| What can you do to make it easy for yourself | | | | guitar I allowed my mind at times to wander |
| to practice on your guitar? In order to | | | | and I remember that some important decisions |
| continue to learn to play guitar and not give | | | | in life were made as I sat there playing. |
| up you have to create an atmosphere of joy | | | | |
| and fun around this activity. Let's see what | | | | Enough talk about myself! What can you learn |
| you can do to make it as easy as possible to | | | | from my experiences? |
| play guitar. | | | | |
| | | | Let's apply my experiences to the art of |
| As a you boy I had a lot of interests at the | | | | learning to play guitar and see if we can |
| same time. Reading, sporting, playing piano, | | | | find principles that are applicable to all |
| playing chess, a lot of more things and, of | | | | guitar players. |
| course, playing guitar. | | | | |
| | | | Here are some thoughts and suggestions: |
| I developed a habit to always have my guitar | | | | |
| laying on my bed. Always as I walked into my | | | | 1. See to it that you have your guitar as |
| room my guitar was laying there waiting for | | | | accessible as you dare to. It will be a |
| me. It was very easy to sit down on my bed | | | | reminder for you that playing guitar is fun. |
| starting to play because of two facts: | | | | I have sometimes reminded my guitar students |
| | | | to pull out the guitar from the hard case or |
| 1. I could see the guitar as I walked into my | | | | gigbag as soon as they come home from the |
| room which immediately reminded me of how fun | | | | lesson and start to play something connected |
| it is to play. | | | | with their homework. Otherwise there is an |
| | | | imminent risk that they will not open the |
| 2. The guitar was easily accessible. The only | | | | case until the next lesson is at hand. |
| thing I had to do in order to play the guitar | | | | |
| was to grab it and start playing. | | | | This is how humans often react. If it is a |
| | | | little effort involved in starting to do |
| This made it possible for me to play a lot on | | | | something we want to do there is a risk that |
| my guitar in spite of all other activities. | | | | we will procrastinate the activity until it |
| All other things I did was interwoven with my | | | | is too late. |
| guitar playing and my musical experiences | | | | |
| connected with it. | | | | 2. If you have set goals or have homework to |
| | | | do on your guitar I recommend that you also |
| This way of working with my guitar was not a | | | | have these sheets or written down goals |
| conscious plan to maintain energy and | | | | handy. No use to have goals if you are not |
| motivation to practice. It just happened to | | | | reminded of them on a daily basis. |
| be that way. These moments with my guitar | | | | |
| became a part of my personal development. | | | | To facilitate all things that can be |
| | | | facilitated is one way to accomplish more of |
| When I sat there playing guitar I also had | | | | the important things in life including |
| time to digest life as it proceeded. It way a | | | | playing guitar. |
| form of meditation because as I played on my | | | | |