I love the pep talk on practice and mastery ... reminds me of a girl whose mother wanted her to be a doctor and she said "I'll be 29 before I get out of medical school and start a practice" and the mother said" you're going to be 29 no matter what, might as well be 29 and be a doctor" LOL
These are my favorite videos from Claus. Those relating to more technical aspects like scales, sweep picking and arpeggios are okay, and always top quality. But when Claus coach us in setting goals, direct thoughts, manage time, find the right motivation and tap the most inner, hidden and uncharted resourses of ours, he's really unique. And engaging in his presentations.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart Claus! You're out there alongside Guthrie Govan when it comes to motivation. I can sincerely say that every single one of your lessons has taught me something that helped me somehow!
Claus ... I have been tried 2 previous guitar teachers before trying several of your courses. All I can say is you are the absolute truth. After 2 years of learning you gave me the biggest aha moment and NOW I know how to practice correctly and after 2 weeks of using your speed infusion course. I am truly amazed at myself. ... Claus is the truth. Just what he gives us on youtube is priceless. ... I appreciate you Claus. 💪
How this guy figured this out so clearly enough to teach this I will never no. Nobody is going to share this with you. To be honest at 50 I can tell you 90% of players don’t ever want you to be better then them!!
Great content. Valuable lessons with no need of scales up and down, shredding, overdrive… Things one will not get from many guitar channels around. Thanks Claus !!!
I played my first gig last month. Ever since then, my brain believes we’re going to do it again, and so my practice has become more focused. It’s the project oriented practice that is the most sharp.
3:55 ...that specific explanation or *"highlighting"* on how *subconscious* the things you are learning (in terms of technical abilities), how deeply engraved those skills need to be at some point (and definitely can be) in a "best-Case-Scenario". *That instantly reminded me on this (in my opinion) "Legendary" Clip/ Footage of Guthrie Govan* when he was teaching some people in a Café on *how LEGATO works, how to do apply it into your Playing and how "flawless" and almost not worth mentioning to do it could be...* playing absolutely clean & smooth sounding *Legato Run* + *holding a Cup of Coffee in the other Hand & drinking it simultaneously while still talking to his Audience...* 🤟🤣 🎸 When I watched this Clip the first time, I couldn't unterstand "whats so special" about the Situation... later, when I already was a few months in after I started learning Guitar seriously & with 120% motivation & passion doing so... I watched it again and it BLEW MY MIND realizing what I saw there 🤯 ...and now, one year later + with a lot more understanding & knowledge in my Bag, I´m still blown away and at the same time even more motivated, striving to reach at least a level of Mastery somewhere near to that if possible 😁🤟 ...anyway I just remembered that impression I had at the time and thought I share this^^ Great Video, absolutely helpful from my perspective (and for me personally). Thanks :D ~Det
Very true .... Great content , i try to make challenges , then conquer them , untill it's done without extra thought , and it's muscle memory , but I still need to know more about the fret board .... Next challenge ... Great video ! Thanks !
I love your video's. From time to time I loose my motivation. Getting better also results in a stagnation of the learning curve. Your video's help me to understand the logic of that stagnation and how to break through and open a new path in the further progress.
Hey Claus. I don't know if you remember me but my name is Boone and we used to chat frequently here on RU-vid probably 11 or 12 years ago. Glad to see you're still shredding! I still do as well. Hope you are well.
Thank you Claus! This is a must watch in the guitar community. Working on a month to month goal plan to play voodoo child well. Love the mental direction you lay out for us. No point to practice for mediocrity! Cheers!
It depends at which level a guitarist is at. For a beginner I start them learning string jumping & alternate picking by having them learn the intro to "Don't Fear the Reaper" for hand synchronization, right hand skills and to just tap the top of the string. Also, a great deal of basic standard rock songs so that they feel musical quickly. There's more to it if you consider equipment knowledge.
Thanks for the great insight, Claus! You always inspire me when I watch your videos and the concept of the "project" really head home with me. In fact, I started implementing that on something I'm working on today!
Enjoying your videos immensely. My life with guitars is too long to mention here, but I had to give up guitar playing for several years and now have some physical restraints to overcome. I'm afraid I will never reach the level of speed I once had. I think I may have to adjust my style to something a bit more toned down. I would like to see a video on how to find and know your limitations. I think everyone has a different limit for various reasons. Is it possible to be able to identify your personal limit and stay within that realm?
cannot tell you the importance of this video. you are like my guitar psychologist and have helped me as a beginner...you are awesome brother!! "don't practice to practice. practice to play " ps: it's 11:35pm on a Saturday I am home chilling and after watching this I am off to my garage with a brew and practicing for next few hours 😀
Great stuff, Claus. Really. I have ordered a few of your courses now and am starting to work on them. I have a question if you have time, please. You speak often about transitioning from learning the mechanics of a technique to engaging in repetition wherein isolated focus is no longer required. For example, you talk about doing 100,000 repetitions in front of the TV. How does one evaluate when a specific mechanic has been wired sufficiently such that it can then be taken over the goal line with pure repetition alone? From my perspective, it seems like de-focused repetition in front of the TV would result in more mistakes that I may or may not notice or just may not deliberately refocus on, which could work against me. A related aspect of this is that I don't think I've ever been able to play anything 10 times without making a mistake. So, when is clean enough, "clean enough" such that repetition will serve to iron out inconsistencies rather than reinforce periodic mistakes?
Good stuff, Claus. "just playing songs" is my goal for now. Specifically, getting proficient enough to do an open mic. I get what your saying though. In your football 🏈analogy, it took a moment to get that you were talking about soccer. duh! ⚽
I am working on 5 different things on my guitar these days every day . Is this wrong? I do 20 min of tremolo on classical guitars 20 min of my picking speed etc.... should I remove all those and concentrate on only one until I become master?
When Im learning something new, and I get good at it. Its great. However, good isnt "good" enough. I tend to keep going till I get to "comfortable". If I stop at good, my gains tend to regress much quicker.
It’s the best advice. Even Git didn’t teach this way in the 80’s. They have to fill it full of bs to get your money. Save your cash and learn by this cat!
@@Nozomi8Eli79 I really believe repetition is the is the key, there is no magic bullet, but what the metronome game? Also are saying to record the reps, how does that help?
@@Nozomi8Eli79 I should do that. I would like a Video lesson on tips to memorizing and remembering note ❤️s to songs, not talking improvisation, in the set you have to play at a gig, 12 songs, remember melodies to them.
