Originally Posted by: manuelsoukupHi fellow Guitar learners,

I'm a fresh beginner. Like i never played before and do know nothing about anything. However my biggest problem is motivation and i need goals who i can accomplish to keep me going.

In this respect this site does lack 100% of plan making/motivating. GT Staff! DO Something, even a practice journal on the site would help me (and others)

I would like to see like the "notes" section a "goal" section per lesson who could be integrated in a scheduled trainings plan something like:

Practice this for 5 min,
in the next x lesson as it progresses over time it can be practice the last bit but do it 20 % faster which should mean around x changes per minute or so.. As you can put in numbers and stuff you can create your own trainings plan who drives you to get better over the progression of the course!

Sadly this is not the case and i turn to the forums to get help.

To make it clear, keeping my motivation high/there is hard for me and i need to see (and measure) success so i get a kick. I know that this method is not for anyone and that is fine, but i need it.

It would be super if some ppl who can relate to that would help me build my goal list from the ground up.

For now im in the "change C ang G cord (with rythm)" section and i want to train that but i need a goal otherwise i will just go to the next lesson and not work on that fully.

So how would i make a proper plan to see success ?

My idea so far (for the chord changes)

Day 1 (today)
1. Practice 3 minutes c to g with the intention/focus on hitting the strings and not muting others (slow)
2. Practice 3 minutes to change (normal speed)
3. Try 2. it with rythm
4. Do 2. again
Pause 30 min
Repeat 1-4

So i hope you get what i try to say and can give some advice and help in building a solid practice plan for the guitar fundementals 1.

Also general advice to stay motivated is appreciated.

Thanks

To be honest, I would advise against writing down your practice plan to the minute and perhaps come up with a more generalized set of goals.

I know that for me, one of the single most motivating things is to be able to play songs, so perhaps plan your practice strategy around getting to the point where you can play a song or two.

Try something like a weekly plan:

Week One: Basic Intervals and Chord Changes (memorize intervals and work on open chord changes)

Week Two: Finalize chord changes for the following open chords (Em, G, C, D, A, F)

Week Three: Work on and learn a song using the chords I covered in week 2.

Then you can continue on in three-week segments, using the first week to introduce a topic, the second week to "master" or polish it and the third week to apply it by learning a song.

Hope this helps!