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Writer's pictureNate Savage

Slow Practice vs. Practice With No Mistakes



Hi fam, 


Do you practice guitar slowly when you are learning a new song, or do you practice with the goal of making no mistakes? This topic came up in the 12-week accountability Guitar Fam Growth Group that we recently finished up. 


Practicing “slowly” can be difficult to maintain for a long period, but practicing with the mentality of making zero mistakes is a little different. I find that practicing this way can cut off quite a bit of the time it takes me to learn a new song. 


I talk about it at length in this video. Let me know your opinion and experience with this topic. If you’ve never tried practicing like this, give it a shot and let us know how it goes. Follow the button below to watch. 


Thanks,

Nate

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I really like this mental shift. I think that is what I do unconsciously. Now I’ll be intentional to do it. I also like to isolate sections and do them over and over until there are smooth transitions and no mistakes. I’ll even play the transitions backward and forward to help with finger memory.

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Hi Nate, when you say playing slowly enough to make no mistakes, do you mean still playing at a regular tempo? Or just slowing down for the bits that are currently challenging?

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Nate Savage
Nate Savage
Sep 20
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At first, I’m talking about playing out of tempo not worrying about anything but accuracy. Once you get that down pretty good, I’d try to do it close to in time yourself with no metronome. Once you can do that, I’d introduce a metronome pretty slowly then ramp it up slowly.


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