14 Technical Mistakes Every Intermediate Guitarist Makes

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0:00 Intro
0:09 Incorrect thumb placement
0:20 Angling your fingers
0:45 The Hendrix-style grip
1:40 Putting your fingers right on the metal
2:00 Having an inward bend with your fingers instead of an outward bend
2:25 Squeezing the neck too hard
3:08 Lifting your fingers too high as you play
3:50 Lifting the fingers of your picking hand
4:42 Not moving your right hand as you pick
5:06 Not bending with multiple fingers
5:27 Bending with fingers instead of wrists
5:53 Double notes
7:09 Weak pull-offs
7:32 Weak hammer-ons

You're all a bunch of bitches

[willc]

“Send this video to a guitar player that fuckin’ sucks!”

*proceeds to forward video to self*

[stonks]

-Don't use angled fingers while using Italian grip
*01:32** Proceeds using angled fingers*

[yiggafruff]

I can successfully say I did every single common mistake... NAILED IT!

[christianfoster]

Biggest intermediate guitar mistake: watching YouTube instead of practicing. Facts

[SuperXtoon]

I had always had the "right" thumb position shown at 0:13. However, I've watched some videos that say that the "wrong" way is more natural for the hand. I've tried this for a few months and I've noticed that I no longer feel any pain/tension in my thumb muscle. However, I still need to use the "right" thumb position for big stretches on the lower strings. I think in the end it all depends on the situation.

[gaiamaietti]

0:30 fortunately I'm italian so I never make this mistake

[earthone]

Dude, the thumb thing makes no sense. Your thumb should naturally be changing positions and placement on the neck as you play and based on how high up on the neck you're hand is. Any beginner guitar player is gonna watch this, try to keep their thumb in the "correct position" you suggest and likely hurt themselves because you told them not to move their thumb in respect to the rest of their hand... good advice.

[acekiller]

This whole comment sections is on CIGARETTES!!!

[Heihachi]

Everyone was a beginner

Yes Brandon too

Just keep forward and you will be pro in no time

[danronck]

I love how Brandon proceeds to do the "mistakes" he told us not to do not even 3 mins later in his demo's, form a semi-open picking hand, to Hendrix and angle on legato licks. Might be time to make a difference between the "mistake" (which is the extrem form that Brandon shows on the bad form demos) and the playing styles some people have that still has not 100% clean technique but works better for them than the super clean technique, as Brandon uses this too

[OmarNajib-ik]

It's not about wrong or right, it's about how comfortable you are

[thexombie]

I may be a little bitch on CIGARETTES, but I’m not even mad because this is gonna help me become better at guitar.

[anthonynietzel]

This is such a good video. These points aren’t mentioned enough. I would show this video on day one if I were to teach a newbie. Thanks for all the great content, Brandon!

[outermarker]

If I had a buck for every contradictory thing in this video I'd be FOOOKIN RICH!
0:40 Don't do this, you'll hurt your wrist. If you really want to achieve the Italian parallel finger/fret thing, lift the neck to the Italian classical position it came from so your wrist can straighten and relax.

[SubhadeepDas]

Mistake number 15: learning guitar from this guy.

[asnark]

Not many people can use the correct form in most of these fixes because of hand geometry. Some of the most egregious violoations of form- that are nevertheless necessary to hit certain phrases- require the player to be double jointed. Hendrix grip is an example. There's a massive library of popular music that can't be played without it.

[whatmusiciwant]

Thumb positioning depends on what kind of lead guitar you are playing, getting good bends and vibrato and doing more blues/boomer type playing, it's much better to have your thumb in the "Hendrix" position.

[TheJML]

But you angled your fingers, during the Italian grip! 😲

[efrainalejandrocastillocha]

Always Grateful for your wisdom, Sifu D'eon.

[repeatz]

im sick of people telling me im doing stuff wrong so I stop playing how its comfortable and play how im "supposed too" then i see this video and im right bruh