FOOD FOR THOUGHT
JUSTIN SANDERCOE
The founder of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers. This Month: Songs Can Teach You All You Need.
Justin says, using songs to learn technique is a more enjoyable approach
BARBARA BUELEN
Last week I stumbled onto a guitar forum and was pretty shocked by many questions about practice and direction and I realised that many people do not realise the power of learning songs. I don’t notice the same problems within my own online community, probably because I try to emphasise this idea a lot in my courses. But let’s break it down.
Most people prefer learning songs to practising technical exercises. There are benefits to doing technical stuff, working with the metronome and things like that. But exercises should be targeted very specifically for skills that will enable you to play songs you want to learn.