Guitar Speed Practice Tips To Master Any Guitar Lick Faster & More Easily
Having a hard time playing that one cool guitar lick exactly the way you want?
Want to play not only that one, but any guitar lick with ease in much less time than it would normally take?
No problem.
There exist many effective practice approaches that help you master any guitar lick faster and with less frustration.
You are about to learn 4 powerful practice approaches in the form of simple tips to apply right away.
Let’s begin:Tip #1: Make Things A Lot Easier By First Breaking The Guitar Lick Into Smaller Sections
Nothing is more frustrating than trying to learn some lick or exercise that is hard by playing through whole thing at once.
Why?
You end up finding mistakes all over the place or find that some of the lick/exercise sounds good but other parts throw everything out of sync.
This becomes overwhelming very quickly.
Solution:
Break new guitar practice items into smaller sections of notes. Then combine them together as you master them until you can play every note perfectly.
This makes anything you practice easier to process and less frustrating to learn due to only working with a few notes at a time.
Plus, you can easily organize different sections of a practice item into your practice schedule.
For example:
There may be easier sections you have mostly mastered and harder sections you need to spend more time on. This way, you know to set aside less practice time for the easier things and more for the harder things.
This means more efficient practice time and faster results.
Tip #2: Play Fast Like You Want To By Practicing At Fast Speeds
Who says you need to practice slow for a long time to get fast?
This is generally effective for learning fundamental movements for technique or learning which notes to play in an exercise (for example).
However:
You certainly aren’t limited to practicing like this in order to increase your guitar speed.
What else can you do?
Simple.
Practice guitar at fast speeds just like you want to.
This video shows you how to do it:Combining this approach with small sections of notes (from the previous tip) is a killer combination that helps you get big results in your playing in little time.
Tip #3: Make Playing Fast Feel Easier By Lining Your Hands Up In Sync Together
Having both hands out of sync is the key element for making fast guitar playing feel like a struggle.
When you have both hands in sync, playing at fast speeds feels effortless like it should.
Double picking
Pick every note in a given guitar lick twice instead of once. This creates the effect of catching your picking hand up to the fast movements of your fretting hand. The result is both hands more easily coming together in sync.
Accenting first note of a string
Whenever you change strings during a guitar lick, accent the very first note of the new string using heavier picking power. This forces you to concentrate more closely on playing in precise time and brings both hands together.
This video shows you why accenting the first note of a string lines your hands up together:Tip #4: Clean Up Hidden Mistakes By Practicing Both Hands Separately
As guitarists, we get used to practicing everything in the same way:
Using one hand to pick the strings and the other to fret them.
Makes sense.
However, you uncover hidden mistakes when you practice both hands separately.
This is because you are able to focus much more closely on what you are doing when you remove one hand from the equation.
What does practicing with both hands separately mean?
Watch this video to see a demonstration:You’d be surprised at how effective this practice approach is for helping you overcome plateaus in your playing very quickly.
Try it out during your practice for just a week and watch the progress you make go through the roof!
You now have great guitar practice approaches to integrate into your practice for quick results.
These practice methods are going to be helpful for the rest of your guitar playing life!
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