any good practices for guitar

TMarlow05 · Post by **TMarlow05** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:02 pm

ive played guitar for about a year and dont plan on taking lessons i was wondering what kinda things i should do to get better.

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:03 pm

learn.. harder stuff?

thats how i get better.

Beauford33 · Post by **Beauford33** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:24 pm

yeah, just picka tune and dont think about leaving it until you got it down.

Macht · Post by **Macht** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:45 pm

I remember when I heard warehouse (back int he days when i was a beginner) and I wanted to learn it so bad. learned it and was like im teh shit.

Get a warm-up going, I play all along the watchtower when i first get on guitar. Then start doing whatever is your style.. get faster... longer gaps between frets.. (like 5----20)

get it so you can switch easily on ANY chord including 512x2x

heh i never had lessons myself

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:56 pm

Macht wrote:I remember when I heard warehouse (back int he days when i was a beginner) and I wanted to learn it so bad. learned it and was like im teh shit.

Get a warm-up going, I play all along the watchtower when i first get on guitar. Then start doing whatever is your style.. get faster... longer gaps between frets.. (like 5----20)

get it so you can switch easily on ANY chord including 512x2x

heh i never had lessons myself

I read that as 5 12 x 2 x but clearly it isn't now that i read correctly..

phatnev · Post by **phatnev** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:24 pm

DMBFan63 wrote:
Macht wrote:I remember when I heard warehouse (back int he days when i was a beginner) and I wanted to learn it so bad. learned it and was like im teh shit.

Get a warm-up going, I play all along the watchtower when i first get on guitar. Then start doing whatever is your style.. get faster... longer gaps between frets.. (like 5----20)

get it so you can switch easily on ANY chord including 512x2x

heh i never had lessons myself
I read that as 5 12 x 2 x but clearly it isn't now that i read correctly..

I dunno I picked up Guitar World this month, and its got a whole lot of chromatic and other kind of exercises, right now Im play 5-6-7-8 all the way across the fingerboard, and Im playing a bunch of other exercises, and I definitely can tell a difference

dmb_tatertot · Post by **dmb_tatertot** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 9:48 pm

any songs involving big stretches or quick chord transitions will help ya. Just try to stay away from really basic songs or when you approach a tough one you will panic.

charliemike · Post by **charliemike** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 10:10 am

Learn the scales. All of them.

Learn them backwards and forwards. Up and down.

Basically what you want to do is be able to know that a Gmaj scale is G-Am-Bm-C-D-Em-F#7 and from there you know what scale to play when a song comes up. Really will help with finger speed and knowing where to be at a certain time.

Someone recently asked about Warren Haynes' solo during "Cortez, The Killer" in Central Park. He was playing in Em because that's what the song was in ... but if you don't know the variations of the Em scales then it's tough to free-form during solos.

At least, this is what I'm told. I'm still learning