Before You Play Guitar...DO THIS!

[@theultimateloonies]

Love your video! I have been playing guitar for around 11 years (I'm 18) but I have only really started to practise properly like 2 years ago. I have been doing a warm up similar to yours but not as complicated, I'm definitely gonna be stealing some of your warm up practices haha. My favourite guitarist is Angus Young, so I'm focusing on mixing the major and minor pentatonics like he did. You should make a vid on that! Keep up you good work! you're helping a lot of self taught guitarists.

[@SeanPierceJohnson]

That’s so awesome man! I can’t tell you how happy I am that this helped you out. I’ll definitely consider your idea for a future video. If you’re looking to up your guitar game, I’m actually launching an online guitar camp soon! I’ll be talking about it in a livestream tomorrow but if you want to check it out here’s a link to the pre-order page: www.seanpiercejohnson.com/bootcamp Thanks for watching! 🙌

[@TheTimeProphet]

I am not sure how to count 16th notes like this. I have been doing it by playing four notes, 4 times, but I can't do it when I run down a chromatic scale.

[@SeanPierceJohnson]

Let me break it down: - quarter not are usually counted 1-2-3-4…one note played per beat of the metronome. - eighth notes are counted 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +…two notes played per beat of the metronome. The number count is the “down” beat and the “+” is the “up” beat. - 16th notes are counted 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a…four notes played per beat of the metronome. I suggest you take the slow approach of working from quarter to eighth then 16th notes. Go at a slow tempo. Even if that means 55bpm playing 16th notes until you get it right.

[@TheTimeProphet]

@@SeanPierceJohnson Thanks.