Anyone else with a similar experience?

[Julian Barton]

I am curious if anyone else has a similar story to share about a topic all beginners dread. It is those videos where it says “tutorial” and it’s just someone playing the song at 98% speed instead of full speed for a second time and they call it a tutorial. It is funny to me because I have been watching a friend of mines videos named Mrs. Smith and I have found I am able to follow along (she does this exact thing). I can’t tell if I have trained myself or I just understand the positions better and what notes would be “allowed” to go there. Anyone else have a story about these videos? They used to scare the crap out of me haha.

 

[Jak Angelescu]

I have experienced these kinds of videos. It’s because they don’t know the material well enough to truly teach it. I always say, you think you know something until you have to teach it

 

[Richard O'connor]

I would say that if you find you can follow along then you have improved. But also remember with YouTube you can slow down the videos. It does make them speak slightly wierd but at least you can keep up with the notes easier.

 

[Dominik Gräber]

Yes I know these videos. And if they have tabs while playing it slower, it’s okay. To be honest, sometimes I prefer these types of videos because explaining every detail lasts forever and it makes you lose track easily. At some point I find myself playing the right notes but forgetting the melody. So these videos have their advantages.