I suppose you think that you learn guitar by playing guitar. Well, do you learn to say the right things by talking all the time? Let’s take a look at the art of not playing guitar…

How can you learn to play guitar by not playing? Is it really possible to develop as a guitarist without touching the instrument?

In weight training it is an established fact that muscle growth takes place during rest, for example when you sleep. It doesn’t mean that you will become a famous muscle builder by sleeping. Sleeping is just a part of the overall picture called muscle growth.

Don’t ever think that you will become a good guitarist by not playing guitar at all!

But I define a good guitarist as a good musician. A good musician can convey his musical emotions to somebody else and this ability takes more than just practicing moving the fingers among all those guitar strings.

What can you do to become a better guitarist and a musician when you don’t play? Let me give you a few suggestions:

1. If you play classical guitar, get into the habit of often reading guitar sheet music without your guitar. This practice gives you training in the art of hearing the sheet music in your head and also gives you a better chance to really learn notational symbols in the music and rhythmic subtleties.

2. Take a week off from your guitar playing every now and then and use all your musical energy listening to good music or just being a good citizen. Learn to spot musical and artistic heights in the music. Listen to all types of instrumentalists. With concentration. My best listening position is laying flat on my bed with headphones on forgetting the rest of the world. Maybe you have another approach.

If you feel and enjoy musical and artistic expressions in the music these will probably be implemented in your own guitar playing sooner or later.

3. Be a good musical friend by helping somebody else to play. It will help you become more unselfish and like people more. Well, maybe you already like people sufficiently but to learn to like people is part of our development as musicians as we are supposed to give of ourselves to others when we play.

4. Prepare your body and mind for playing guitar by learning the art of relaxation and stretching your muscles. You can of course find articles on these subjects on the net. Performing in a relaxed manner will help you enjoy your own music more and will help your public to relax and enjoy your music too.

5. Take time to sit down, or stand up if you like, and ponder about what guitar playing means to you. Is there something that you would like to develop in your guitar playing that will give you more joy and happiness. Set a realistic goal and write down what you can do every week to accomplish that goal.

I believe in practicing on my guitar of course but I hope that these pieces of advice concerning not playing guitar will increase your love for your guitar and the art of playing and giving musical joy to others!

If you haven’t considered it yet, you might want to try and watch free music videos like the R Kelly tape over the internet. Chances are they are very much available at the exact same spot where you usually view other streamed videos like cartoons and movies. Music videos are fun because not only do you get to enjoy good music you get to watch a well made story depicting the emotions of the artist as well. Every song that’s come out and become popular probably has its respective music video, so if you have your favorite songs in mind such as a hit single from a specific artist then there’s probably a respective music video for that.

Of course, it might be a little hard on your part because there are those people who upload their own videos that use the song, and you certainly don’t want to waste time streaming a slideshow of the artist while the song plays in the background if what you’re really looking for is the real music video produced with the artist him or herself. For better search results, you might want to try mentioning both the artist and the title of the song. If you exclude either one you might end up with a multitude of similarly titled songs or different songs from the same artist.

Anyway, it’s really fun to watch these music videos because they let you experience the songs you love in a whole new level.

Most of the videos that you can find if you watch the R Kelly tape are most likely available all over the internet now, so this is something that you might want to try. It’s easy to find them since the video is so popular so many people from all over the world have probably uploaded them for public online video streaming. You can find music videos as well as actual interview footage from various popular entertainment show hosts regarding the artist. Aside from this you can also pick out some fan art videos on the side while enjoying the real stuff.

Of course, if you’re already in the internet you just don’t watch the R Kelly tape; you also have the unlimited opportunity to access a large scale collection of other videos and footages on other artists that you might like as well. Like R Kelly’s stuff, you’ll also find good stuff such as actual footage and music videos from their performances and studio recordings. You can even find videos from other types of artists such as actors and find movies or video clips. Other good footages like interviews and bloopers of these actors can be found all over the internet.

So if you want to watch the R Kelly tape or other footages on the artists as well as that of other artists you can find them all over the internet. It’s not hard to find, all you have to do is to search for them in your favorite search engine and key it in.