How To Practice Your instrument Like A Pro

In this KZbin Live I discuss strategies for practicing your instrument. How to organize your time between, scales, arpeggios and chords to practice musically. If you have limited time to practice you need to spend it on the right things. Always use your practice materials in musical ways. Don't just run scales and arpeggios up and down your instrument! Always make music even when you practice!
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[@spost26]

41:50 "if you hear something that you like and don't know how to play it, learn it" - Fantastic advice. And then figuring out why it sounds good would be good for theory. Love the videos Rick

[@internetpolice6143]

Rick is a national treasure

[@juanconnor8224]

He really is...we need more people like him in this divided country. Thank you Rick. If you come to L.A. count me in.

[@TheSmoothiesMusic]

...Or you can start calling lobbying by it's real name: corruption, get rid of your two-party system and stop being terrified of socialism.

[@nicktardifbass7]

So True! I am hooked on his videos. I wish I had more time to watch them in fact!

[@9al9ola]

may i correct u, he's an international treasure

[@l0wbtry]

be sure to buy his book, he deserves it :)

[@nicolasgregoire76]

Rick, as an aspiring musician and producer, words cannot thank you enough. You are making a HUGE difference in all of our lives who watch your videos and need efficient ways of reaching our goals. THANK YOU THANK YOU, you are amazing!

[@deniseflahavin3031]

Hey Nick. I second that motion. I agree.

[@bgbraker]

Hi

[@bumbletoes]

I had a teacher tell me a great story once about a conversation he had with Mike Stern. He said he asked Mike if he could recommend some good books and Mike says to him -- "Man....if you transcribe you won't need any books." I really needed to hear "Practice what you don't know". Such great advice, thanks for all your great videos.

[@pmcm-ih1ep]

What people like about you Rick is that you're a decent man, you have honour. It shows in your demeanour. Along with the confidence that comes with having tremendous knowledge on matters musical, makes for relaxing, interesting viewing.

[@garyhighley9022]

Ive been playing for 35 yrs but this video has opened my eyes to a lot of stuff i never thought about.

[@TheLakeJake3]

5:40 is when the lesson starts

[@jakeogorman5377]

TheHappyCamel thanks!

[@poulwinther]

Thank you for saving 5 min of my valuable practice time! (Unbelievable Rick is so disrespectful of people's time).

[@TheLakeJake3]

haha no problem, i hope that was a joke, Rick is amazing!

[@jakeogorman5377]

^

[@MarcAbela]

I also tend to like people who start the video in a pretty efficient manner, I think the internet has conditioned me (a good thing, I like to think) into being able to focus on what’s rapidly worthy, and so the old model of teaching where the teacher mobilizes my schedule just because I need to sit and wait for the teacher to be ready is obviously something (I hope) the kids from the upcoming generations will never get to taste. But great video, it indeed starts after 5 minutes of content having little to no correlation with the title unfortunately... cheers.

[@LUckybones25]

I quit playing guitar for 13 years, and recently started playing again thanks to your channel. You and Rhett inspire the hell out of me to want to keep learning.

[@ReidblunderbussButler]

7:50 - warming up by doing the CHROMATIC SCALES (in thirds) ... 9:22 - PRACTICE OVER the transition ... 10:08 - Can you incorporate this practice line into a line of music? Yes...

[@angelaleeds2798]

Everything I wished I'd been taught by a piano teacher from the age of 8 years old... 50 years later, your teaching is a game-changer for me. Utterly brilliant pedagogy on your channel, Rick -- thank you!

[@LesterBrunt1983]

Rick is the best. Unless you can get into a world class conservatory Rick's videos are all you need. You'll learn more than a very large percentage of the worlds best musicians did.

[@programmedwrong3795]

Anthony Bourdain with a guitar. I love these videos. Great channel

[@JesterMasque]

This just popped up in my feed after meeting the man in Chicago last week. What an absolute unit of a guitarist and super knowledgeable musician. I’m constantly blown away by the information that he offers here.

[@silentfury2938]

Thank you! I have literally like 4 instruments including my voice to practice every week with almost no time. You go!

[@xsonicpunkx]

this is so cool to hear this national treasure Rick Beato talking about reaching 100,000 subscribers and here you are 2.5 million subscribers and no doubt will eventually reach 5 million. Rick you are one of the most interesting man in music and i can sit and listen to you talk about peanuts because i know i'm going to learn how to make peanut butter. keep up the great work we cant get enough of you. Salt Of The Earth

[@robappleby583]

Practising patterns in a musical way. If only music teachers applied this philosophy when teaching kids.

[@100streamliner]

Rick you are an amazing teacher! Thank you for all the ideas and concepts that you put out there for everybody! You should get an award for always emphasizing the importance of creativity in practicing music because many people study long hours stuck in technical exercises only and that kills all the fun and inspiration eventually.

[@penponds]

Four years after Rick’s posting when he had 84000 followers, and he now has over 2.5 million. What an outstanding contribution to online teaching and entertainment!

[@hubertvancalenbergh9022]

Pat Metheny! Great! I didn't know he practices three hours before he goes on stage and look forward to hearing more. I've seen Pat five or six times now. Luckily he still tours a lot and Belgium is always on the agenda. This year he'll be in Antwerp at the outset of November.

[@Bstrings]

I would jus like to say Thanks for what you are doing.. I think you are a gift from God .You are really amazing..

[@scotthowe1972]

I'm watching this at the end of 2022 and Rick is talking about getting to 100k subscribers, at my time of watching 5 years later he has 3.27 million. Wow.

[@Harveevideos]

Just so you know, you have been an inspiration to get back to seriously practicing guitar, force myself to think differently and try out new stuff. Thank you very much. Also, my 1 year old daughter has been listening to Nuryl more than an hour each day. Once again thank you very much for the time, passion and energy you pour into this channel!

[@jjembleton]

Remember just 3 years ago rick was coming up to 100k now over 2 million such a fantastic teacher continued success!!!

[@palladinwebb6135]

Not the first time I've come to the well; I've got scores of "Beato Favicons" in archival. But this session!...In only 22 min has inspired more ideas than I can metabolize. What a premiere music educator you are. And the commitment to putting all this out ~& at such volume~ gives new meaning to the old saying "Push Power to those upon whose Power You Depend". Pushin' you power brother. You're indeed a National treasure. Hope the Master Class can come to L.A. LIke to be there. It's 2am pacific ; gottta get at least a little sleep so will bookmark the 22 min mark here, and pick it bk up tomorrow. MegaCheers.

[@RichLyles]

Mindy Lofgren my classical guitar teacher in the eighties used to pounce on me for accenting. Round tones and no string noise! Not trivial. She's an elementary school teacher now. She was strict but awesome. Left an impression about practice intensity.

[@LearnerChess]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in such an open, friendly, and encouraging way. As far as I know, you're the only top-level professional musician who does this. I'm very grateful. It seems like your channel has everything a learner could want. Fantastic!!

[@edelcorrallira]

12 min in ... Got lots of homework You know you're awesome Rick thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge

[@brianlee5455]

Man Rick you make me a better teacher! You are a treasure to us all. Thank you for all you do and teach!

[@mdleavitt]

can I like this twice? sharing with all my piano students! -this is how it's done.

[@MelodeusForever]

You know I've watched this episode like 5 times in a row already and each time I grasp something new. It took me 2 months to watch a whole rack of your videos to get to 13:55 - this is a gem as always. They say seek and ye shall Fu=ind. Thanks!!!

[@junglajuan]

Your videos are the most precious way to invest my time Rick, thank you! cheers from Argentina!

[@ronb7481]

Your list of followers has increased significantly since this was posted. Nice work, and worthy. First class.

[@gottastayfocused]

Thanks once again for your effort to educate all of us, every one of your video's are so chock full of very important information for all musicians, young or old. Its so very refreshing to see such dedication to music!! You are way too cool.....!

[@xlprop6687]

I only just seen this and it made my day. I recently downloaded the circle of 5ths meditation and could not see how the hell it could ever help me. But now I see it really can providing I use it for scales. Thanks mate. You are the king

[@Spinz99]

Thank you Mr. Beato that was a real ear opener. You just reminded me that I have to pick it up back where I had left it off once upon a time. There really can be a lot of study and work to playing music. Always nice to keep new ideas in mind.

[@pymebones]

Thank you so much, Rick. Your videos have been a treasure to me. Best teacher I've ever had.

[@BillPhillips2000]

If it's in my price range, I'll come. I'm in Atlanta. Your instruction is among the BEST available on KZbin...or anywhere else for that matter!

[@cyberk9]

nice to see an older gentleman like myself keeping old school alive ...keep the fires burning dude...….awesome

[@giallu5533]

I know I'm "a bit" late, but South of Italy is WONDERFUL this time of the year. Perfect place to hold workshops ;D

[@wolffoley6330]

This is my favorite video of yours... And I love all of your videos. Your unique covering so many topics music are the best videos series on this subject I've seen and/or subscribe to and I've seen many, many of them. Thanks for helping me explain to my students why and how to practice. I've always hated any teacher that made me grind through my practices with boring scales, chords and etc... repetitions and discovered what this video is about about 30 years ago and never looked back. The stretching, IE; extras related to practicing was also genius. A huge thanks for that! A Big Fan, Wolfy :)

[@RickBeato]

+Wolf Foley Thanks Wolfy!

[@MindsetMastery75]

Watching this in December of 2020 and Rick is on the cusp of reaching 2 million subs!!!

[@RichardStJohn-zz8or]

Rick, many thanks for this detailed rundown on how and what to practice; but today especially for the data regarding the hand stretches, Thought I was losing my touch at the young age of 50. I do IT work all day, and this is what's been slowing me down.

[@johnnokov2852]

Incredible value, thank you. We love you

[@iimxBlade]

I really like these videos! :) i think it would be nice if you'd put the topics and the time where you talk about them in the description, since this videos are often over one hour long. It would be way easier to zoom in on topics we want to hear about like arpeggios or scales or standards and stuff. Anyways i really like your content and seeing that you do what you love! Thank you :)

[@nodrog142]

love to listen to Rick talk about applying modal scales over chords

[@LuisBurke]

Nice to see your subscriber base grow exponentially in 3 years. Way to go Rick!!

[@alalbenben3627]

12:45 The lick!

[@pedromrls6]

Alal Benben hahahahaha

[@Charlyfromthenuclearcity]

Ahah, thanks for noticing.

[@Jordarr8994]

Alal Benben he did it before that point as well when he did the chromatic approach but it was slightly different

[@alalbenben3627]

Jordan Johnson oh I didn't notice

[@Lurco8]

What is it? Is this a reference to something?

[@terdcutter3193]

The reverb plus the sustain pedal sounds really cool

[@tidepoolbay]

I am up for this. Two days sounds good! Oh yes, with notice, I would come. WooF!

[@paullowe4072]

Rick is an international treasure!!

[@SendilSelvan]

Greetings Master Beato! It would be excellent if you could a series or a single video on ‘What makes this song great?' Of any one of the songs by the Canadian prog rock band, Rush! There is so much I’m learning from these series coz it is just so practical on so many levels. Thank you for you extensive contribution to the music universe. Thank you Sir 😌

[@garyhighley9022]

Your phrasing skills are outta this world.

[@jimcavallo1643]

I sometimes use keyboard warm-ups and exercises on the guitar and vice versa. I live in Fulton county and would consider it an honor and a pleasure to attend a Rick Beato seminar. To have a couple of days of Rick where all the cry babies 😭 can't block a song would be really neat.. let's do it!

[@andymelendez9757]

Baby steps to Greatness!. Damn those 4ths!

[@lastdaysguitar]

Rick, do you think you will ever have Neal Morse on the show? He just turned 60 today and he's still so incredible.

[@jazzlabny]

I'm a big fan of your channel, Rick! I love the part about Michael Brecker saying that it takes months of practice to work a new thing into one's playing. In 'Effortless Mastery', Kenny Werner wrote this can take 6 months to a year, and to constantly look for improvement leads to more frustration. It certainly has for me when I fall into that trap. I do my best not to practice on stage and trust that my hard work will pay off down the road.

[@moreorlesslikeso]

Rick, in almost no time you've sort of become my default go to on YT... thank you so much for the good and inspiring work!

[@joemkoenen]

Another great offering up of useful information. My playing is improving and my knowledge is expanding thanks to your love of sharing what you know. Thanks Rick!

[@jbpmusic4900]

Love this Rick. I never really tried to play in 2nds before. Pretty much been stuck in the boring 3rds. As an owner of your book I'm excited to add this into my routine.

[@lionelcampos9868]

I wish I New about you back in the day........thanks God Bless you.

[@RosannaEastmanOFFICIAL]

I'm really loving your videos, they're really great, thank you!

[@estebanms4023]

Thank you so much for all of your videos Rick, I appreciate so much what you are doing for everybody, spreading the passion nd love for music

[@98Golem]

If anything in you tube that its worth my time watching its Rick Beato,Rick I hope God will give you more power to produce music videos, professor goku level

[@redshield3296]

I could listen to Rick all day

[@traviscarver4708]

Thank you Rick! You've been a huge inspiration and I've learned a lot from your videos. I will be picking up The Beato Book next pay!

[@gullis1995]

Thanks Rick! You should do a video exclusively about guitar fretboard knowledge! It looks like you're really in control of what you're doing! Thanks

[@lenwoodturneriv6169]

I know that this video is old, but that guitar sounds fantastic!

[@63Baggies]

Such a great resource even for non guitar players...Nice one Rick.

[@nickylove5158]

I love your what makes a song great videos. A great thing to discuss is the how to of those videos. For example, what skill set do you use the most, what skill sets can we learn to be able to analyze songs this way.

[@asuntos.publicos]

Thank You Beato! Great channel btw.

[@jasonk.3595]

Thank you for doing what you do Rick! This is a great channel!

[@kindnick58]

Beato is a beast!

[@destinpeters9824]

Man, Iwould have definitely come to an Atlanta workshop, unfortunately I didn't find your page until a year late. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge. Cheers!

[@udo1483]

Thank you Rick for your many suggestions, as non Prof one would rather have more time to try all ideas.

[@Achase4u]

Yup. Dequervains. I've suffered from that for years and years. Karate training with lots of blocks and punches blocked has given me nerve and tissue damage. Sorry to hear you had so much trouble. I have been there. The glove you talk about is called Flex-tend. I have one and it certainly helps!

[@trapper9856]

Do the workshop in Atlanta! I live in Marietta, and would love to come hang out and learn from you for a day or two! Subjects I have interest in include: Recording, mixing, producing, jazz theory, jazz guitar, general music theory, songwriting, etc I'd actually also love to take private lessons with you at some point, if they're not too far out of my price range. You've come a long way since I started watching this channel, and I'm not actually even certain that you offer lessons anymore :P Anyway, I hope you do the workshop in Atlanta! I will definitely show up if you do!

[@bennibirgis1]

i am so happy that someone has so good quality teach here Thanks

[@willtonvannostrum6810]

Watching this again - man your studio is NICE!

[@frankspears4597]

I will come to your London workshop Rick! Atlanta sounds great as well, but is a long journey for 2- days, but maybe one day.

[@Ryedor]

Practicing in the dark works well for me. Just play by "feel". Great video ! :)

[@nothought108]

awesome! thank you for sharing

[@gene4682]

Hey Rick, it would be great to see you do a sort of "break-through" strategy workshop for self-taught musicians. If anyone can communicate insights for those who come up to that wall, it's you.

[@williamlove9821]

I would definitely try to come to the ATL workshop!

[@RolanTHUNDER]

Excellent lesson!

[@jmlakes5331]

My son and I would definitely come to Atlanta for that

[@marktyler3381]

Hey Rick, could you elaborate on diminished etc finger patterns for piano please? Your's is the most enlightening music channel I've seen. When I've watched them all, I think I'll just go back to the beginning! Massive thanks.

[@rahamanhudson1573]

Well, this video is 5 years old, but yeah, I’ll come. I live in Georgia anyway. But I’ll travel to LA or NYC to see your show. Especially a 2 day.

[@bathworiel]

My 2 /5 /1 Rick Beato = scholar, passionate and fun ! Thank you master

[@andrewrwhitfield]

Really enjoyed this! Thanks Rick.

[@reggiebellamy7112]

Rick, I would come to your workshop as I live in central Georgia. I look forward to hearing the announcement.

[@Philiphray]

Hi Rick You should make a podcast with your sounding off interviews. I wish I could listen to your videos too while going to work. Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge!

[@RickBeato]

I already do. I started it about 6 weeks ago. Look me up on Google Play and ITunes

[@andrewlombard7785]

Its kinda fun to watch your older videos.

[@AlanCurtisHI]

Great and encyclopedic info from Rick Beato the Anthony Bourdain of Musical Cuisine!! LOL!

[@lpgoog]

Fascinating discussion. I’d love a link to the finger exercise video that helped Rick recover quickly👍🎸

[@gabys2]

I'd definitely head to a workshop in your home town Rick.

[@drw381]

Thank you for sharing

[@edwardmitton8457]

Rick, You're playing a Dano ??? How cool is that? God bless pine, masonite, and lipstick cases! I've been looking for a long time for one of those guitars.....just for their extreme coolness. Great video.

[@Gerdellos]

Best youtube channel!

[@AbirTarafdar]

Fantastic. Just what I need. Now the work. The work.

[@AlexTen10]

Thanks for the killer interview with Scott!