The Biggest Lies on Guitar YouTube about Practice | Do You NEED Music Theory?

"You don't need music theory." "You don't need to practice scales." Have you ever heard this before on YouTube? Of course. Just a quick glance through guitar forums and you see many questions from beginners: "Do I need Theory?" "Name great guitarists who don't know theory!" "Name great players who didn't practice scales." Questions like this are simply asking: "I don't want to put in the effort. Make me feel good about my laziness." And many YouTube creators are more than happy to oblige by suggesting that you can actually achieve your music goals by following this nonsense. In this video, I will explain exactly why this is such bad advice - and how to approach music practice the correct way to achieve real results. Diagrams, tabs, PDFs, lesson notes, and more over on: patreon.com/KoreyHicksGuitar “...Jaw dropping, absolutely stellar guitar playing.” Blue Monday Monthly Korey is a professional guitarist with over 25 years of live experience. In that time he has played over 4000 gigs and has opened for Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, Martina McBride, Tracy Byrd, REO Speedwagon, Restless Heart, Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers Band, Chris Duarte, Thompson Square, Whitey Morgan, Charlie Robison, Jason Boland, Indigenous, Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith, Joe Nichols, Turnpike Troubadours, Little Texas, Two Tons of Steel, Dale Watson, and many more. Korey is a Professor of Guitar and Modern Music, and the former head of both the Guitar Division and the Music Theory Division at Visible Music College, and is an in-demand guitar and theory instructor. He attended Berklee College of Music, has a Bachelor's of Music in Guitar Performance, and is completing a Master's Degree in Jazz Guitar from Oklahoma State University.