About learning guitar, a middle-aged man’s immature advice
Things are just as you imagine. This is the sequel to the previous article about fitness advice written by Wei Xiaodi. The neatly formed phalanx of middle-aged and elderly people always exudes a pleasant sadness.
Things are now very different from the situation at the beginning of the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China more than 30 years ago. At that time, children holding guitars were called "social youth", which is translated as " Hooligan>.
Nowadays, a boy who claims to be a literary youth or a middle-aged man who pretends to be a boy, in addition to talking about how the deconstructionist philosophical system, the classical music of the Romantic period, and the Venetian School of Painting have shaped his own life that is difficult to clearly define. Apart from the trajectory of life, if you can play a little bit more guitar and barely play and sing "Southern Girl", you can lead a group of fans straight to the peak of pleasure.
Of course, the evolution of public opinion is not that rapid. Even in the eyes of the literary youth group, compared with classical instruments such as piano, playing guitar is still a bit "social youth" and is treated as an outsider. Asked:
Do you like music? Do you know any musical instrument?
This one... knows a little bit about guitar...
Still a bit naughty.
About motivation
Nothing affects the overall situation. Under the visual impact of various music talent shows, more and more people are learning guitar, across all age groups. I am so wasted. The four-knife amateur who has been a one-fifth bottle of vinegar for many years will also receive the urge to learn piano and various inquiries expressed by more than three friends every year.
Without being forced by all kinds of monsters and monsters, the motivation for actively wanting to learn any craft is one of the three permutations and combinations of envy, jealousy, and hatred, without exception. .
Now is the era when folk singers are popular. It is only natural that I envy the way they sing with their guitars in hand and want to do the same thing.
Of course, there are also many situations where the hatred of seeing the pimple-faced idiot in the next class easily wooing girls just because he knows a little guitar prompts people to pick up the guitar.
Very good, no matter what, have a motive.
About the guitar
A "guitar" under 300 yuan (rare quotation marks are used), except that the movement of this product sounds like the ones in the songs of Zhi, Li, Ye and Lei. Not only is it completely different, but more importantly, it feels anti-human.
This object, commonly known as the practice piano, is the most important reason why beginners give up learning guitar within a month.
With enough motivation and determination, we picked up such a piano with murderous intent and prepared to have a big fight. After fifteen minutes, our fingers lost feeling, and then our outlook on life collapsed, we doubted life, weary of the world and depression, and then I didn’t want to touch that piece of wood, but that night I dreamed of myself playing and singing handsomely. I woke up and vowed to take it. Then fifteen minutes later, I lost consciousness again, collapsed, doubted, and was world-weary. I cursed the piece of wood... and so on. After repeating it several times, I feel completely free and relaxed, and I have nothing to do with the guitar in this life. (Of course, a very small number of destined people will break through this magical barrier with extremely touching perseverance and eventually become masters. They are not within the scope of today’s discussion)
Yes, most people who give up have this mental journey. , so, be kind to yourself, buy a good piano, abandon the idea of changing pianos after your skills are improved (actually it is more of a waste of money), and choose the most expensive one within your ability for the first piano, for example, you have free control My capital is 3,000 yuan, so go to the idiot in the next class to borrow 500 yuan to buy a 3,500 yuan piano.
If you have 20,000 yuan, then buy a 20,000 yuan piano. Friends who know the beauty king Xu Cen may remember that when he started learning to play fingerstyle guitar at the age of 26, he borrowed a I bought Lowden with the money, 47,000, second-hand. (Of course, just like burning headphones and audio equipment, the more expensive the piano, the lower the cost performance. It is by no means a 100% improvement in all aspects of a piano worth 20,000 yuan compared to a piano worth 10,000 yuan. As for whether the concept of "cost-effectiveness" is reasonable, Let’s discuss it later. )
I came up with the idea of learning piano when I was still young. At that time, I had about 35 yuan of funds at my disposal. Finally, with a flood of emotions, I got the idea from my mother. I cheated out 400 yuan and bought a Xingchen brand acoustic guitar, which was the most expensive in the music store at that time. The sound of the instrument was not good, but it felt quite good. I practiced the instrument without any danger of losing my outlook on life, and everything went smoothly. Passed the beginner stage.
Yes, buying a good piano is the first step to successfully learn the guitar. At the same time, spending a lot of money will increase the pain index of giving up midway, increase the daily income of the impulse to learn the piano, and increase the retention rate of the next month. .
About basic skills
If the purpose of learning the piano is to be able to play a few popular songs and occasionally confuse the girl, refer to my home-made steel-making secrets from the past. It can be as fast as two weeks and as slow as Then general playing and singing can be achieved within one month.
I had no teacher to guide me at that time, and I was so eager to play and sing that I was constipated. I finally decided to break down the commonly used chords one by one. I first became familiar with the fingering of each one, and then started to practice switching between the two, with my eyes straight. Gou stared at his left hand lifting up from C, switching to Am in the air, and pressing it again. It was very sad. In this way, he practiced for more than five hours a day (during the summer vacation) and retreated for ten days. He learned the conversion of six triads in the key of C. , combined with a capo and academic works such as "100 Popular Guitar Songs to Play and Sing", you can perform general playing and singing. In theory, all playing and singing.
Things will never be that simple. Homemade steelmaking has great limitations. Generally speaking, there will be no further improvement after learning, and it can only stay at the non-constipation stage. If you want to learn seriously, you still have to start with the basic skills. (Various grid-climbing exercises, right-hand and left-hand coordination exercises, musical scales, mold progression...) From the beginning of practice, you can control your fingers and play wherever you point.
It is best to have a reliable teacher to guide you when practicing basic skills. You will avoid many dead ends. After I met a very good teacher, I lost my hands and practiced basic skills from scratch for half a year. The progress is certainly considerable, enough to make other friends who are stuck at the six-chord stage open their mouths.
While learning basic skills, you should also learn some basic music theory knowledge, understand what you are playing, why you play it like this, why this chord is followed by that chord, whether it is more interesting to change other chords, etc.
According to the current popular saying, it is deliberate practice that leaves the comfort zone, often playing and thinking about things that you don’t know, and constantly moving up the level. The western way of saying it is to strive to enter a higher level.
There is an ugly point in human nature here: standing at a higher level and smiling at those who play and sing blindly is pleasant and gives a sense of superiority.
Ultimate Care
The destructive power of this phrase is quite terrifying, and countless people have fallen in front of it.
When Xu Cen borrowed money to buy 47,000 yuan, Lowden started staying up late to practice fingerstyle at the age of 26, so that he was repeatedly late and was asked to quit by his company. He probably would not have imagined that a set of fingerstyle tutorials he recorded would be in Taobao sales revenue can exceed one million.
When Liu Shen Lei Lei hid in bed and watched Snow Shooting the White Deer over and over again as a boy, he probably only thought that a few years later he would become a successful entrepreneur in the self-media industry by writing about Jin Yong.
In fact, if you have two hours of free time after work, it is better to spend two hours frowning and worrying about your salary, future, and when you will achieve financial freedom. Compared with what you like, it will not make any beneficial improvement in your situation. At best, it will only add two more hours of anxiety.
The same goes for the middle-aged and elderly Internet practitioners at the bottom, who seem to be at the end of their rope. Instead of scratching their heads and restlessly, it is better to be patient and learn some skills.
Whether it is a "proper career" or not is just like fashion. This year's country style may become a trend pioneer in five years.
After all, believing that feng shui will turn around is the ultimate way of self-salvation.
Come here first? I’ll break it down next time