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Position:Home>Performing Arts> Guitar Practice Help???????Question: Guitar Practice Help!?!?!?!?!?!?!? I have been interested in electric guitar for a couple years but i have not really commited to it!. I self taught myself and i am not that good but i would like to be better!. a friend of mine want me to play rhythm guitar in his metal band!. any ideas on how to practice and what to practice to get better QUICK!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Rhythm guitar HM!. It depend you have to do just look things on youtube or go to Ultimate-guitar!.com they have lessons on there are some relay guitar lessons out there!. As for the quick park I don't it relay depends on your determination and focus on practice!. Good luck man!. Www@QuestionHome@Com I don't play metal, but I am fairly decent with both the trumpet and guitar, and have played trumpet at the collegiate level, so hopefully I can provide some insights for practicing effectively!. First point, obviously, is to commit to a practice schedule!. If you can, play every day for at least a half hour or so!. If your schedule won't allow you daily practice times, then at least try to get in an hours worth of practice a few times a week!. But, practicing alone won't help you improve!. There's a favorite saying among band directors: "Practice does not make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect!." When you practice, take care to play accurately and correctly so that you develop and reinforce proper habits!. Take certain passages or chord progressions slowly if you must; speed will come with time!. Developing accuracy is important at this stage, so you're only hurting yourself if you try to rush your progress!. Since you'll be playing rhythm guitar, you should work on your chord progressions and strumming techniques!. Try to balance music theory exercises with practicing actual songs in your genre!. The music theory exercises will expose you to chord progressions and such that you may not find in metal songs that you enjoy; you may not use them specifically, but they will be useful in developing your skill and dexterity with the instrument!. By practicing metal songs, you'll keep practice fun and will gain musical experience and skill in your genre!. It's hard to stay motivated if you're working on pedagogy all the time, and it's difficult to become a skilled metal rhythm guitarist if you've spent all your time learning blues lead!. Hope this helps!. The key points are to practice as much as you can and to make efficient use of your practice time!. Balance pedagogical exercises with actual songs so that your motivation remains high!. Good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com Practice what you know, but practice what you don't know and focus on that!. A lot of times we don't make progress because we neglect what we don't know out of fear, or frustration!. You say that you are not totally committed to it but you have to make time for the guitar, set aside a time that is just for the guitar, no interruptions!. If you don't have the confidence to play with a band, but you would like to develop your technique and prepare yourself, then the "jam tracks" are excellent!. Your local music store has books with pre-recorded tracks that you can play along to!. It helps if you organize your thoughts before you practice, so you know what you're going TO practice!. I always start out with the basics, scales, chords!. Don't forget to warm up before you practice!. It's just like working out at the gym you have to warm up your fingers to avoid hand injuries!. Steve Vai has an excellent book, sorry I don't have the name of it I'm at school and on my planning right now!.!.!. but there are several good books with warm up excercises for guitarists!.!.!. YES, for guitarists of all levels :)Www@QuestionHome@Com CHORDS & SCALES, then SCALES & CHORDS and repeat, repeat, REPEAT!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |