Why You Should Avoid Muscle Memory on Guitar

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[@RNogueras]

Thank you Allen! It's just so hard to play slowly (if the piece is fast) because we want to make it sound as it should (at the correct speed).

[@gardenolagth2020]

This was a great tip!

[@dalesparks7647]

Fantastic advice, I like to visualise the score bar by bar in my mind as I learn a new piece=commit it to memory

[@TheHarmonacker]

I think muscle memory is great for little parts of pieces and common patterns that can be reused for many songs.

[@deanfeldman2505]

Thanks

[@uberjam-sam8512]

Great lesson. It seems obvious but it's not or wasn't for me anyway.

[@nicolasjaramillo225]

thanks, I'll try it

[@GuitarNTheCar]

Everyone learns differently.

[@herman29958]

I do play a lot with muscle memory and I hate it. Sometimes I sort of forget and cannot continue playing the piece anymore and have to start playing it from the beginning all again in order to be able to continue. It is horrible and that is when I realize that I don't even know what I am playing. I wish I could play like those guitar players who play by ear and never get this problem.

[@chuckbosio2924]

Stanley Yates suggests that you play very slowly at first.

[@user-sf8rg4sf7x]

When I play (Not practicing) is it possible to rely on the theoretical memory instead of just relying on muscle and vision memory. Because I when I practice and learning new material I find it good to keep it slow and rely on my theoretical memory and knowing what actuall notes I'm playing and what their relation is but when I perform or playing my mind is automatically relying on muscle and vision memory - is it ok? or should I focus on the strength of the other memory types until I'll be able to use them in real time playing?

[@SlavaKulchytski]

In my age I’ve only got a muscle memory left… But it works)

[@annanikia7949]

I believe in aural and visual memory!

[@Craig77775]

Hello Whats the title of the piece playing at the end of this video

[@gyaniadmi2347]

How play by ear? Or how to create melody that we make in our head?

[@WillyPDX94]

One helpful skill in learning to play melodies by ear is to focus on hearing intervals between two notes. Start with the simplest half-step and whole step intervals both up and down in pitch from your starting point. Go slowly and listen to the difference in those two intervals. When you can easily recognize half-step and whole step intervals anywhere on the fingerboard (which shouldn't take long), then expand to wider intervals. Every interval has a unique sound that you can identify once you start paying attention. Pretty soon you can move from one melody note to the next by hearing the interval in your head. Eventually, like anything we practice, it becomes more fluid and natural. Before you know it, you'll be able to play any simple melody line purely by hearing the interval relationship. In order to play complex or rapid melodies, you may have to slow them down when you listen, but eventually you'll get to a point where it's easy to translate even the most complex passages simply by listening and translating that to interval movements.

[@kentosalazar]

so basically dont start with muscle memory focused practice