From time to time, I’ll get a call or an email from a student informing me that they haven’t practiced and won’t be coming to their lesson because they think it won’t be much help. I always tell them to come to their lesson anyway. They usually do not. This is a mistake.
If you haven’t practiced for an entire week, the worst thing you can do is skip your lesson. Your motivation is probably low. You haven’t made any progress in your playing and you may have even regressed.
That is exactly why you need to come to your lesson.
I understand how busy life gets from time to time. There are weeks that go by when I don’t get to practice as much as I should. It happens.
Come to your lesson.
You may wonder what you could possibly get out of a lesson if you haven’t been practicing. The answer: A LOT.
The best thing you can do if you haven’t been practicing is come to your lesson. At a minimum, you can practice at your lesson and I can point out mistakes, coach you how to practice more effectively, or even just help you think about ways to carve out time to practice.
Come to your lesson.
Even if you’re injured, come to your lesson. There is plenty to do, even if you can’t use one of your hands or your arm is broken (seriously!). Trust me on this one. You do not know the myriad of things we can do even if you don’t have full use of both hands or arms.
So, the point I’m trying to make is this: Come to your lesson. Have I made that clear?
You would be surprised how much you can get out of a lesson even if you haven’t even thought of your guitar all week.
Besides, your guitar misses you.
