Originally Posted by: Slipin LizardWhen learning guitar, don't practice mistakes. Enough proof for you?

Actually, SOMETIMES (and i stress this), it doesn't matter whether you practice mistakes!

For example, when you are first learning something, it's going to be extremely difficult to practice it PERFECT, so you need to take it one step at a time. First focus on the EASIEST thing to get down right. Then, you move on to another aspect of that thing, and then another, then another. At the end, you will have mastered it and be able to execute it perfectly.

For example, when changing chords, there are 4 basic parts to it:

1. Landing with all fingers in the right place.
2. Developing the muscles to move your hand from one part of the fretboard to the other.
3. Playing each string clearly.
4. Changing chords in time.

Your mind would explode if you try to master all of those things at the same time, so I gave multiple strategies so you could target a specific piece at a time. Once you master one easy piece, you build confidence so you can feel better about moving to the next step. If you try to master everything at once, chances are it will be too difficult and you will feel like a failure. So you take it step by step. And build momentum from there.

The "speed training" part I mentioned really does work. All of the things I mentioned works. I've tested it over and over again with different students. BUT ONLY IF THEY ALSO PRACTICE "SQUEEZE AND HOVER"

Squeeze and Hover focuses on the slow, perfect transition between one chord to the next. THEN, there's also the part where you have to SPEED UP that transition. Going really fast here will improve your BRAIN'S POWER to keep up with your hand. That is the specific goal of that exercise.

Again, SOMETIMES it doesn't matter if you make mistakes. Sometimes the goal isn't to build perfect technique, but rather build the mental part so your mind can keep up with your fingers.