Getting Better at Guitar: Pareto Prinicple & Dunning & Krugger Effect

[@TristanDesnos]

Great! That Krugger effect made me think of the Churchhill quote: “success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm“ 😂

[@Minor7thb5]

Nice I like Churchill one of my favorite quotes is "...success is not final, failure is not fatal it is the courage to continue that counts."

[@Someguy11111]

This is the first time I have heard someone talk about pareto principle in relation to music. Probably the most useful video for guitarists and musicians in general!

[@noble2122]

Man you have the best videos on practicing guitar, they’re always a good balance of holistic & practical

[@Minor7thb5]

Thank you.

[@MrJimmyjam84]

Great to hear these ideas contextualised. I needed to hear this today, respect :)

[@JustforFun-ic9ee]

This video came in at the right time for me, thanks! I just had a jam with some friends that from my perspective know a lot more of singing and guitar playing respectively. I think I’m in the valley of despair for both of those most of the time lol. Reflecting on it, this is totally spot on. Usually trying to be the “ear guy” and just figuring things out on the day of the practice has been possible so far but even then has limited me to mostly just figuring out scale degrees and where things are moving, but not the fine details. The details are where the effort comes in after the climb to mount stupid! Thank you for posting this, it’s helped me realize that I need to fail (ie try) more often and view performances/etc not as final answers but as questions of what the next day could look into to keep improving forever, and having fun. That should help to accept compliments too. Not that it happens all the time with me, but when it does there’d usually be this nagging thing behind me of “well that’s because they don’t know enough to know they’re wrong”. Focusing on always trying and putting yourself out there passionately should dissipate that self doubt coming from that internal arrogance/desire for quick perfection. Thanks again!

[@37enzo]

As you were describing the valley of despair, I realized that I am in that. There is so much I don't know about playing. Thanks for the video!

[@hearpalhere]

Really enjoyed the description of the 3 stages, haven't heard them described like that before. Great advice as always, thanks for the video!

[@bluenational]

Exactly how I practice.....flow, tempo and context with minimal effort but maximum feel.

[@JasperAtlas-y3x]

great hearing you philosophize on these topics - made me think about my 20%. Bless brother!

[@jaketyler5694]

Excellent video! This is going to help me with my intermediate plateau. I've been playing for about 9 years and last year I had many moments of "I don't know anything" I'd say I'm definitely in the valley of despair. I've spent a the two months just working on playing to a click and reading rhythms.

[@russc8765]

Really encouraging! Thanks for making this video, definitely helps me approach practicing with a little more positivity and self awareness.

[@newenglandguitarman3345]

What a great post! I love conceptual thinking & approaches to guitar as a mindset . So helpful , thank you !

[@joshpoynter4523]

Thank you for all of the videos you post & knowledge shared. I've been playing for about 10 years or so and have carved out a ledge on Mt. Stupid.

[@tjhannemann]

My Pareto Principle focus area is chord-tone targeting. I want higher awareness in my ears of what chord I'm playing over, higher awareness in my mind of what chord comes next ...AND higher awareness in my hands of how to navigate those target notes given where my fingers already are. To achieve this, I'm doing 30min/day of Intervallic Function visualization over a random daily track

[@ytera8130]

Beautiful playing at the start

[@cheatlewilsonyoutube]

Superb video.

[@lamontmerrick]

Valley of despair... learn to love it, youre gonna spend a fair amount of time here.

[@jerickent]

Again, all good stuff. Pareto Principle spot on and good for perspective of effort vs. progress. Not that all that 80% time is wasted: there are benefits to noodling, strumming, exploring, but I realize that's not skill building. Your description leads to prescription: identify a skill to improve and focus on it. Case n point: your earlier intro to Jimmy Bruno's 5 shapes led me to his videos and that system is a big help in expanding fretboard knowledge, technique in both hands, and melding single string playing with chords, as well as theory (or "F***in' theory!" as Professor Bruno calls it.) So thanks for that. It's got me striding up Mt. Stupid! D-K nice for keeping perspective as well, though risks overthinking, I'm thinking. Very grateful to you!

[@Minor7thb5]

Thank you. Very glad you got some value from my videos. Jimmy's five forms are so helpful in helping one navigate the fretboard. He has a practical way of approaching the guitar. No nonsense also describes Bruno's approach. The guitar is not simple, but it is NOT an impossible instrument to get better...the beauty is also in the struggle.

[@georgedeaniv3641]

Great video !

[@akfisher7138]

Really interesting. I heard Molly Tuttle, an amazing guitarist with a good solid grounding of course, say, she practices faster than needed, to get to where she wants to be. I assume she practiced slowly to get where she is now. It is true though that learning and improving is not linear

[@redwithblackstripes]

Inversions are definitively a good one, i'd say Arpeggios are a big part of the 20% , learning your arpeggios low key kind of teach you (almost) everything else at the same time and it doesn't seem like it's a big point of focus in lots of courses weirdly enough.

[@Minor7thb5]

I agree with you on the arpeggios. I never thought of it...but I think the fact that I play fingerstyle makes me either focus on them more or makes it easier to execute them.

[@Crackboyy]

thank you for the advice Dave dave chappelle ❤❤

[@angelozai4352]

My first thought too, crackboy-c4q!

[@Hexspa]

Then there’s the part when you’re trying to talk sense from the valley of despair and someone who just arrived on mount stupid is berating you with their whole chest.

[@matt_adelaide]

Been in the valley of despair my entire life 😂

[@ytera8130]

Sounds like a blues lyric if I ever heard one.

[@Stevengomez-j6q]

What style/genre is this ? Can beginners learn how to play this?

[@indigo2009]

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