Exposing the Secrets of Guitar Playing!

An Overview On Why Guitar Experts Selfishly Hide The Truth
By Melvin Fang

* The million dollar question: Is guitar expertise an inborn ability or acquired skill?

Well the answer can be derived if I ask you another question. Is walking an inborn ability or acquired skill? How did you think you learnt to walk when you were young? Its clear cut: Anybody can play the guitar! Given this simple but startling revelation, we still find players who think they are not cut out to play the 6-stringed ax. It certainly doesn't help that many experienced guitar players desperately try to distort the truths by saying things like," It's in the fingers!" "I don't know why, but I just go by feeling" "Practice, practice, practice!" Do you think these statements help at all for the learning and aspiring guitar player? Not at all. They merely dampen the spirits and make the poor guitarist feel untalented and unmotivated. Uninspired. This practice indeed, is an unfortunate situation for the poor chap who deserve a much better chance to join the league of guitar heroes, if only he knows what's going on.

Read in between the line. The answer to guitar playing expertise lies in the crux of this existing problem. Many guitar players are merely "illusionists" conjuring an image of great talent, when the truth is they have fumbled, stumbled and sweated pails of blood before they come to the land of glory. If you truly aspire to master the guitar, then let me reveal the 3 simple secrets of guitar playing to you.

* The Right Mindset That Playing Guitar Is An Acquired Skill & Not In-born Talent.

Just like learning to drive, to read, to talk. If you start with the wrong mindset, you'd never master the guitar. Do not allow yourself to be influenced otherwise about this. Especially from the "selfish" experts who desperately hope that you will forever remain inferior.

* Finding Your Success Role Model(s) To Replicate

There are many styles of guitar playing. Rock, heavy metal, jazz, blues. Which do you feel more inspired to learn? From here, find your ideal role model to emulate and replicate. Say if you like rock-blues, you can learn by listening frequency to Gary Moore, or if you prefer abstract virtuoso rock, you can go for Steve Vai. You need to be motivated by your role model(s) in order to trigger a response to do something about your playing.

* Knowledge Sharing Is The "Leveraged" Way To Improve

Try carrying a boulder rock by yourself. You will collapsed in a heap. Now, try lifting this boulder with a crane and you control the crane. Instantly you lift the boulder effortlessly. This is leverage. The only way to improve is by sharing with a group of players who think like you. You will improve together at a much faster and accelerated pace than you trying alone.

With these 3 simple tips to guitar playing, you will find that playing the guitar is indeed not as intimidating as what the selfish "experts" made them up to be. In life, never allow yourself to be bullied or intimidated by others. Prove to them that they are nothing if you seriously want to master the guitar! The next time they tell you to "practice harder", think this statement in your head "Just wait and see!!"

Melvin Fang is a professional guitar player with 10 years of playing experience and a professional performer who plays for gigs and teaches guitar. He is a firm believer that anybody can play the guitar if they know exactly how to do it. He is also an author of guitar playing instruction and technique guides. Log on to http://www.guitartradesecrets.com to receive a free Audio CD on how to be a guitar guru and a free guitar chord chart.

Gary Moore via last.fm

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