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A deliberate practice app for guitar players who want to level up

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457 points adityaathalye | 1 comments | 3/29/2025, 3:27:00 AM | HN request time: 0.275s | source
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6Az4Mj4D ◴[4/1/2025, 2:46:00 AM] No.43542309[source]▶

What is the best way to learn Guitar as a total noob? Can this app help

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dboreham ◴[4/1/2025, 4:19:00 AM] No.43542807[source]▶

YouTube.

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j4coh ◴[4/1/2025, 5:59:00 AM] No.43543316[source]▶

I’m not sure why, but so many guitarists I’ve met who learned from YouTube are bad. I’m not sure why, maybe they are replacing watching with practice? No custom feedback from real musicians who hear you play? YouTubers are motivated to overcomplicate things so you keep watching more videos? I’m not sure.

It may also be the context, I play original, improvisational music with people/in front of an audience and YouTube may be particularly bad at preparing people for this.

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andelink ◴[4/1/2025, 6:48:00 AM] No.43543593[source]▶

Is anything really, _truly_ learnable from YouTube? It's the ultimate "feel productive" placebo out there.

I'm ready to be downvoted.

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1. j4coh ◴[4/1/2025, 8:35:00 AM] No.43544274[source]▶

I agree with you and upvoted, but saying things like being ready for downvotes is the surest way to get them if only for commenting on downvotes. :)