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

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456 points adityaathalye | 1 comments | 29 Mar 25 03:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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6Az4Mj4D ◴[01 Apr 25 02:46 UTC] No.43542309[source]▶
What is the best way to learn Guitar as a total noob? Can this app help
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dboreham ◴[01 Apr 25 04:19 UTC] No.43542807[source]▶
YouTube.
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j4coh ◴[01 Apr 25 05:59 UTC] 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 ◴[01 Apr 25 06:48 UTC] 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. bluGill ◴[01 Apr 25 13:37 UTC] No.43546643[source]▶
Yes, but it is very very hard to find the personal discipline needed to do so. If you watch mindlessly you will learn very little. If you watch, then do the exercises/practice (depending on the topic different things are needed) you can learn a lot. Almost nobody does, but youtube and classroom lectures that are known to work are very similar - the difference is classrooms have various ways to get people to do the other homework.