A lot of guitar players seem to lose the fire in guitar playing after some time learning how to.
This is a very common occurrence for guitar players.
Everyone just seems to hit a wall at one point in their guitar playing lives.
This could even happen to you.
It might already be happening that is why you're reading this now.
At one point in your guitar playing life, you start to lose the interest once you feel that you have stopped getting better or making progress with your guitar playing.
So how exactly do you maintain the drive for guitar playing? First, you need to find out what exactly has made you stop wanting to play the guitar.
The first year or months of learning can really push you to excel since you can easily see that you are making some progress.
It's like being in a new place, learning different things.
You are really able to enjoy the learning experience.
You get to find out what major and minor chords are.
You learn licks, riffs and other stuff that really get you interested.
But after all these, what's next? It can be really easy to track your progress during the earlier parts of learning to play the guitar.
It's easy to know that last week, you were able to learn what a major chord is.
This week, you are learning what minor chords are.
Last week, you were learning barre chords.
This week you're trying to perfect your hammer-on.
After you've learned all the basics, you feel that you just hit a dead end.
It gets a lot more difficult to notice how much progress you've made after you learn all the basics.
On your own, it can be pretty difficult to track the improvement you have made.
And of course, you have to think of something to get you motivated and playing that guitar once again.
And here are three easy steps you can do to help you get that fire burning bright again.
First, you need to determine what you already know about guitar playing.
Write them down on a notebook.
This will be able to help you determine how far you have already gone when it comes to guitar playing.
Take everything down - theories, techniques, ear training, listening skills, tone, scales, and everything else that you can think of.
Make sure that you have it listed down on your notebook.
After listing what you already know, start listing what stuff you still want to learn.
By this time, you should have realized that there are tons of other things that you still do not know about guitar playing.
Take this down on your notebook as well.
And make sure that you put some time in achieving your goals.
The third and last step is to put some time in reviewing that list.
Check off those that you have accomplished.
And replace the accomplished ones with new goals.
Don't feel bad if you were not able to complete all your goals.
You can always take them on in the next weeks.
There's no pressure anyway.
And lastly, check off which goals you have completed in your list.
This is a good way for you to be able to track your progress.
If you were not able to finish all your goals for the week, then you can carry them over to the next week and replace the completed ones with new and fresh goals.
These steps will be able to help you see how far you have gone and how much you need to learn when it comes to guitar playing.
This will also tell you that all the efforts you are putting are paying off.
Progress, no matter how little it is, is still progress.