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PRACTICE LESS, PLAY MORE: The simple, three-step system to play songs you love on your guitar from day 1 Paperback – 1 February 2019

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If you're a Self-Taught Guitarist wanting to play songs without spending all your time practicing, this may be the most important book you ever read...But first a warning: this book is NOT for everyone...

This isn't one of those "practice until your fingers bleed" or "cram confusing theory into your mind" type of guitar instruction books. There are plenty of those available (i.e. practice scales & exercises for hours per day and feel guilty if you don't).

When I first decided to learn to play guitar, I read all the guitar books for beginners and focused on developing a lot of areas like scales, theory, and exercises that promised me one day I'd be able to play the songs I loved.

The problem is, when you approach practice like that, you have a lot of "stuff" to practice, but you usually have no REAL MUSIC to show for it, ending up with what I call Mountain Climber Syndrome. You feel like eventually, your hard work is going to pay off, everything will come together, and you'll finally be able to play songs.

Why not play songs right away instead?

The simple, three-step system in this book requires a slight shift in the way you think about practicing, but leaves you with lots of songs, confidence, and a lifelong skill you can use any time you want to learn the songs you love ON DEMAND.

With that said, let's jump right in...

Practice Less, Play More! is about getting immediate results from your guitar.

This means ONLY focusing on the things that help you play songs (both BEFORE practice & AFTER practice). The idea is to divide your guitar practice into 3 phases:

The first phase focuses on priming your mind so you have the right mindsets & techniques to learn songs quickly and all of the right materials to get the most out of your practice sessions.

The second phase focuses on practice technique, showing you exactly how to break a song down and quickly program each part into your fingers. Far too few guitar practice books explain this clearly!

The final phase focuses on the best mindsets & techniques to use when you switch out of Practice Mode and are actually playing songs, so you can play them as effortlessly as possible and have a blast doing it.

It is called "Practice Less, Play More!", because you are constantly building momentum (and your song Playlist) without having to endure hours of mind-numbing practice. It is actually an easier, less-stressful approach to playing guitar.

Not only that, this book shows you:

How to get songs to performance-quality within days...

You should practice guitar parts over & over until you master them, right? WRONG! (find out why in Chp 7)

How to create a practice routine you enjoy and can actually stick to (even if you have a super busy schedule)

When is the best time to practice for long-lasting results

5 ways to cut your practice time in half and virtually guarantee you make progress each time you pick up your guitar

What to think about while you're playing songs (the answer may surprise you)

How to reduce the amount of mistakes you make and exactly what to do when you make one (most Beginners are doing the opposite!)

One practice method you should NEVER use if you want rapid results on guitar

Say goodbye to guessing what to practice next and finally build a Playlist of songs you're proud to play on guitar!

The book is an easy read and will feel like we're just chatting, as I tell you my best stories from on & off tour and show you my best strategies for learning songs.
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***All proceeds from this book are being used to create new programs for cancer patients and their caregivers. Thank you for your support!

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Publisher : Independently published (1 February 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 1795162155
ISBN-13 : 978-1795162159
Dimensions : 15.24 x 1.47 x 22.86 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 134,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 2 in Popular Music Songbooks
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- 39 in Performing Arts Reference

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John leaver

A breath of fresh air for an old and old style music student

Reviewed in Australia on 12 June 2020

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I promised myself that when I retired I would buy my dream guitar and take my music studies very seriously which I have done. However, the only way I knew how to study music was the way I was taught when I was young, lots of practicing and polishing the same song, with the song just being the end product of all this endless practice rather than a joy to play in itself (I was usually bored with it by then anyway) I was as Steve would say a “guitar practicer rather than a guitar player.” Steve’s writing style and ideas came as a bit of a shock to an old bloke like me. However they did the trick and I started to enjoy playing (I still do). So although In some ways I agree with the gentleman who gave this book only one star. You still need self discipline and a bit of “slog, blood, sweat and tears” if you are to achieve, it isn’t the ONLY way. So I would say to readers who are considering buying this book please do so. However a bit of “wood shedding” mastering your scales doesn’t go amiss. Simply because it teaches you not only self discipline as a musician, it also opens up other musical options for you.

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ray kelly

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Reviewed in Australia on 25 April 2020

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this is an excellent book for giving you the best information on how to set a practice routine for guitar so you play more and practice less the idea of this book is to get you playing doesnt matter how good you are the more times you play the better you get while your playing that is your practice session .

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Chas Demain

Start playing great guitar today and help support a fantastic cause too!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 February 2019

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I sat down and started to read this book and finished it in one sitting. Steve writes in such an easy style that reading this book is like sitting down and chatting with a friend.

As to the content well….Wow! Practice Less, Play More is the most influential book that I have read in a long, long time. The methods are stupidly simple but at the same time incredibly powerful.

My playing and the effectiveness of my learning have improved so much in such a short time that I am still catching my breath.

What is also really cool is that Steve is using 100% of the proceeds from the book to create new programs for cancer patients and their caregivers through his fundraising initiative VØID Cancer.

Warning: Do not buy this book if you are happy to sit in a rut doing the same boring things day, after week, after month, because it will blow you clean out of that rut and into musical outer space.

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Chris

Get a good tutorial.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 October 2019

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A lot of chat about what the book was going to deliver, but didn't deliver anything to me. Short cut ideas are ten a penny - there is no substitute for old fashioned practice whatever shine you put on it. I can already play but wondered what this was going to say. Get a good tutorial and suffer like the rest of us had to. I'm sorry but it's the only way. As an accomplished player I don't rate this.

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Laurence L

Not a guitar instruction manual but a guide to do what you're doing...but better

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 December 2019

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I found myself agreeing with so much that Steve says but had not realised after years of practicing where I had been going wrong...and in fact unknowingly right a lot of the time. This book helped me realise exactly what I wanted to do...play and jam real songs with real other guitarists of all sorts of capabilities. Now have a programme that will lead me to playing at my local club in a few weeks with one of the best local, professional guitarists in the area plus alongside a couple of like-minded amateurs who just want to play music...and with a set list that both performers and audience (albeit a very small, but supportive one) will appreciate.

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This works - Buy it !

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 February 2019

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Applying simple AGILE techniques to learning guitar.... Brilliant !!
This easy to read step-by-step approach prepares you to play, shows HOW to practice, how to advance, when to know a little more work is needed, while all the time being in a 'play' mode rather than just repetitive scale work...

I’ve been trying to play guitar for 20 years, but now I can start to learn properly.
Very enjoyable, and it’s got me back to ensuring I pick up my guitar every day.
I’ve seen huge progress on one song already !!!

For me, the content aligns closely with business process re-engineering studies I did in the 80’s & 90’s, where you step back, define a target outcome, implement a repeatable process framework to control workflow, chunk your work efforts to achieve progress, and allow feedback to influence next steps... (it’s called AGILE today, but don’t let that tech-speak put you off !!)
It worked then, and this works just as brilliantly now, for novices and experts alike.

Buy it, don’t miss out.

Even better is knowing all proceeds go towards cancer care & research.

4 people found this helpful

It works but maybe should be more concise

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 October 2019

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The methods used in the book are interesting, and to be fair they work.

If you could extract all the important bits, I would say this would be a booklet rather than a book. The remainder seems to be the author telling stories to try and explain the theory, but I'm not sure it adds a lot to the learning experience.

Something to note...this will not teach you how to play guitar, what it does (despite its title) is give very practical practice routines. It encourages you to learn to play songs, and gives solid advice how to do that. One to read, but I recommend the Kindle version as it's the cheapest.

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