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Mindset

I got caught being a victim of what I have been warning those I was hitting balls with. It is really very hard to change something you have been used to. Learning guitar is also like learning to play tennis. If there is no one to guide you with the correct strokes you will end up acquiring awkward or unorthodox styles. Sometimes it is really not that bad because even with the unusual or ugly looking style some were able to perform very well.

Through some of my journeys in the web I found some video sites like YouTube featuring some musicians playing guitar. Then I tried those who might be playing "Jeux Interdits" (the one I have been trying to learn). Luckily there are a lot of them in that site, but I found out that I have been playing it wrong all that time. Thinking that I can imitate the way they play it, I also found out that it is not that easy. I already develop a habit of playing it differently. Now I am struggling because I want to play it the way they are doing it. In other words I am virtually back to zero with a lot of things to correct and I am not sure if it is possible to correct the way I am playing it.

To describe it, when I play it I usually do it finger by finger while when I saw this good guitar players they are playing them using some chords making the transition smoother. These videos are very good tool to help me correct and improve myself. Although I am aware of this mindset trap, my eagerness to learn the piece prevail upon me. Anyway, now I have something to work on to correct myself.