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Originally Posted by Scipio  I agree with your general point but I disagree with the idea that the internet cannot provide him with feedback. I think if he's playing hours per day, he should be posting Youtube videos at least biweekly. Or should be a member of some other online community of guitar players and post his videos or recordings for feedback there. However, none of this is world class instruction. He really needs a trained teacher more often. If he's only planning on one lesson per week for one hour, that's like a 1:140 ratio of practice guided by an expert to solitary practice. |
Good points. However, most guitarists that take lessons have extreme discrepancies between the amount of solitary practice versus guided practice. Most of the skill of playing is muscle memory and repetition, and there are thousands of videos by professionals including greats like Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, etc. and these are meant to help guide personal practice. In reality I have all the tools I need for effective practice in the next year; if I find it insufficient I'll go find a teacher at some point.
Andrew, I can't disagree more. When I went to polyphasic it took me two days to get REM sleep on a semi-consistent basis, and after about three or four days I didn't have any sort of fatigue for more than an hour or two a day. Also, when I was polyphasic I was able to go meet people immediately after a nap - sometimes I'd go to sleep wearing the clothes I'd be leaving in! And on the off chance that I had to skip a nap, it was pretty easy to make up for it.