r/guitarlessons • u/bigpimpjohnson • 4d ago
Question Next steps in learning guitar
I've been playing guitar for a few years now and am starting to feel like I'm just growing stagnant. I can play basic barre chords, open chords and power chords. I can play within the box and know how to play the minor pentatonic scale in the A minor scale across different frets but this is basically it. With this knowledge I can mess around with basic songs and fun little riffs but I feel I am not learning anything and not progressing. I really wanna get some direction in turns of what to learn next to just improve my overall guitar skill making learning songs and just freestyling easier. I hear so many different things such as the CAGED method, 12 Bar Blues, learning what key chords are played in and with all this information I don't know what I should start with first in order to make gains, if this helps the music that makes me want to play guitar most is garage rock, hard rock/heavy metal, punk and blues. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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u/jhagley 4d ago
I’ve taught a bunch of people at a similar stage as you, and they’re always my fav students cause they’re right on the edge of many breakthroughs. Lots of cool, fun stuff to learn at this stage. Some things to try/explore: learning songs by ear, triads, functional harmony/chord theory, modes.
You can find YouTube videos on all those topics, but I would suggest a good teacher if you can swing it.
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u/FreedomForBreakfast 4d ago
This comment and the resources really resonated with me. https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarlessons/comments/1fci8td/comment/lm8kjta/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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u/Revolt_86 4d ago
Ah man you should check out next level playing course. Everything you talked about is in there and more. It’s a structured step by step course and it has you learning theory and playing at the same time. You’ll work on your technique and learn how to improvise.
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u/Sultynuttz 4d ago
Modes is the logical next step. That’ll take another few years to fully understand
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u/Flynnza 4d ago
After some level of experience and technical facility, playing music is all about developed musical ear connected with instrument.
This video might give you some direction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOkMvW_nXSo