My number 1 will always be: Save your picks in your pocket or wallet, I've lost one particular pick that was very special.

i know the eddie ate dynamite term but my brother said “every acid dealer gets busted eventually” then said “not me” and it stuck with me better 😭

Tip: THE LOOKS OF YOUR GUITAR ARE IMPORTANT. If you don't love your guitar, you won't have fun and you won't want to play it. For the love of god, get something you think looks bad ass.

extra tip: leave your guitar in the open, within eyesight

Here’s a tip to remember the string names: Eddie Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddie When I first started I couldn’t memorize the string names (EADGBE) for the life of me. This always caused me issues when it came to trying to learn new songs and tuning. That little acronym helped me so much.

Her: “I know I haven’t been playing for a very long time, it’ll be 3 years now in august” Me who just started 4 months ago: 👁👄👁

When I play in the evening in dark, the chords and the guitar just sound so beautiful.

Me: sees this video* My brain: let's watch this video after five years playin' the guitar

1. *Tune Your Guitar* (0:33) - I also suggest for the beginners to study and memorize guitar strings, this way its easy to tune your guitar in standard tuning. (EADGBe) 2. *Practice with a metronome* (1:31) - While practicing using a metronome practice strumming, counting, and stumping your feet to the beat of the music and the metronome. 3. *Good amp, bad guitar* (2:18) - As a beginner you don't need a expensive guitar just a good quality amp. good amp is equal to good sound. 4. *Don't be demotivated by people which play better* (3:07) - 90% of the people in the world is mediocre. bad and good is just good/better and best is best. 5. *Learn your favorite songs* (3:51) - I suggest playing only a familiar song with a easy chords and 4/4. Then memorize and practice so you can play the song perfectly. Then, learn again another song. One step at a time. 6. *New gear won't make you play better* (4:27) - Start from scratch and upgrade as you learn and grow from playing the guitar. Quality and skills are both important. 7. *Have a practice routine* (4:57) - Its like we go to school and study to achieve our dreams. We also need to practice to be good and better on something. Weekends and Late night practice is the best time to practice and chill with your guitar in my opinion. 8. *Play with other musicians* (6:08) - Get and find a squad, it'll helps you to socialize, get motivated, be better, opens your mind to different music genre, and most important is you gain friendship. 9. *Surround yourself with better musicians* (7:06) - Better surroundings is equals to better living. You go with the best and you will become the best. 10. *Film your playing* (7:51) - Brainstorming. Know and learn your mistakes and improve and get motivated from your mistakes. Tony Hawk broke his legs first before his able to perform the 180. 11. *Play in the dark* (8:22) - Blind people are the best listeners. Scientifically saying, your listening skills works better in the dark and your memorization. Edit: I added some tips of what i learn from my experience according to MangoGuitar's list. Anyway thank you for making this, Maria. sharing is caring ♥

Tip 12: Learn some god damn music theory. Tip 13: Train your ear. You don't want to look up tabs for every song you want to play. Both of those will help you improvise better, learn songs quicker and write your own stuff easier. Don't underestimate those things just because they might not seem useful at first. It's essential to have a basic skill set in terms of theory and pitch. Tip 14: Learn your fretboard. You won't believe how many students I've had who didn't know their own instrument.

When she said "play with musicians" I don't have musician friends😔

1. tune your guitar 2. 1:32 practice with a metronome 3. 2:21 good amp, bad guitar 4. 3:08 don't be demotivated by people who play better 5. 3:51 learn your favorite songs 6. 4:30 new gear won't make you play better 7. 4:58 have a practice routine (also practice down picking, alternate picking) 8. 6:10 play with other musicians 9. 7:05 surround yourself with guitarists that are better than you 10. 7:50 film your playing 11. 8:21 play in the dark

I've been playing for about 12 years, and there's something you will learn the easy way or the hard way: you'll neverr stop learning. If you want to be good at guitar, you'll be always looking to improve and express yourself with it. WARM UP AND STRETCH PLS, you'll appreciate it a lot after getting an injury due to playing with cold hands or not stretching. Try to gain grip strength but don't overdo it or you'll struggle to even do a power chord for a couple days. Next, if you don't know how to setup your guitar, learn or go to a guitar tech that will set it up nice and good. If you don't have enough money for a guitar tech, then learn how to set the action, clean, change strings, tune properly and change the electronics in your guitar. I can guarantee you'll enjoy it much more after setting your guitar properly. If you are short on money or don't have enough room for a good amp, you'll probably have a computer powerful enough to run an amp simulator. Just buy an usb interface, even a behringer's guitar link is perfectly good and with a low latency to practice or play live, and it's only like 40 bucks (I've personally played live through a guitar link and amplitube running from Reaper, and it was really, really good compared to other setups). A lot of the pros started using amp sims through a DAW to record their albums (and you'll probably won't hear the difference from a real one). If you want to better your tone, pickups is the most important factor in the sound of your guitar, among clean strings and a good cable (that is, if your guitar is properly set and tuned). Recommended entry level guitars: Almost every Tagima, Indio or Yamaha (012, 112 or any yamaha tbh, they are incredible for the price), fernandes (some models are really good for metal playing), and if you have a bit more money, Cort is an excellent choice. All those guitar options can be upgraded, from tuners to bridge or electronics, anddue to their nice construction, you'll notice how good it sounds, even better than a lot mid range guitars. As someone who bought an ibanez gio as first guitar, DON'T BUY AN IBANEZ GIO, THEY ARE TERRIBLE FOR THE PRICE, unless you want to work on it for a couple days for it to sound okay (and they'll probably need a pickup change). I wouldn't recommend most of the squiers, unless you are going for the upper price range (classic vibe), but if you have one, a pickup and pot change will set you up for years to come. I would say, the most versatile electric guitar of all, is the yamaha pacifica 112 (or the 012 if you are really short on money). Fast neck due to its ratio, and you can pretty much play from metal to jazz with it. Incredible for the price, but with some new pickups and some fret polishing, is as good as a mid range or upper mid range guitar.

From someone who has played for a decade age 7 - now (17) - experiment with strings and find ones you love for each guitar you have - do the same with picks - even if you don’t play a song/ practice every day, pick up your guitar and just strum - do fun exercises which increase/ dexterity or speed - playing in the dark is absolutely great for so many reasons, you listen better, you are removed from distractions, and you get to know the fretboard very well - if you have another passion try to fuse that with your instrument/ music eg. I love art and electrics/ physics and doing my own guitar mods really re-invigorated the way I play - don’t give a second thought as to what others are doing, do what you want (in regards to guitar playing)

her: learn your favorite songs! it helps you motivate and it's more satisfying once you learn it me: welp! time to learn every mitski song ever... oh boy

I have an electric guitar, but the thing I’ve always hated with acoustic guitars( I had one when I was little) is that if you drop your pick in the sound hole, there’s no getting it back.

for the demotivation one i always think of how if i were the greatest at guitar i’d probably be bored out of my mind so i’m glad that i’m progressing and becoming better as time goes on

“Idk where my tuner is” proceeds to go reach for the tuner and finds it immediately

I started playing guitar when quarantine came and it's been two months and people around me were surprise of my progress. Why? It's within my eyesight and I can't even watch movies or do other things because I see it everytime and I when I practice, I don't realize it's 4AM already. 😆

every time i see someone play really good, I usually think: "When I get a guitar I am definitely going to try to learn that!" and then I realize I can't afford a guitar...

As an intermediate luthier and player, here's another helpful tip (hopefully) 1. Try to find someone who can do a very good setup that makes your guitar plays and feels good in YOUR hands no matter if it's Suhr or Chibson. 2. Record your playing through a simple home recording setup or use headphones sometimes to check your tones/techniques. I didn't realize that my techniques are shit and messy as heck until I want to start writing my own instrumental music. 3. HAVE FUN!!! I don't need to elaborate this lol

I love how her dog teleports all over the place

I would just like to say: Thank you to everybody in the comments who are giving some more tips

I've been playing guitar for 6 months. I hope to be so good as you . My first guitar is a Squier bullet stratocaster.

"#1 - Tuning". Yes! It makes a big difference. Carefully tuning each string makes them all vibrate "sympathetically" with each other. It makes the guitar sound and feel more "alive" (which makes it more fun to play).

I wish somebody told me how to hold a guitar pick properly, I can’t get used to the ‘proper’ way to hold it now :(

"Get a good amp" Me; umm...What's that?

I used to set goals way to advanced for me. I remember when I set the goal to play hotel California by eagles. In two months I was playing it and moved on to other songs. Setting the goals to kill helped me

"Get a good amp, this gets the job done, but that's it" Me: laughs in Line 6 spider 15 distortion

I just got one today for Christmas and this was in my recommended

she looks like young Mona Lisa.

It's important to have discipline(This applies to a lot of things not just guitar playing). Don't just depend on motivation. If you ever feel like not playing, play anyways and improve!

your voice is so soothing, i just had my first electric guitar come in today it's a squier stratocaster and i am very bad at it... thank you for motivation! :)

I really love guitar talks for no reason

I wrote notes on the video :P 1. Tune your guitar - fundamental part of playing guitar. Seems obvious but is commonly forgotten in the beginning. There are several devices you can use to tune your guitar, such as a tuning pedal, or even just a tuning app on your phone. It doesn’t matter how you tune it, as long as your guitar is in tune 2. Practice with a Metronome - ensures you are playing in time, builds the habit of rhythm - Idea: choose a song, search for the song’s BPM, play a metronome at that speed (you can use an app for the metronome) and play along with the song - It is tedious, but it pays off 3. Get a good amp, Bad Guitar - controversial topic - Amp amplifies what you are playing. If the amp is bad, the sound it bad. 4. Don’t get demotivated by people who are better than you - use it as motivation and inspiration for the skills you strive to have - If they can do it, so can you. What you put in is what you get out 5. Keep yourself engaged by learning your favourite songs - It’s fun and satisfying to learn songs you really enjoy - Skills are important to learn, but if you aren’t enjoying it, then it’s not worth it. 6. New gear won’t make you play better - new gear motivates you play more, but real improvement comes from practice 7. Have a practice routine - Structure to your practicing is good to ensure you are improving; keeps you on track - Get familiar with scales 8. Play together with other musicians - helps you coordinate with other people Eg, on stage in a band - motivates your improvement - helps you learn to read other people 9. Surround yourself with more skilled musicians - you will learn from them by simply being in their presence and communicating 10. Film your playing - allows you to see the progress you make over time, how much you have grown 11. Play in the dark - trains your muscle memory to play without looking at fret board. Hope this helps :P

This was actually very helpful, also your bedroom is beautiful

Unrelated to the topic but I love the right door in the background

I’ve been playing classical guitar for over 5 years, but the moment I started playing electric it felt like a whole different instrument.

Thank you very helpful! Been trying since I was 14 and just got serious 51 last year. 😁😁

To watch The Art of Guitar first? ;) hehe

Be aware that trying out a good amp will have a great initial appeal, but after a short while this will wear off. It will still sound great, but you'll have to work on your playing just as hard as you did before.

I’m a beginner so THANK YOU. Awesome info especially about having a practice routine. That’s exactly what I needed to know.

Thank you so much for this video! As a beginner (my electric guitar is arriving in the mail soon), this was super helpful, keep up the amazing work

Finally, a new video, you’re amazing!!❤️❤️

Tone is also important. Crafting your sound is just as important as playing it.

she’s cute

Thank you for making this video. I started playing guitar 4 weeks ago and I find your comments genuine and insightful. Thanks!

2:05 After ten years of playing bass my love/hate relationship with the metronom finally became a love relationship. Once you figure out how to play a riff in time there's nothing to stop you going faster. Btw first learn a riff/song/lick slow, then playing it fast is also more easy

Wish I’d known that when you drop a pick if it gains enough speed it will open the door to another dimension and it will be lost forever, all those picks are there with the other of your odd socks. Don’t waste your time looking it can become an obsession and you lose valuable playing time ,just keep a load of back up picks .

thank you! I was unmotivated and after I saw your video the desire to learn came back, thank you very much!

got to say i found your video is top notch everything you said is spot on i have played guitar for 38 years and i remember doing all the things you have pointed out can't wait to watch how good you get over the next few years i think i will be impressed no doubt well done.

Wanna learn how to play the guitar and i watched lots of videos like “my first year playing the guitar” of manyy youtubers but your clips inspired me the most. Thank you!

Thanks for the tips! I will consider these when I practice! Especially number 4, it can be demotivating. I find the ones where people film themselves over time getting better and better the best ones for motivation though because it shows that practice does work. Thanks so much for this I hope one day I can play on stage. Even to just be in a a school band would mean the absolute world. I’ve seen you play and your amazing!! Your progressing so much! I tried piano but I wasn’t as eager to play as I am guitar 🎸 so I made a promise to myself and I will defo be using your tips

Thank u one of the best "starter tips" guitar videos on youtube! thanks alot for the motivation. You kept it simpel and i dont care if your editing wasn´t perfect!

So happy I found your channel! On tuning: I was taught to always tune the guitar to itself. Get an A note and the rest is easy. This is important when you play with people who are tuned to each other but may not be tuned to standard exactly. And on a metronome, well if we could only ask Jimmy Hendrix who created his own timing. Metronomes are only a place to start. The heart and souls must ultimately keep time, if you don’t want to sound like a robot. I look forward to checking out your other videos

1:31 I Don't play out of time, I play in π/153

03:07 Point number 4: you won my heart

Thanks - been twanging strings for 20 years now its time to knuckle down. you are an inspiration keep up the good work.

Thank you! I’m considering on getting a guitar and this is going to help me a bunch

8:23 she is adorable

3:54 Thank You! I use to have a teacher and I quit the teacher because I wasn't motivated all he did was tell me what songs he wanted me to play and I was sitting there doing what he asked me to do but I didn't enjoy my time a lot so yes that is the best advice ever!!!

My favorite new word is “demotivated” …good advice glad I found u I’ve been playing 30 years …and u are correcto..

What a relaxing voice, thanks for the tips

Junior in high school now, i used to play back in 3-5 grade but my teacher got sick and there were no more classes. I haven't touched a guitar sinxe And honestly really sad . Not too long ago i was watching some animes And just ig when i thought damn i should start again. I know a couple chords and the strings but I'm getting there. Going to start with a acoustic guitar then moving to electric after.

i’ve been playing guitar a few months, learning songs I really like helps me learn new notes that I haven’t tried which helps me with more songs :) i’m not very good with strumming patterns at the moment but i’ve recently been taking my guitar out and practicing once a day. I was actually in the middle of tuning my guitar with a video and this was suggested to me 😂 (I play acoustic)

THIS IS SO HELPFUL

Thanks for your advices, are really helpful

I love your channel. You play guitar very well 👌

For anyone who's bored with metronome - you can always find some drum loops. There is a free app called looper, super fun. You can choose drum loop you like and adjust BPM so it's very good for practicing. Paul Davis (if you don't know him check him out) helped with developing it.

I love the last tips:) thanks a lot sis. Have a nice day

okay so i just found your channel but i love it. my father is getting my sister and i guitars because i already play an instrument and my sister loves classic rock music. thank you for all the tips!!!

Noodling improves your dexterity and your hands being in sync. I've been playing for 30 years and I agree with all your telling, but almost all of the great players I've been around "noodle" all the time. If you learn 3 scales and how to fit them together its confident noodling... lol. keep playing and remember to have fun doing it.

I've been playing for quite some time however I have a hard time keeping my practice routine consistent. I really liked your video as it felt very encouraging for me. I'll try keeping a better routine and there are some tips from your video that I'll take and try to incorporate into my practicing. Thanks!!!!

Thank you for the tips ! I'll buy my guitar tomorrow and start my journey.

This is fantastic! very detailed and helpful info. I am a singer singer learning guitar for first time after 20 years of playing piano and singing. THANK YOU!

i have an acoustic that i’m learning on but i can’t wait until i get an electric to play on

the fender apps are really good for all this, i literally just got my first electric (been playing acoustic for 6 years) and they really helped

How natural you are inspires me ❤️

You are much better than I and I've been playing for well past three years. My issues are improvising and ear training. Both are not too great but I am finally seeing this is what I need to focus on. Thanks for sharing.

It’s end of July, hoping to get a guitar for my birthday in November:)

her: i’ve only been playing for a few years. it’ll be three years in august me: *started a year ago and can’t play shit*

YOUR ROOM IS GORGEOUS

the way you talk is so soothing

I bought a Guitar because my mom forced me to and I heavily tried for over a whole week before just giving up. Some parts of my family are really good at Guitar and such and I felt very overshadowed by it which made me feel very isecure and demotivated because I was so bad compared to them. After a year or two, I'm trying again, and devoted to not giving up this time!

me: "I'ma get a guitar" also me: *looks in wallet* "nevermind...."

Thx for the motivation!

Good advice 👍 and don't forget to have fun!

Anytime I see someone play really well or see my favorite artist playing the guitar incredibly well, i've never thought that I'll never be as good as them, actually quite the opposite: "Nah bitch, I'm gonna practice until I get as good as them" And i just start practicing to the point of destroying my fingers 😂

Watching people play with muscle memory scares me. Feels like the greatest challenge I’ll ever face.

thank you!! best advice

thank you so much for this! very informative and i love your personality! im thinkin of buying a guitar and ill definitely take these into account!

Lets just appreciate the fact that she can play and not get so mad at her guitar she starts breaking strings

Everything you say is right, and I will add record you when you play and listen to yourself again, it will help you find your weak points, which you may not be aware of, or be afraid of. experiment, if you can play with other musicians, regardless of their level, and if you can play a little every day rather than once for several hours.

37 years behind a guitar and this is still good advice!

Spot on. Try to hear the the song "loud" in your head. Sing, whistle, hum la la la it to conect internally. Simple songs we learnt as children "happy birthday to you

I really wanna learn this but… ITS SO EXPENSIVE LIKE-

I'll be turning 15 next month and I have decided to buy my first electric guitar! Thankfully I have 2 other friends that play guitar and I believe that I'll be kept motivated to continue on learning this beautiful instrument. I'll take into account the things that you said in the vid! Who knows? I might film my progress and if I have filmed enough material I might as well upload it on KZfaq! :D

love video, actually played for years without being in tune now i am obsessed with being in tune

this was so helpful! i might be buying a guitar this week so here i am lol

Good observations, you obviously have the passion and dedication needed to increase your skills every time you play. I think its safe to say that even a player like Van Halen [RIP] was never complacent, never thought he achieved all he could achieve, play all that can be played. He is a prime example of a master innovator, and his innovation which has inspired countless others was fed by his passion to evolve and get even better [which itself is only achieved with constant experimenting and practice, even for a master player] - And this mindset starts when you first pick up a guitar. Good point on gear too - The best guitar you'll ever have is the one you play the most, regardless of brand, style or price. I have been on a gear buying spree but at this point I look at it as an investment, but I can see the point coming where I think Ok, buying that is not going to make my playing any better ,,, So one must chose wisely what they invest in.