8 Things I regret not doing when learning guitar

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In this video I'm sharing my biggest regrets concerning learning the guitar. Things I wish I would've done more, or less of. I hope these tips will help you make better decisions now, so you won't feel sorry later ;)
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[@Willl_b_]

As a beginner guitarist, I just want to say thanks for the advice, Guitar Pewdiepie.

[@phillip9655]

"Guitar Pewdiepie"clearly the best comment i will read today, thanks for that!

[@alouisevanloggerenberg8658]

"Guitar Pewdiepie" you made my day!😂

[@Willl_b_]

@@a.m.6740 aw darn. i missed it :/

[@unscripted483]

You should feel ashamed of yourself

[@jessmakesmusic]

Guitar Pewdiepie HAHAHA

[@memleaks]

0:25 #1 Learn the classics 1:15 #2 Figure songs out by ear 2:15 #3 Play with just a singer 3:05 #4 The roots of guitar 4:55 #5 Not learning piano 5:55 #6 Racing the metronome 6:30 #7 Jam sessions 7:40 #8 Solfege

[@Thejoshrandall]

@446595252e where is your video?

[@pentachronic]

Piano is very important in understanding theory. Most music schools say you must learn 2 instruments and one of them is piano !!

[@nestyie3835]

@446595252e It's better to learn piano, but it isn't like a necessity. It just makes it easier to understand theory with the way it is layed out.

[@mongofan1]

@446595252e I remember an interview with Miles Davis in which he described a conversation with Dizzy Gillespie. Of course, Davis and Gillespie both played the trumpet. Davis was describing his current effort to compose a piece and his struggle to get down what he heard in his head. Gillespie said, 'Work it out on piano.' Davis confessed that he didn't play piano. Gillespie advised him to learn, that the piano allowed him to work out both the melody and bass lines and the interplay between them, which then allowed him to write the parts of the rest of the band. One master trumpet player/composer advising another master trumpet player/composer to take up the piano ... mid-career. :)

[@kgsvvgla2i]

@446595252e Nah. I began learning piano after playing guitar for 2 years. I recognized the benefits of piano almost instantly. Understanding musical concepts and theory in general is SO MUCH EASIER. It's almost confusing when you see it. Also, piano forces you to train controlling both of your hand individually, which is an useful skill when picking fast or strumming complicated patterns.

[@DavidNwokoye]

The first one is so true. I was in a school talent show and played one by Metallica. I got some applause but I'm pretty sure most of em couldn't process what I just played. My friend played guitar for a month. He played Wonderwall and sang and got a standing ovation.

[@baptistetheobald8729]

I would have given an hell of applause for you if I was there !

[@PaulDavids]

Haha true! I played Joe Satriani and a prog-rock instrumental thingy I wrote... Only 6 people cared.

[@DavidNwokoye]

@@PaulDavids you too? 😂😂😂

[@GabesHacks]

This helps you remember what music is all about. It's not about the technical skill, it's about the emotional response. Some of the simplest songs can evoke the biggest emotional response.

[@josefbaldisimo5333]

@@GabesHacks only musicians will appreciate your skill. If you are going to be playing for the people you have to give them emotion and not skill

[@miuletzmitzu6641]

If I may add, since some people do this: dont rely on "safe" songs, actually, try to play them as little as possible. Lets say you just started out, you learned something easy, and now that you can play something you enjoy playing the guitar, you spend days playing the same song over and over again, but what you should do instead is learn another song, dont really master it, cause once you learn more and more songs (but do practice older ones to not forget them from time to time) you get more used to the guitar and it feels more natural, so you'll notice that when you go back to those songs youre gonna play them better than before. The only way to get better is to keep learning, and you wont learn much from playing the same songs over and over again, find something new, find something challenging, and just keep practicing.

[@Felipezz92]

I'm new on guitar but don't have that time myself as a parent and working hours, so I focus on learning something different every week and kinda noving to another thing the next week, sometimes going back to check progress on learned stuff. It is really great when you play something you didn't for 2 weeks and still you do better than before.

[@maxwelledison9954]

I couldn't stop myself learning new songs. It's really good for improving, I could play the my generation bass solo in 4 months

[@elnoare]

looking to start out and i think this is good advice to go with tbh

[@AmorDeae]

I tried to learn playing chords but my hands were way too bad to play pretty much anything I could find so I went to learn some *relatively* easy riffs and in the last few weeks I did learn quite a few, when I memorize, not even get decent at playing one I go to learn another, and then have a session of playing random riffs that I learned focusing on the ones I'm the worst at. One of the first ones and I have no idea why but I just can't seem to ever play right because of 1 fast transition is the main theme of Surrender by Billy talent

[@ytname18]

That's good advice.

[@yeahhyouvish]

Things I regret not doing while learning guitar : 1) Practicing enough. 2) Enough Practice.

[@BenBopALula]

😂 It sounds like a comment for Two Set Violin ! Anyway, unfortunately, I'm there too...

[@disturbedcarrot]

Disciplined practice. Drifting in to unconstructive noddling is all too common for me

[@thesenescentsunfish6185]

my band and i just started out , we uploaded our band practice but we will be making original songs very soon

[@chilidogswithcheese1424]

You sound like BB King...

[@alexeypolevoybass]

If you do things wrong while practicing, you aren't gonna become better.

[@JoshTurnerGuitar]

Really an excellent set of points, I very much agree on all counts. great work as always.

[@PaulDavids]

Thanks Josh :)

[@SalmonFume]

Josh, I went to your show in Brussels, summer 2019, in this small, but pretty cool venue. Seeing and hearing you play 'Graceland' right in front of me was such a memorable musical experience I won't forget. My dad loved that song, I'm happy I didn't start crying. Anyway, thank you for that awesome awesome moment! Oh and thanks for signing my CD, my girlfriend was very jealous. I was forced to give it to her. I'll be attending your show with Reina del Cid in januari 2021 in Belgium. Looking forward seeing The Other Favorites. Please play 'Life in the fast lane' :) haha. Greets

[@kennethlalbiakthanga]

Dude, I love your Eleanor Rigby cover

[@batatanna]

7: make a jam session Haha as if I had any friends or social skills for that haha

[@ChessCat1500]

Pheewwww... Where can I meet you?

[@batatanna]

@@ChessCat1500 shsh ready to take an airplane direct to Brazil?

[@Intemporality]

There is jamtaba

[@BKInbound]

HAHAHHAHAH

[@dodibenabba1378]

Get a loop pedal..

[@mumford5111]

This motivated me in a weird way.. He didn’t do these 8 things for like his first 5 years of playing and still managed to become the guitar player he is. Just shows how capable you can be with passion in the driver seat.

[@georgegaleridis1552]

He really said, and i quote "Like yaboi Paully D over here"

[@boneykingofsomewhere]

your thumbnail really makes this comment work haha

[@jaredvarnum3244]

I actually rewinded the video to watch that part twice. Hilarious 😂

[@willyjohansson7236]

He gets away with it. I know beacuse his jackets told me so! 😂

[@FANTAZ3RO]

Reminded me of some mafia movie.

[@commentfreely5443]

learn to play guitar while doing a poo.

[@markb1911]

I’ve always loved the guitar, but when I learned how to play piano, I realized true appreciation for those 6 strings. It just connected something for me, and added a depth I can’t really even describe.

[@jonob3723]

I’m so glad my parents gave me piano lessons when I was younger. Gave me a connection to the guitar I didn’t fully appreciate until now.

[@stratman103]

One of the best things I did early on was to just turn the radio on and jam. Try to pick out the key and chords before the song is over. That is a skill I'm very happy to have.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

Playing to the radio and to my older brother's stack of vinyl albums was my education. It helped me develop a good ear before my peers did. But I do wish I had worked harder at the schooling side of it. There's something to be said for being properly schooled in how to play your instrument. It gives you a "higher ceiling," if you will. I also never learned how to sight-read music, which limits my opportunities for gigs.

[@devencollier2193]

Things I regret when learning guitar: “I can play A to G and now I can write a song... I’m done!” 20 years later... “So... this Pentatonic thing... that’s pretty cool, huh...?” 😬

[@aixide]

Holy shit that's a good idea. I really need to do that.

[@samuelrogel4575]

01. Learn the classics 02. Figure out songs by ear 03. Play with just a singer 04. The roots of guitar 05. Not learning piano 06. Racing the metronome 07. Jam sessions 08. Solfege Pretty useful stuff as always. Thanks Paul.

[@TooSlowTube]

09. Sell some audio books.

[@mitchfindergeneral]

"Was I really that terrible?" he asks himself, describing all the bad habits that I still have after 15 years of playing.

[@karililjendal]

I'm right there with you!

[@bertdejonge6036]

Hey, you still have 5 years to quit 'em and make a video like Paul lol

[@snap-off5383]

Me too, every single mistake, and regret. "hey tab makes it so I don't HAVE TO train my ear!" Yay!

[@commentfreely5443]

i'm glad that sometimes i sound good and sometimes i sound terrible. if i always sounded good i would expect others to like it and make money.

[@Defhrone]

20 years here, and still don't know wonderwall. oops

[@ahmedosmanaljundy]

I started my Guitar journey 6 month a go and by now I feel like nothing could stop me.. this confidence is because of you and others guitar KZbiners I appreciate your support David thanks alot

[@dump6302]

same

[@metalmick]

I'm no Beatles fan but I bought the complete Beatles collection chord book. I bought it to learn different chords And it's great just for something to play around the metaphoric camp fire. Oh, and get a looper pedal.

[@jakub8302]

metal micky The Beatles truely have some incredible guitar techniques that are really underrated

[@brandonjordan1937]

Why would you say you weren't a Beatles fan like it was a bad thing lol

[@maxwelledison9954]

@@brandonjordan1937 well because the Beatles are one of the best and innovated bands to exist

[@charlie-obrien]

I always loved playing Beatles songs. In the beginning I really hated that B7. Now it's my "go to" Lol

[@richardrichard5409]

Also until I learnt bass I only thought of of the 'Beetles' as an old farts beatnik band that, knocked out a few catchy choons back in the day......then I tried to copy Pauls basslines, woooohhh moment😎😎😎

[@erroldtumaque3430]

number 5 is something i resonate with i really started trying to learn theory after years of playing guitar and man i feel like my understanding skyrocketed when i got a keyboard it makes so much more sense and is easier to make chords and everything. my ear got a lot better, my timing, rhythm, understanding etc

[@RC32Smiths01]

Ahhhh as I have such a better insight on guitar now than 3 years ago, this video still holds so much value to beginners (Who I still consider myself to be haha) I believe! Awesome work here man!

[@sbiegs3885]

Watch it again in 30 yrs. I bet you will still agree with it.

[@phattrang6246]

Number 5 is spot on!! They definitely have some connections, and while you learn the piano, it helps in understanding music theory and reading sheet music.

[@SpookyStorkRunningWild]

8:15 “you can visualise how a banana looks. that’s pretty handy” lmao dude

[@cmdraftbrn]

its orange and round, right? /s

[@KleversonRoyther]

So, like in music, you have to internalize the banana?

[@betterbsure]

I can visualise how a banana can be used, that's pretty handy too! :))

[@DustyMcFarland]

Bananas are meant for food not body cavity insertions 😂

[@DustyMcFarland]

I think he is referring to the ability to project a desired result using your imagination fueled by motive and goals.

[@luisthree]

I’m so proud of having done exactly the opposite of what you did! :)

[@costinvaly1]

you're special

[@JD-pp3ml]

How's bragging camp?

[@Lucky4zo]

@@JD-pp3ml 💀💀

[@subhrajyotibanerjee1052]

I did that piano thing.. It's freaking to say but that really improved my guitar playing and music theory!

[@UncleKennysPlace]

Yes; you can see how chords are built, for example, and "build your own" in whatever formula you want, visually. Not so easy on a guitar.

[@PaulSpeed42]

Yeah, I started on piano. I've always joked that music theory is right there on the white and the black keys. Been playing guitar for years and I still sometimes close my eyes to envision how something works on the keyboard to provide extra insight.

[@unnatikumar9074]

How long did you play it for to get an understanding? Did you buy one or went out to take classes?

[@scottneufeld4977]

It is like you listed every single regret I have in my 25 years of playing guitar! The only other regret I have is the multiple times I gave up on it and then came crawling back for more. Your videos are such an inspiration to keep picking it back up and learn something new. Thank you so much!

[@lenose7640]

Pual you inspired me to keep playing guitar. So many of these things I went through. Your videos taught me how to play music right.

[@lenose7640]

Wow thanks for all the likes!!

[@xbman1]

That is true. Since I learn piano. It help me learn and understand the guitar better and more efficiently.

[@user-wd1zw6qt3z]

Was scared that I might regret ignoring this vid.

[@IMe7x]

I saw what you did there, hahah!

[@andrewdaw6050]

Can you do a video on some of those classic songs that everyone should learn, or to impress your sweetheart?

[@sampreetbharali1421]

Finally someone brave enough to speak it out loud

[@dylanhernandez1867]

Andrew Daw yea pls do this

[@runreilly]

Listen to Claire ^

[@Pocket-Calculator]

Obviously Wonderwall.

[@dominicking8141]

Man seeing this as someone who’s played for about 7 years and relating to a good few of these, its good to see that even after all these mistakes you can come out as amazing as paul is with enough effort into correcting the mistakes and some time

[@damnthebran]

Glad I did all these things when I started learning. All my friends thought it was dumb and tried to give me advice. I took advice from interviews of musicians I admired and how they learned. Weird how I progressed, while they all ended up plateauing early.

[@israelcarlos9182]

Wait you actually had to learn the guitar

[@jesonliu4955]

Playing only open chord songs around a camp fire does not mean you know how to play a guitar

[@aqua47flawless43]

@@jesonliu4955 wtf seriously? Fuck dude i thought I was getting good

[@Thejoshrandall]

@@jesonliu4955 just like running your suck doesn't mean you have anything to say.........refer to #7 "quite some snobby jam sessions" kids

[@dudeman5303]

@@omgbence676 That however dowsnt mwan you cant br a good songwriter. You dont need more than open chords to write a song, as long as you have good melodies. I never use most open chords outside of E and Em, and then G/Gmaj7, and maybe Em9, but not using open chords doesnt make one a good song writer, Bob Dylan would write using mainly open chords all the friggin time and he is a songwriting genius, heralded by basically every artist under the sun

[@omgbence676]

Dude Man I mean you’re right but I was just being sarcastic bc of the other dude

[@mohitpaudyal8291]

I have heard this many times, but I'm always so confused on how to even learn to play by ear. Can you make a video on how to train the ear ? that would actually be amazing

[@flyingturtle3591]

Im know expert as i just started practicing but the tip practice singing might help. If you can match a hum to a note on the guitar and somewhat memorize it. It can help when trying to learn by ear

[@alllovese4syx319]

first:learn the circle of fiths. check it out and get what the point of it is. as soon as u get it, u will see it's easy to know the chords from a song, cuz everything is based on a scale and the circle of fiths. Its all made to give u a feeling of a degree where u need to go after playing a C to D. in this example its mostly the feeling of resolution from C to D to G. the IV V I progression. learn chords progressions. there are hundreds of them but u should know the main progressions. just google them. for jazz its II V I or in pop I IV V and so on. check out rick beatos videos for it, u got a lot of good content for it to get at least a bit of knowledge for it. second:learn ur scales. learn how to play the major scale and minor scale and the pentatonic scale. as soon as u have that vertically and horizontaly figured out and got ur feelings for it, u can figure the melody out by ear, cuz u got ur structure or lets say, ur path u have to follow, cuz thats where it all comes from. when u did that, learn across the neck all the arpeggios possibly. when u play guitar, its pretty easy, cuz u will see its most of the time the Dm, Am, Gm as a barre chord and also a a C minor chords which cant be played in the first position, because of the Db, u can just play it in the 12th position but also kinda weird. anyways, after u learnt that, u can go on and learn how to creat chords with more tones, like a C#11b5 or what ever. u can maybe find a picture of all the names and way of use for those names in a book or on google. and when u did that, u can try to learn the functionality of those chords in a more direct way. what are sus4 and sus2 chords for and what are diminished chords for. what makes the difference between a Cadd9 and a normal C major and more stuff. third:find ur own musical genre where u want to be good at or find ur idol and try to pick some licks from him that u really like and learn them in every scale u know. e.g. the lick is played in a C-minor scale then u have to learn to transcribe it into C-Harmonic Minor or into Jazzminor or what ever scale u know and want to learn more from. a good app to see how many scales acctually exist and to train ur ear with ear training, use the app "perfect ear". to learn the feeling of a degree from a scale, u have to download "functional ear trainer". u will get that all soon and ofc it all takes time and pratice but u will get there and maybe u will go to study music also. its all about the motivation. hope i could've help u.

[@mohitpaudyal8291]

@@alllovese4syx319 i have not read all of your comment but read the first paragraph. i'm going to look into what you said. and thanks for the time you put here to reply to me. :) i will def try your recomendation.

[@gerongrahamgg]

@@alllovese4syx319 Dude... your comment is awesome. Thank you so much for taking the time to help

[@gonzalo9558]

@@alllovese4syx319 Thanks man, i understand 1/4th of the comment (started 5 days ago) but will try to follow the advice!

[@andrewptob]

This is the best "wish I had early on" guitar videos I've ever seen. I don't usually find them all that interesting, but your was really great, probably because your authenticity is coming through.

[@frankrobinson8852]

Things I regret when learning guitar: “I can play A to G and now I can write a song... I’m done!” 20 years later... “So... this Pentatonic thing... that’s pretty cool, huh...?” 😬

[@shearcreatif]

never knew what is pentatonic until youtube. and paul :)

[@housebaelishgaming]

I learned pentatonic from zak wylde

[@frankrobinson8852]

@@housebaelishgaming what... directly? Or from videos?

[@housebaelishgaming]

@@frankrobinson8852 no thats literally all he plays hahahah

[@frankrobinson8852]

@@housebaelishgaming ah! 🤣 wow... shows how much you can do with it!

[@BayandurPogosyan]

"Learn to cover popular songs" "Anyways, here's Wonderwall"

[@johnfoster6412]

Can't agree more about jamming. You learn so much that way. And think about it, there's a special word for playing with yourself, and although everybody does sometimes, it's always better with a friend or six!

[@B1smarkk]

Hey, I think it would be cool if you could make a list of most need to know classic song on the guitar (future video idea). Good video man, although im am not going to learn a piano...

[@mollymaggieandmemollymaggi5189]

Marek Kuzel Not learning some basic piano when learning ANY other instrument is a huge mistake. I have huge respect for this guy for mentioning the piano to learn about music theory. And besides, you may find out how easy it is to learn how to play the piano.

[@B1smarkk]

@@mollymaggieandmemollymaggi5189 Hey, what you are saying is probably true. First of all, it was suppose to be satire and second, i play guitar just for fun and relaxation it offers me... but ill may end up in playing piano as well. Man can never know

[@BudderB0y2222]

@@mollymaggieandmemollymaggi5189 hardest thing about piano for me is limb independence. guitar/bass you're just picking or plucking with one hand and fretting with another (unless you're tapping), but piano is like fretting both hands at once

[@simonhunt8896]

The piano point is a revelation!!! It’s so obvious, but nobody mentions it when your learning. Amazing channel! And thanks.

[@SillyParasaurolophus]

Hey Paul! I love these guitar videos It’s really an inspiration! I’ve been playing guitar for around 5-6 months and I love it!! You and many other artists have been amazing inspirations to me and my musical journey and nice beard by the way🤟🏽🎸🥰❤️

[@mhendrix890]

I think he hit it on the head when he spoke on jam sessions with other musicians. I found that when I played with other musicians, it opened my tiny music mind to all new chord progressions and different styles of playing

[@paoloflorian44]

number 5 is so true i never really grasped any music theory until I played piano

[@carlstovermusic]

I want to add a #9 here that has helped me enormously: Practice everything you can acoustically. Plugging in just so you can hear is fine, but stay away from effects and distortion. It's a lot harder, but your playing will be so much cleaner.

[@allahspreadshate6486]

This is so true. I believe most guitarists would benefit from never useful effect pedals until they've been playing for at least a couple of years.

[@Avedis-G]

Unless your trying to learn palm muting, legato, or anything else that has to do with electric guitar.

[@gabeisenor8494]

@@Avedis-G palm muting is not strictly electric

[@Avedis-G]

Gabe Isenor no but completely different from acoustic muting. They are 2 different instruments. As someone who played acoustic for 10 years before they ever picked up an electric guitar I think I am speaking from experience here.

[@emiliocurbelo8891]

I absolutely second this. But just don't play electric guitar unplugged as it you're playing an acoustic; I did that during my first few weeks and it was an error, man when I finally plugged in I was surprised by the amount of unwanted noise, the excessive amount of both fretting and strumming force and not learning how to mute!. Always play plugged but just have the cleanest sound you can get, just with and amp and nothing else and with zero effects and distortions, at least for a few months.

[@mattgilbert7347]

Learned everything on guitar (when I was starting out) by ear and playing along to my favourite albums. I still suck, but at least I'm not beholden to the dreaded TAB. I guess my only major regret is never learning to use my fourth (pinky) finger. Can use it a little but, unfortunately, age and arthritis means that I will always be a "tri-digital" player, at least as far as lead is concerned. Play piano, drums, even a bass (heck, play a damn recorder) - anything other than a 6-string guitar - and, even if you don't become a great player, it will change your brain and how you think about music. It's not a competitive sport. It's an Art. Reading Heidegger made me a better player. Srsly. Heidegger. I didn't understand half of it, but the parts that stuck really made a difference.

[@rodolforamirez3985]

Facts about the piano once islander fundamentals and the chromatic scale on the piano guitar theory made so much more sense. Sometimes when I don’t understand the guitar theory I have to translate it into the piano and then it makes sense

[@DizzyKrissi]

I play guitar for 33 years and 3 years ago I started playing piano - I would have never thought that I would ever do that - it's really fun.

[@MusicWithMarky]

Oh man, #2 is something I tell my students OVER AND OVER. It's huge! Thanks for sharing that (and all this, for that matter).

[@sbiegs3885]

OK NOW I HAVE TO GO BACK ANDS SEE WHAT IT WAS. GEEEEZE THANKS

[@natsukashi876]

Next video pls give a some classic song you recomended

[@the_nondrive_side]

I started with ukulele... And repairing guitars. But I bought a bass and a guitar also... 11 later... Drums and singing along.. Almost 2 years later and I can sing and play pretty well anything that isn't too complicated by ear.

[@Mikokaru]

Paul: I don't Recommend using tabs Also paul: tabs are available on my patreon page

[@adriatic.vineyards]

You give the people what they want

[@sillyskeleton]

@@adriatic.vineyards Lol, exactly. Just as a general audience wants to hear you play the 'classics', your average guitar player just wants to learn from tabs.

[@MrSaturnMusic]

Using tabs to help illustrate a new technique is different than relying on tabs to learn every piece of music you know lol

[@WingmanStudios]

He means not to use them as a crutch. Obviously you can still use them.

[@akwamarsunzal]

Learn piano?!?! Absolutely right! A few years ago I dated a pianist. I asked her to show me a song that I liked, it was incredible. I was playing the some within an hour using ´simplified´ chords and the understanding of chord structures is so much easier on a piano. I haven´t played that song for about 4 years now but I recon I could pick it up on a piano in about 10 minutes!

[@PintsofGuinness]

the thought of paul playing blink 182 is hilarious to me

[@ajborowski]

Pints of Guinness petition for a cover of dammit

[@loontil]

the name BLINK 182 alone shits me to tears such a tryhard name ugh

[@milesparker557]

@@loontil they were actually originally called blink. But apparently some other band already had that name so they just added a random number. So it's more like they didn't try hard enough really.

[@aeksinsang932]

And playing them in general is hilarious

[@lukecarvill7721]

I like this guy. I will be paying for his online lesson library when I can , 20 years of self learning apart from some lessons early on , and wasted chance to learn properly. Paul David’s makes me want to learn properly.

[@GabzitoHD]

Any day Paul David uploads is a better day

[@tush-archivergaming692]

You here

[@tush-archivergaming692]

I just watched your among us video

[@coryman125]

Started playing piano in kindergarten, stopped after a few years and picked up the guitar much later. I still think back to piano for a lot of concepts. So yeah, definitely have to agree with that point

[@kristianthorenguitar]

Thank you Paul for all your tips and information 👍 You are one of the best guitarists on KZbin 🙂

[@deancross8472]

Yet more superb and free advice I only wish we had back in the early 90's when, for me at least, recording various radio channels to cassette was my learning aid. Not easy learning by ear when the playback pitch was somewhere between keys and each mistake meant waiting a lifetime to rewind and try again. Personally, I can't see why anyone can fault (or thumbs down) the advice Paul is offering here.

[@SteveSchuffert]

Old school everything was learned by ear and picking up moving needle back and forth on the lp’s . Tab did not exist and nobody read staff music....nobody. Listening to the Allman bros at Filmore east a few thousand times was the best way.

[@kingrobert1st]

Yup.

[@alscarosclex7967]

Last one is a crazy good tip, it takes you levels. Singing helps so much with the ear.

[@ScottPenick]

Regardless of the kind of click-bait title, this video's advice is spot-on. I have the exact same regrets from when I was first learning to play guitar (some of them I still need to fix!).

[@andjelaradun]

I've been playing guitar for 6 years and after watching this video i can say i relate to not doing any of that 8 useful things in the first 5 years. I've started doing them a while ago and i can see the improvement already but i too regret not doing them earlier. Thanks for making me realize why i suck at guitar

[@shawmutt]

love the channel, the interview camera angle changes drive me slightly mad. But don't listen to me, this is great stuff.

[@Hazybunk]

This video is precious than gold for guitar players

[@shaunyap9663]

1. 0:24 2. 1:15 3. 2:13 4. 3:05 5. 4:54 6. 5:55 7. 6:30 8. 7:39

[@IuliusCurt]

Could also put titles I guess

[@MrAndersonmm]

Man I found the single greatest jam session place ever last year. A retired man converted his basement into a music room. Full PA, piano, drum set, half a dozen mics strung about, and an overhead projector with lyrics and chords for songs and internet access. You showed up, set up, played at just over acoustic levels (a drummer who was super good at playing quiet). Someone would name a song, they'd pull it up (usually it was songs that were popular so most people knew them), and then you'd play it. They had a guy or two who sang pretty well but anyone could sing. If they didn't have the song you were requesting, they'd find it online and download the music, and if not everyone knew the song they'd play along with it on youtube first, then try it again. Zero pressure, no one criticized. I'm 33 and was probably 15 or 20 years the youngest person. I never had more fun playing music than that. I got to go 4 times before the guy had some major family issues and had to stop them. I've been looking for something to replace ite ver since. Yeah, as someone who can't really sing, just sing. People will still enjoy it if you really try.

[@r_taeja]

Thanks for that! I only started learning recently, and that's been really helpful! Respect!

[@donindri]

After a few lessons with 2 instructors, trying to teach myself with books and tapes, I found a toy keyboard with an audio cassette. Over one side of the tape you played black keys, the other side you played most of the white keys. So many light bulbs lit up that my head exploded! Some time after that I found an instructor who knew theory and how to teach it on guitar. I think a keyboard is also the most useful way to show where all the notes are on the guitar. Don’t like it when people say “there ought to be a law”, but maybe there needs to be one requiring some theory training on keyboard before trying the guitar. Totally agree with you on all your recommendations. Thanks for posting.

[@lucassobris]

Now it’s more than official! You’re the best guitar/music related ytb channel and props for the sincerity of this video! It really helps me a lot!! Keep it up man!!

[@trevn__]

Pianist of 7 years here, last week I picked up a guitar (old, nearly broken down beater) to learn. I cannot agree more with point number 5. Everything is SO much clearer when you can transfer your knowledge from the piano. I can play a few chords and one riff so far. Gonna take your advice and learn some classics too. Great video, thanks for the tips.

[@edsonj.6614]

Wait a minute... the 8 mistakes are the 8 things I do everyday trying to learn the guitar? That explains a lot! 🤣 Thanks man, awesome video!

[@keihan5]

I am glad you brought up the piano. I own a piano, but I don't play piano. Most people ask me why I even own it. And I tell them it is much easier for me to visualize and write melodies due to ALL the notes being linear on the piano. I can then transpose those to guitar later. It is soooooo much easier to visualize C to C on the piano!

[@imjonkatz]

Solid gold from Paul Davids once again. Thanks for saving a lot of peoples' time :D

[@icemediapro]

I just started playing guitar again. I bought myself a guitar for my 50th birthday. Always wish I stayed with it. This is a great channel and wish everyone the best of luck and thank you to Paul Davis for the great channel and all your dedication to giving me something to help motivate me to play more and learn smarter

[@Marius-vw9hp]

I only knew piano, and learning the guitar is the most effective music-thoery learning I have done. So it works both ways.

[@adamsaunders3413]

Man I wish we had KZbin and this gentleman 20 years ago. Everything he says is so true. I've played on and off for 20 yrs or so and am pretty proficient but am only now coming to terms with the things Paul is saying such as learning songs , I thought I don't need to do that I want to play my own music. How stupid I was. Also using a metronome to improve timing, triplets what r they? Sooo many mistakes . I still luv playing though and couldn't live without music and a way to make my own. Kids do everything this man says and u too will rock with the best.

[@DickPountain]

No 5 is so true. I was offered piano lessons as a kid, but turned it down and self-taught myself guitar. If I'd taken piano I'd be able to sight-read now.

[@franksaroyan]

Completely agree with you. Learnt piano when I was just a kid. Started learning guitar after 20 years. Once get fingers comfortable and relaxed, it's like reimagining playing piano keys on the strings. All dots connected in some day.

[@madhavakinnicutt5371]

he's like the guitar version of pewdiepie and bob ross mixed into one

[@Pikachu-qr4yb]

Madhava Kinnicutt and a young version of the Dos Equis guy

[@ugielka]

No not really

[@jamesbeith4923]

I just found you and after watching many guitar gurus with their comprehensive echos on You Tube. You seem to be genuine and have given me motivation again. Obviously you are a VERY accomplished musician , light years beyond me.I have already learned many things about playing guitar from you Thankyou. You now have a new student added to many others From a grateful apprentice

[@user-hg3rj2zj6w]

Hey Paul. I suggest you read ‘The Wind Up Bird Chronicle’ if you enjoyed murakami

[@ritambanerjee7334]

The way you can describe the language of music, is simply the best. You express music in all ❤👍

[@JoeGuitarEducation]

The "shredding for 2 mins" so true.Years ago I was home alone practicing my lead playing and 7 of my friends walked in my door (uninvited). As a true musician I didn't let them interrupt me and just continued. They started complaining about how I was just showing off. I laughed at them and told them that they showed up while I was practicing so who was I showing off to? But nonetheless they were not impressed at all.

[@samreplete1842]

😂 they showed up was funny.

[@chrisjs6123]

I learned bass by learning songs and figuring stuff out by ear but guitar from tabs and trying to learn to shred. I’m a better bass player despite having learned guitar first. Now trying to rectify my guitar mistakes. Oh and audible rocks. I’ve listened to 300+ books over 7 years. Good to see you promoting such an amazing resource.

[@stepik0dvo]

Guitar tutorial: Step 1: Learn piano

[@adityagurung017]

Then ukulele

[@macfady2181]

My parents pushed piano on me for 6yrs when I was a kid, said I'd thank them later. Neither of them play guitar, but boy were they right. 20yrs on, I can't play a lick on piano but still visualise all my guitar theory on piano, I'd be totally lost without that foundation and would have likely gave up guitar long ago.

[@Blycker]

BAA HA HA HA!

[@alouisevanloggerenberg8658]

I have played the piano for a year now and it is very easy if you come from piano and then to guitar. The fact is true!

[@Nickachuuuuu]

I learned the piano before I started to learn the guitar. I can 100% confirm that it helps. You'll learn twice as fast.

[@johndoyle5706]

Paul is clearly a very good guitar player and excellent at explaining his ideas. The one thing that amazes me is his flow of perfect English. He never umms or aahs or hesitates. His understanding of the nuances of English slang is so good. It is these things and his relaxed humorous style that make him a good guitar teacher. As a teacher myself (not guitar!) I can see how natural he is.

[@aaronmayhew6106]

learned how to play bass by ear listening to Floater playing along made me better.

[@Pannemat]

Aaron Mayhew That glorious moment when you read an ETID reference under a Paul Davids video.

[@aaronmayhew6106]

@@Pannemat No. Floater from Portland oregon Etid is great too though.

[@Pannemat]

Aaron Mayhew Haha, I knew it was too good to be true. Play on!

[@kevinwatkins3856]

nailed it!

[@counciousstream]

I have been playing for almost 50 years now and I would say that this is all very sound advice. If I could add a number 11 it would be to play in the dark. Turn the lights out and play a song or just play chords. Playing in the dark forces you (or enables you) to feel what you are playing. Feeling the music is so much more important to gaining competence than just mechanically playing the notes. It is also so much more satisfying to the soul.

[@NewtGQ]

Learning from your mistakes is more helpful than most classes

[@HarryNicNicholas]

i've worked with just a few singers, a couple of them quite bad, but it is great for the guitar player, you have to get things clear in your head as to how you want something to sound and be timed, and in order to relate this to the singer, you have to not only be familiar with what you are going to play, but you have to make allowances for the voice and range, as well as the brain of the person you're working with. just interacting with someone when everything is in your head and not easy to verbalise helps them, helps you and makes you aare of your weaknesses.

[@the_skating_dinosaur]

Actually, if I were you, I wouldn't have any regrets :) great video btw!

[@wesleyalan9179]

Hahaha,I know right!

[@0NaiveDreamer0]

Does it mean you regret you're not Paul Davids?

[@the_skating_dinosaur]

Naive Dreamer I regret I don’t have time to practice and to learn as much as he does!

[@Red4350]

probably a joke..... but his regrets come from how much better he could be right now/how much faster he could have been a his level now

[@wesleyalan9179]

@@Red4350 ...yeah,I took it as a joke,lol! But I agreed,lol!

[@pankajshukla9656]

One of the few videos with actually what you might want to know and not just clickbait. Thanks for the great advice.

[@skrrskrr]

I learned piano before I picked up the guitar and found the instrument that I wanted to spend my time playing, but I only recently realized how much of my piano-playing transferred into what I was doing on the guitar. I also used to be in a choir which really helped audibly visualizing what I was going to play before I played it, even if I had never played it before.

[@LWskatefilm]

"learning songs by ear can only get better." ... unless your hearing starts to get worse! lol

[@FYMASMD]

Learn something from every genre. Jazz,Blues,Country,Latin,Classical, Funk, and any others I forgot. Music is infinite. Anything you learn outside your regular genres certainly can help. Chord vocabulary,Melodies, and Rhythmic qualities get expanded. Sooner than later. You never know you may discover something you love like I did with Brazilian and Afro-Cuban music.

[@Bramslootmans]

Thanks for the tips PAULY D...hahaha

[@xpost92]

So I’ve picked up the guitar again after 20 yrs. In that 20 yrs I spent a few years on piano and it has DEFINITELY helped me visualise and learn. Had a massive impact

[@rob062388]

Can someone provide a list of the "classics"?

[@sawyertonkin3036]

rob062388 smoke on the water

[@DiscontinuedChannelOne]

Johnny be ghoode

[@nithing5694]

@@DiscontinuedChannelOne i was thought "classic" is like beethoven, liszt, paganini, chopin etc. damn

[@DiscontinuedChannelOne]

Ni thing Eh it can be.

[@onemorething100]

The Metronome really helps. Sometimes the clicking just gives you a beat that really changes how you feel about playing notes. It really is crazy how much it changes things.

[@SpookyStorkRunningWild]

how is your hair always perfect god damn

[@svst208]

he is black

[@tommorgan9073]

I totally agree on the piano point. I was stuck in progress for awhile in guitar and decided to start learning piano and it made everything click and I got a lot better in guitar.

[@mvc2arg]

Nice video, you just explained my 3 years of guitar playing!!! hahahaha

[@anthonye4575]

Paul Davids you are such a great teacher. Finding a person who suits you to learn from is so important. After watching a lot of different teachers i find Paul so easy to listern to i cant seem to learn from others as well this guy, thanks for your videos

[@cdatlas]

So what exactly are “the classics”?

[@meowwoem6372]

they're standards. all the real genres have them like rock, metal, country, blues, folk &c. i would imagine its easy to find lists of them. some will list different ones, but you'll notice certain ones turn up time and time again.

[@HearMeLearn]

Songs like stairway to heaven, sweet home Alabama, songs almost everyone will recognize

[@meowwoem6372]

@@HearMeLearn exactly. i guess the easiest way to think of them is: which ones appear all the time on compilation lps.

[@kevinwatkins3856]

House of the Rising Sun, If, Dust in the Wind, Day tripper, Fire and Rain, Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising, Johnny B. Goode, Jumping Jack Flash, Long Train Running, China Grove, Get Back, Whole Lotta Love, All Right Now, The Thrill is Gone, Layla, Cinnamon Girl, Take Me Home Country Roads, She Was Just 17, Fortunate Son, Kansas City, Your Mama Don’t Dance, Boot Scoot Boogie, Fast As You, The Needle and the Damage Done, My Girl, All My Lovin, Another Saturday Night, Bad Side of the Moon, Born to be Wild, Brown Eyed Girl, Crocodile Rock, Saturday Night’s All Right for Fighting, Jailhouse Rock, Listen to the Music, Hotel California......off the top of my head...:-)....

[@thecynth3820]

Try a be general, but also pick songs you like (make you have have really big songs, but also do some jazz standards if you like jazz or other genre specific picks).