五個吉他手初學者最常犯的錯誤
1. 沒有設立目標
很多人決定要發憤認真練習的時候，卻不知道自己該練什麼，或是練習怎麼也沒有明顯進步。這有可能是沒有定立目標的關係，每次練習都有明確目標讓我們達成。而如何設定目標也十分重要，例如：
「我要成為一個出色的吉他手。」 這個目標太大且太抽象。
最好的練習目標不需要太大，而是要夠具體和清晰，像「我要學會彈這首歌。」，甚至可以再將目標分解成更小的練習階段。
例如「我要學會彈這首歌」這個目標為例，我們可以再把它拆成：
－學會左右手技巧
－認識這首歌的和弦
－練習這首歌的主旋律
2. 沒有選擇有意義或合適自己的練習
有兩類人，第一人類在練吉他的時候，只不斷地重複學過的曲子或熟悉的段落，這不能當作是在「練吉他」，這只是在「彈吉他」。練習需要突破舒適圈，應感到有一點挑戰。
另一類人常傾向於練習更難的東西，而不是打好基礎。大家常常練習很經典的歌，但這不會是你一開始就能學的東西。
你可以經過無數的練習後，成功把這首歌練好，但你不會有好的技巧跟基礎，所以你需要很多簡單的歌曲，讓你自己發現並徹底精通歌曲中的內容，像是基本的開放和弦、節奏的刷法和編曲等。
3. 過度追求彈奏速度
人類總有些少自負的天性，總是被吉他演奏中的快速樂句以及撥掃等炫目的技術所吸引。
而我們亦希望能夠彈奏出快速樂句，但草率的速彈沒有任何意義，放慢你的速度，你會發覺演奏中的細節，並且掌握真正的技術，這樣才是真正的學習。要有足夠的基礎才可以在技術上有穩健的提升。
通過慢慢彈奏增強您的肌肉記憶、手指力量和控制力，由慢開始練習再逐漸加快速度。
4. 沒有調準音
調好音絕對是在演奏之前最重要也最基本的一件事情。而時下有非常多的調音工具，包括傳統的調音器、手機 APP 等，即使是沒有調音概念的初學者，也可以輕易上手。
當音準成爲問題的時候，你該停止一切的練習或彈奏，你要為聽眾的耳朵著想。調音器絕對是吉他手的基本設備，初學者也需要通過它培養出正確的音感。
5. 忽視節奏，對不到拍？
也就是太專注於手臂刷弦的上下動作，而不是對在拍子上，並且試著在彈奏時用腳打拍子，將節拍內化到身體裡，藉此自然地刷在正確的拍點上。
例如：有一個刷弦的刷法，G和弦常用的刷法：下、下上、上下，其中有一個拍點我們不會去刷到，也就是第三拍的正拍，所以如果你的腳有在打拍子的話，會有一拍你的腳有踩，但是你的手不用刷。
如果你不小心漏刷了某拍，你仍必須保持手臂的慣性動作。
觀衆們永遠只會跟著你的節奏而搖擺，節奏是音樂的基本要素。並且，吉他大師們都花很多時間在創作吉他節奏Riff上。
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Five most common mistakes made by beginner guitarists
1. No goals set
When many people decide to practice seriously, they don't know what to practice, or there is no obvious improvement in practice. This may be because they didn’t set any goal. Each practice should have a clear goal for us to achieve. And how to set goals is also very important, such as:
"I want to be a great guitarist." This goal is too big and too abstract.
The best practice goal does not need to be too big, but to be specific and clear, like "I want to learn to play this song." It can even be broken down into smaller practice stages.
For example, the goal of "I want to learn to play this song", we can break it down into:
－Learn left and right hand skills
－Recognize the chords of this song
－Practice the main melody of this song
2. Did not choose meaningful or suitable exercises
There are two types of people. For the first type when they were practicing guitar, they only kept repeating the songs or familiar passages they had learned. This can't be regarded as "practicing the guitar", this is just "playing the guitar." Practice needs to break through the comfort zone and should feel a little challenging.
The other type of people tend to practice harder things instead of laying a solid foundation. People often practice classic songs, but this is not something you can learn from the beginning.
You can successfully practice this song after countless practice, but you will not have good skills and foundation, so you need a lot of simple songs, so that you can discover and thoroughly master the content of the song, such as basic Open chords, rhythm strumming and arrangement, etc.
3. Excessive pursuit of playing speed
Humans have a somewhat conceited nature, and are always attracted by the fast phrases and dazzling techniques of the guitar playing.
And we also want to be able to play fast, but sloppy shredding is meaningless. If you slow down, you will discover the details in the performance and master the real technique, and this is the real learning. There must be a sufficient foundation to be able to have a steady improvement in technique.
Enhance your muscle memory, finger strength and control by playing slowly. Start practicing slowly and then gradually increase your speed.
4. No tuning
Tuning the sound is definitely the most important and basic thing before playing. Nowadays, there are a lot of tuning tools, including traditional tuner, mobile phone APP, etc., even beginners without tuning concepts can easily get started.
When intonation becomes a problem, you should stop all practice or playing, and you should consider the ears of the audience. Tuner is definitely the basic equipment for guitarists, and beginners also need to develop the correct sense of sound through it.
5. Ignore the rhythm
That is too much focus on the up and down movements of the arm strumming the strings instead of on the beat, and try to follow the beat with your feet while playing, internalize the beat into the body, so as to naturally strumming on the correct beat point.
For example: there is a strumming method commonly used for G chord: down, down, up, and down. There is one of the beat points that we will not brush, that is the third beat, so if your feet If you are tapping, there will be a tap on your foot, but your hands do not need to be strumming.
If you accidentally miss a beat, you must still maintain the inertial motion of your arm.
The audience will always only sway with your rhythm, which is the basic element of music. Moreover, guitar masters spend a lot of time on creating guitar rhythm Riff.
