Student Assignment - Jon Chorba Guitar Lessons

STUDENT ASSIGNMENT

Below is an essay based questionnaire that is designed to help me understand what your long term and short term goals are, as well as any issues that you may have with practicing.

Please, please, please….I beg you…do NOT rush through this. Don’t treat this like homework that just needs to get done 5 minutes before class starts.

TAKE YOUR TIME AND BE 100% HONEST WITH YOURSELF.

The longer, more detailed your replies are gives me more information about you. The more information I have to go on allows me to help you get to where you want to be sooner. So, please go into as much detail as possible.

I go through the importance of these questions, along with my own answers to them in the video below

JON’S ANSWERS

Name

Tell me about the first moment or moments when you decided that you wanted to learn how to play guitar. What did you see or hear that made you want to do this? Tell me all about the things that make playing guitar cool to you.

Think about already playing the guitar the way you want to. Suppose I gave you some magic beans that instantly gave you the ability to play the guitar EXACTLY the way that you want to. What does that look like?

What does being able to play guitar like you want give you that you don’t already have now? Don’t just give a one word answer here. Take the time to think about this. It’s super important

Imagine that you are 100 years old and you are looking back at your life and all the things you’ve done….and you NEVER got to the level that you outlined above. Would that be OK with you? Tell me exactly how that would make you feel.

In the next 1-2 years, what would be the #1 thing that you would like to be able to do on the guitar that you CAN’T do right now? BE SUPER SPECIFIC.

On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the most, how easily do you get frustrated?

When you get frustrated, what helps you calm down?

Give me an example of something that you quit or abandoned when it got too difficult or too boring. What made you say “enough is enough?”

Give me an example of something that you “powered through” when it got too difficult or boring. What made you keep going?

Do you often think of how long it takes (or is taking) to learn or master something on the guitar? Do you have a timeline in your head, or an expectation, for how long it takes to achieve any given song/exercise? If so, why did you choose that specific amount of time?

Walk me through a typical WEEK DAY for you. Account for every hour.

Walk through a typical WEEKEND for you. Account for every hour.

When you practice guitar, do you have a plan or do you just wing it? Why?

How do you track the progress that you make on guitar?

Walk me through what a “perfect” practice session looks like to you. What are you working on? What room are you in? What’s your mood like? How long do you practice for? What’s happening in that practice session that makes it so perfect?