Comments on: 7 Ways To Get Your Guitar Playing Out of a Rut https://www.myrareguitars.com/7-ways-to-get-your-guitar-playing-out-of-a-rut All about rare & vintage guitars, guitar amps, fx pedals and more! Sun, 09 May 2021 21:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 By: Sam https://www.myrareguitars.com/7-ways-to-get-your-guitar-playing-out-of-a-rut#comment-1129053 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:58:27 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=4617#comment-1129053 I find that simply playing songs, instead of going through the daily ritual of technical exercises, helps me get out of a rut. There are so many guitar lessons on YouTube or apps like Tab Pro that practically every song you’ve ever listened to on the radio is out there. If I already know a song, I just play along. If I don’t know the song, I learn it. I may not be “progressing” in a technical sense, but I am having fun playing and learning music.

]]> By: Victor Levy https://www.myrareguitars.com/7-ways-to-get-your-guitar-playing-out-of-a-rut#comment-298241 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:33:17 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=4617#comment-298241 Almost 30 yrs of playing here. I have been through these ruts and used the very same techniques you suggest – particularly listening to all different kinds of music.

Sometimes, I need to put the guitar down for a couple of days – let my “well of creativity” fill up again – allow myself to get re-inspired and to do so, listening to something completely out of my comfort zone or something I haven’t heard in ages really works well.

Keep jamming!

]]> By: Cigarro https://www.myrareguitars.com/7-ways-to-get-your-guitar-playing-out-of-a-rut#comment-297647 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:21:57 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=4617#comment-297647 I either buy or build a new guitar. That get’s me excited about playing again.

]]> By: chrisgeo https://www.myrareguitars.com/7-ways-to-get-your-guitar-playing-out-of-a-rut#comment-297513 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:49:48 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=4617#comment-297513 I am one that did get in serious rut and stopped playing for almost 10 years. I was in-between bands and just wasn’t enjoying it. For me it became just like any job and since it wasn’t paying the bills it was hard to stay focused. I regret greatly not powering through it. These tips would have been invaluable back then. I have since returned to playing although my chops are no longer what they used to be. That being said I now play for the shear pleasure of playing. I think that is a big factor in getting into ruts. People forget that its supposed to be enjoyable. It becomes a chore. Don’t let it become tedious. Silly as it sounds I rediscovered my love of playing by playing children’s songs my kids liked. I found myself tweeking and transposing them and just having a great time.thanks for posting this a lot of players should take your advise.

]]> By: wasim https://www.myrareguitars.com/7-ways-to-get-your-guitar-playing-out-of-a-rut#comment-297509 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:45:35 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=4617#comment-297509 Absolutely spot on thanks

]]> By: Tom Clark https://www.myrareguitars.com/7-ways-to-get-your-guitar-playing-out-of-a-rut#comment-185344 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:56:16 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=4617#comment-185344 Glad you guys like my post! I am always trying to inspire players around the world to just pick up the guitar, and remember how much you loved it at a time in your life.

Another point to add to this list would be to watch films that move you. Stimulating your mind with a different medium is great from time to time. Any questions please email me and I would love to help 🙂

Thanks,

Tom

]]> By: Roscoe https://www.myrareguitars.com/7-ways-to-get-your-guitar-playing-out-of-a-rut#comment-177850 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 04:30:34 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=4617#comment-177850 Practice! i am a fiend when it comes to practice (4 to 6 hrs a day). Ruts come from not having anything new to say with your axe. Repetition, improv, Sound settings, and hard work will keep you out of ruts. i haven’t been in one for 35 years. If you just do your gigs and practice very little, expect them constantly.

]]> By: Tim https://www.myrareguitars.com/7-ways-to-get-your-guitar-playing-out-of-a-rut#comment-175873 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:07:44 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=4617#comment-175873 When I get in a writing rut, I like to take a break from the guitar. For example, instead of playing every day, I will take two days off. It is amazing how two days of not playing will open up some new directions when you play again.

I second learning a new technique as well. Maybe sweep picking or arpeggios, triad runs, diads, etc. are not something you have developed. It seems to me that even after many years of playing, there is always a new technique I have not mastered or don;t use much in my playing.

Thanks for the tips!

]]> By: ETURTLE https://www.myrareguitars.com/7-ways-to-get-your-guitar-playing-out-of-a-rut#comment-175860 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:11:44 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=4617#comment-175860 THANK YOU MUCH!, WILL SHARE THIS VALUEABLE INFORMATION! YAH BLESS YOU and YOURS!!! Cheerful Art (ETURTLE) E.T. SOUNDS and LIGHTS

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