How To Jam | Guitar for Beginners

[@justinguitar]

Learn how to play guitar without looking here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIa6dqyOjZyCibc

[@Nessiechomp]

"It doesn't matter who you are jamming with, just that you are jamming." Ladies and gentlemen, we just solved racism

[@kagenotatsumaki]

If only lol

[@northof50now]

Last year I joined the group that plays in our church. Though not the type of music that motivated me to pick up the guitar, the experience was tremendous. I learned stuff I would have never learned practicing on my own. Keeping time with the group, reading charts, identifying new chord voices, playing as an ensemble player, getting over the anxiety of playing in front of others, etc. At best, practicing/learning on my own allowed me to develop tools. Playing with others let me see how the tools were used within context.

[@jx14aby]

That's one of the good things about church. It builds community.

[@JohnDoe-jc3cl]

jx14aby Amen! I love my church family. Absolutely wonderful. Just like the Waltons.

[@vibesforanytime]

Same

[@willmensah948]

One of the of the godfathers of youtube guitar lessons

[@RogerThat902]

Jamming with someone else is definitely the best, but I think a looper pedal is a great way to guit some practice in even if you just want to prepare to jam with someone else. It's great too because you have to learn both parts and can't just default to whatever you're more comfortable with/enjoy more.

[@ordinaryT]

I really can‘t imagine learning guitar without Justin.

[@fahimahmed3832]

"ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO LEARN STUFF IS TO TEACH IT", the golden rule of life :')

[@jennyloulandry]

This has been one of my biggest struggles. I’m 39 and everyone learning guitar seems to be a teenager or retired. Struggling to find someone in my remote corner of the world that’s interested in learning from each other without forming a band. No time for that! 😆

[@FLICK3RYT]

Playing with teenagers/younger people is a great way to learn. it’s crazy the way kids minds work and they get creative. They might realize something you’ve never thought about and you can really learn a lot from them sometimes.

[@GuitarRiffsLicks]

Hi @jennyloulandry , I see your comment is for 3 years ago ... I am having same concern . let me know if you still interested in jamming .

[@gordonplatelle3522]

Hey Justin, I have always liked your down-to-earth approach and your earnest desire to impart good, sound information, just for the joy of sharing and helping others to grow. Thanks stax.

[@peterhimmelman9241]

"Do you fancy having a play?" - I love that! :D

[@autocrow]

"We play! We don't work the guitar!" Well said Justin!

[@justinguitar]

Cheers 😊 | close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide [ www.justinguitar.com/ ] & Moderator on JustinGuitar Forum

[@galahad6189]

Great timing! I'm jamming on Saturday! Nervous but excited.

[@kieron8113]

can i join

[@greenvelvet]

Awesome 👍! Just have fun and don't think about it too much.

[@northof50now]

Been there. Tough to explain - but you definitely feel it in your gut. Best of luck.

[@playstationracer67-acc]

Justin, this is a great video and I cannot agree more. As a complete beginner I had my second jamming session with one of my friends (also a very early beginner) at the weekend and I ended up teaching him what I was learning. Whilst he was learning I was also playing and not thinking as much about what I was doing and I ended up playing the sequence better than I do when practicing. I cannot recommend getting together with a friend enough.

[@justinguitar]

Great to hear! Cheers 😊 | close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide [ www.justinguitar.com/ ] & Moderator on JustinGuitar Forum

[@lesliemoerschfelder4839]

Great info! I was trying to learn guitar from my husband and his cousin. They expected me to watch what they were doing and play along quietly in the corner! Nice to know there are other ways to play - now I will find my own people!

[@chandlereverett8726]

Great! Video! Playing with another person is one of my goals.

[@SpiderSid007]

Your experience speaks volumes in your suggestions! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 I especially loved the section at 3:28. In my opinion, that's the main reason why most fail. Also, I'm astounded to see that you are THE ONLY one on KZbin who actually has a video about this. Just search "How to have a rock jam" and see the results.

[@benallmark9671]

Very nice and thoughtful of you Justin to take the time and guide youngsters through the struggles of communicating with others in order to make the connections happen. I personally was fortunate enough to not have that problem but always went out of my to try and make those kinds of people comfortable too. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦 !

[@b-radg916]

While jamming in person would obviously be preferred, when I told a really good friend (who has played for about forty years) that I was trying to pick up the guitar during the pandemic, he said that we should jam. I said I wasn’t very far along, and we live too far from each other. He suggested FaceTime, and it worked pretty well for us. We jammed probably five or six nights a week for weeks. He taught me the twelve bar blues, some music theory, scales, and he brought in a couple songs to work on. We had that going for probably a month in a half, but haven’t been able to get together for at least a month now. 😩 I’m kinda surprised Justin didn’t suggest video conferencing, especially given the pandemic. Also, if you can’t think of anyone you know who plays, I bet if you post something on your social media, some of your friends will surprise you and tell you they play!

[@omeg4Chad]

He talks about online jamming at around 2:10, mate.

[@RichardKraneis]

Chicago, IL USA is great for jamming. Primarily acoustic instruments jamming with sheet music holding them together. A few electric guitars with portable amps. The Old Town School of Folk Music has the Americana Jam on Wednesdays at noon. Free for the last 25 years. The OTSFM in Chicago is awesome. And of course, I am a paid subscriber to Justin Guitar videos.

[@adnanehajjiya7659]

Justin the one and the only guitarist teacher who could share with you his experience to progress and develope your playing on guitar, thank you so much JUSTIN! "ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO LEARN STUFF IS TO TEACH IT" Justin Sandercoe

[@peetey249]

U r soo right!

[@ReXo31BbeaT]

Cool vid thank you. Some great ideas. 👏

[@woosix7735]

"We don't work the guitar" - Justin. I love that quote

[@hellomrinal]

Also learning social skills from Justin along with guitar ofcourse 😬

[@Avionixty]

“You’re playing the guitar. It’s play, have fun! You don’t work the guitar, you play it! “ Might be one of the best things I’ve ever heard. Everyone should hear this, we make music to have a good time, nobody can be forced to make music.

[@AshisshBee]

I love ur advice Justin you are an inspiration for me who is very friendly to their students.

[@TheMrCharlytinguely]

teaching is a great way of learning as well, this sentence made my day, thank you

[@carolynh8866]

I put a query out on my local commumity page to see if anyone played guitar and wanted some one to practice with. 20 odd people turned up the first night at all different levels. We ended up splitting the group to beginners and intermediate advanced. We meet on 2 seperate nights. We now have 6 regular intermediate/advanced players and 4 beginners. And my playing has improved so much We have a playlist that we work through everynight to warm up and then we work on a couple of new ones We have a couple that play the rhythm in different ways and one take the lead. I like the idea of using a capo...we havent done that yet.

[@patstrat]

Could be a good idea to put out a video of a raw uncut jam with music as well as sharing those little tips and nuances that come up while playing!

[@redfo3009]

Your suggestions on how to find a jam partner with, was such a nice thing to do for the shy ones! 😇😊☺️🥰

[@evilfiftyone]

sound advice as always Justin....love this guy and his channel

[@dbadba007]

Can I add one more suggestion? Share this video with the person you're going to jam with. That way, they will understand completely what the expectations are up front.

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

splendid content JustinGuitar. I smashed that thumbs up on your video. Maintain up the high quality work.

[@justinguitar]

Thanks - have you checked the full website? [ www.justinguitar.com/ ] Cheers 😊 | close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Moderator on JustinGuitar Forum

[@andrewpierce7715]

So good, Justin

[@juliodefreitas157]

Awesome video and thanks for sharing your tips 👍 💚

[@johnmjones1604]

I use to play before but i became jaded and i need inspiration to get back into playing

[@fuzexi]

I bought a Spider Jam amp years ago and now I’ve handed it over to my 13-year-old daughter who is a beginner. So it’s playing these songs recorded by session musicians, and she’s supposed to play along. I don’t know if this is too challenging for her, and I don’t want to put her off. Any suggestions about how to get started? Maybe just finding a chord that fits and play rhythms along to it?

[@jasonsioco5667]

I'm a loner and I'm usually bullied, marginalized, and ostracized in school. My family members and relatives are general people and not musicians. I'm usually trolled in forums and generally online. Looper pedal and making jam tracks on a DAW works for me better.

[@GlenJHB]

Thanks Justin. Two other options are triads and call and response over a jam track

[@Basebollbatboy]

Keep up the good work Justin!

[@rysosa7582]

You are one of the best guitar teacher in the entire world!!!

[@lowercentenary]

Excellent

[@ambarishroul7278]

The most important lesson

[@PaArmyVet]

Solid advice

[@williammassi567]

Great advice as usual.

[@antonij9869]

Always excellent advice, thank you

[@soci.3879]

#1 tip for jamming is always ask them if they fancy to have a play

[@lukebridge3019]

Bros waffling so much about finding someone to play with 😂

[@jasminduncanson1557]

These are great tips

[@Veloce2000]

Teacher Justin. I'd like your opinion on somthin here on Timing-) i play "spot on' with a backing track, in a full band with drums & bassist or solo play & sing, However, i'm told my timing is off when i'm jamming with a few other guitar players without drums or bass. I hav a habit of "altering a song" e.g. A standard G&R Sweet Child O'mine to a mellow acoustic ballad. And it is here when the guirar players say i'm" too slow or too fast". Q.What/Who is the pronlem here???

[@rcolang1]

excellent, what is that guitar Justin?

[@chrisa3961]

to discuss what you play in advance is a very good idea. otherwise it's always 12 bar blues :-)

[@michaelchimeno5310]

Jamming on 12 b blues, is always best when everybody shows up totally unprepared!

[@cdusty308]

Thanks for all the great advice Justin. You are the man. If you are ever in the Denver area give me a shout for a jam.

[@FutureOmega]

Justin thanks for posting this content. If you had $1400 to spend on a new used acoustic - what would you recommend? Figure can get better quality $1400 used vs $1400 new? What do you think?

[@vktzao]

New subscriber

[@bluefender9489]

Great video. More about psychology than guitar but that is the benefit of experience.

[@venkatbalachandra5965]

Justin, you're the guy I started learning guitar from and today I'm an intermediate guitarist and you're still the only teacher I've ever learnt from. So could you please make a lesson on 'I don't need no doctor' by John Mayer. Please!!!!!!!!!

[@hinditoons1655]

That dog, I thought was an instrument, which you are trying to play 😂

[@sakshamjha2600]

which guitar is this?

[@rbushlow]

Hi Justin, love your lessons. Do you have a lesson about how to play "Back on the chain gang" by The Pretenders?

[@justinguitar]

Thanks for the suggestion. There’s a song request feature (plus 600+ song lessons) here: www.justinguitar.com/songs Cheers 😊 | Richard_close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Approved Teacher

[@johnjullien]

Good Tassie Boy.🇦🇺

[@scotter23]

Ziggy is the best!

[@justinguitar]

🐶

[@stuartarnold4495]

sound advice, and there are good days and bad days. I try with youtube.

[@Pavel_Franta]

why you hold guitar? :D

[@jacksonhana360]

Wish I could find someone to jam with!

[@nick11927]

The intro in the video says Thumb Muting by mistake!

[@seanfrank32]

I don't know if I'll ever be ready to jam with somebody. Everything goes out the window for me as soon as I try to play in front of somebody.

[@darrennoriel5693]

Shoutout to Toronto!!! If anyone is in the GTA looking for a jam buddy, I’m all for it. Leave a reply below :)

[@GuitarsandDrones]

I’m in Toronto Justin, when u wanna meet up 😊👍🇨🇦

[@johnhackett1010]

docendo discimus, we teach in order to learn

[@NiklasMalmqvist]

I would never ever let anybody hear me play anything.....or I should say TRY to play anything. Because after 12 years of "playing" the guitar, I still can't play anything....and Im still struggling with open chords...

[@practicerepobarrie]

Jam on my channel, learn some songs then contact a friend and ask them to come over and show them the channel, it can bridge the connection on deciding what to play and how to play it. Justin this was what I've been trying to do for years. To help get people to come together and jam. Help them learn and give them a way to stay motivated and grow as a guitar player. Thanks to you, because of your channel many years ago I have learned enough to help others in a way that I can help them. Please come visit me, maybe you can put a good word in for me. I'm not out to be a teacher - I just want to help inspire people to keep playing. To become a guitar player for life and not just to learn a riff or two.

[@pouyan_m]

Real musicians play alone A lie I used to tell myself for a long time and I regret it 😳

[@myguitarjourneymikerogers5015]

Anyone in York PA up for a Jam?

[@keithreames8018]

No mention of jamming with a singer?

[@deliberate570]

I didn't see you play that guitar your holding once

[@JuicyLeek]

If you can play along to a recording and contribute something to it that sounds good, you're probably good enough to jam to a human playing the same thing.

[@peterfinkill8098]

Difficult to get together with others in these Covid-19 lockdown times...

[@b-radg916]

FaceTime works fairly well (or Zoom or something along those lines).

[@peterfinkill8098]

@@b-radg916 Thanks. Unfortunately too much latency for it to be viable.

[@littlenyna1942]

“Hello simply guitar app… again.”

[@lukeorlando4814]

Was the first three minutes of this video meant to be a “dating for guitars ad” front-lining your forum as a platform?

[@northof50now]

Only if you, subconsciously, want to date a guitar.

[@cannedbread1955]

Unfortunately, I dont have any friends to Jam with.

[@gurlandherguitar]

I know what you mean.

[@b-radg916]

You might be surprised. I bet you know some people who you don’t know they play. I’d put it out to your social media friends.

[@arieswaters]

Man I don't know anyone I work with a lot of people and I'm always asking people no one ever plays. And the few friends that I have don't play at all.

[@JohnDoe-jc3cl]

Suggestion: Just take your guitar out in public. Somebody who’s good enough with come up to you. Even if you’re playing your electric and it’s not plugged in. “ 80 % of success is showing up “ Woody Allen

[@Rainy679]

I want so much to jam with someone. That I created a guitar club. I met lots of people. It died down but I made a friend and we jam together one fortnight

[@xoxokaye13]

I don't have friends who play guitar.

[@Truthcries54]

You could have just put the guitar aside to talk. Waited the whole video to c u showing how to jam

[@tonygarner3942]

I don’t have any friends 😢

[@ThomasNorthener]

Not unusual these days, it seems 😒 Well I don’t know why, maybe people aren't looking for friends very much, because they got a lot of other stuff to spend time with or maybe people just don't want to sacrifice/compromise for the friendship. Anyway I hope you find some friends or atleast one very good friend, if you want one.

[@Khalid.F95]

not norm macdonald

[@aaronanderson6586]

Every time i try to jam people call me gay boy :(

[@ctrl_alt_delete735]

What a load of waffle

[@kieron8113]

any1 want to jam with me

[@kieron8113]

@jacob26 where ar eyou

[@kieron8113]

@jacob26 england

[@kieron8113]

@jacob26 unlucky

[@brettculton5298]

Sadly, clickbait! How not who to jam with.

[@lawrencedeans1433]

Do you have a computer chip on your fretting hand linked by a cable up your arm to your brain 🧠 lol

[@hesamsheykh3007]

All talk and no show. This is for 13 year olds not for everyone