How To Get The Beat Going With Your Guitar

The reason that so many people fail at playing the guitar is because they give up their lessons too soon. They usually think that they are not capable of learning the instrument and think that the problem lies completely with them.

The truth of the matter is that the problem is not with the person learning but the method they are using to learn. If the player finds that he has advanced to a certain level and is unable to continue they should consider the technique they are using to learn the guitar.

The only way to move beyond this problem is to try another technique and see if it helps.

When you ask eight out of ten people who are learning the guitar why they continued they would answer that they learned the approach of feeling the beat.

The experts in guitar playing will tell you that there is a difference between a good guitarist and a great guitarist is their ability to feel the beat.

What you are learning is that feeling the beat will completely change the way you are learning your instrument. When you try to feel the beat as you are playing the guitar you will bring inside yourself the pulse of the song and let it flow out of you to the strings on your instrument.

This is where the understanding of playing the guitar from your soul comes from. That is the approach you are using in this method.

The experts in the music field know that when a singer or composer puts their emotion and soul into a piece of music the result is a person who stands above the crowd. When a musician learns how to feel the beat in the music they are playing they will put the individual notes in their body and let the music flow from them.

So you must be wondering how you learn to feel the beat.

The first thing you will need to do is internalize the beat. You will want to be emotionally ready to play your guitar. Listen to the music and feel a connection between the music and your feelings. This is how you feel the beat when it is flowing in you. Once you have gotten the beat inside of you should play those strings and play the feelings you are having not the song.

You will also need to learn to play a song by ear. Once you learn how to feel the beat you will begin to learn how to play music by ear. The act of playing the guitar by ear involves listening to some music and being able to play it. There have been many great musicians that had this ability. Once they felt the song inside of them they were able to begin playing the notes as the song progressed. Most of the people who write music do not use the tabs and music sheets; they simply play music as they hear it inside of themselves.

You do not have to follow the rules when you are learning to play the guitar. The instrument you are trying to play and the music is available to anyone who wants to play. Take some time to become acquainted with your instrument and learn to feel the beat. It will not happen overnight, you will need to practice and allow the music to become a part of you.

Many people who fail at the guitar just didn’t put in enough time and practice. You will need to put in the time if you ever want to become an expert at playing. Just get started and before you know it you will be playing like a pro.

Rick Napolitano