Breaking bad habits?

[Jesse Salmons]

Ive been playing guitar for close to 10 years, im started when i was 12, im 21 now. Now that i finally have time (work has been crazy) to follow the site and use the lessons, im noticing a lot of bad habits especially with my alternate picking! So my question is, do i just break the bad habits by powering through practice and slowing way down? Or is there another way?

 

[Adin Shepherd]

Play slowly, play deliberately really focusing on playing 'the new way' and build bit by bit. Overwriting the old muscle memory can be a bit of a task.

 

[Dominik Gräber]

Yeah, Just See it as a totally "new" exercise. Start slowly and you'll notice it's gonna be a little uncomfortable at first. But you will get there pretty quick.

If I have to get used to a new Thing I try to get the Basic fingering and Motion down and then I practice it while watching a movie for example. It's pretty effective

 

[idssdi]

The best way to break bad habits is to treat it like you're starting from.the beginning. It can be a little bit hard to do so but it's definetely worth it! So yes, go slow with a metronome and gradually increase speed.

 

[Rute Rodrigues]

Yes, what they said is totally right. Go slow, use the metronome and increase when you feel comfortable. Good luck!

 

[Jesse Salmons]

thank you everyone! Im just going to take my time and slow things way down! I look forward to sharing my progress with everyone

 

[Ezequiel Romanko]

Yeah do it slowly, the most comon reason for bad habits is dont take the time to learn it perfect and rushing through things

 

[Matt Wildman]

I have found that slowing it down and play stupid and I mean stupid slow is the only way to break habits. Good luck dude!

 

[Sayonil Mitra]

it takes effort to break bad practices (or any habits). So be patient. I had some bad habits. To break them, I started playing slowly and deliberately kept my pace very slow. seems to work for me