risk it. Check out Ben Higgins or someone who has more success stories.

Or instead you watch gear reviews for your entire life. 💀

i want to practice playing porn music on the guitar but i can't find tabs for it anywhere. what the hell? are we racist against porn music?

A 12 minute commercial for 52 week guitar.

Do you read minds ?😢

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