I've been teaching myself guitar/flute through YouTube for a while now and honestly... I have no idea if I'm actually improving or just playing the same things over and over.
I don't have a teacher, so there's no one assigning me structured practice. I just open YouTube, watch something, try it and repeat.
My current 'system' is:
- Random YouTube videos
- Paper notes
- Vibes-based self assessment 😅
I'm curious — how do others handle this?
- How do you decide what to practice each day?
- Do you track your sessions anywhere?
- How do you know when you've actually learned something?
- Do you ever feel like you're going in circles?
Asking because I'm thinking of building a simple tool to solve this for myself and want to know if others feel the same pain.
Submitted June 7, 2026 at 10:33PM by Available_Swan804 https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/1tzu4of/how_do_you_actually_track_your_progress_as_a/?utm_source=ifttt