Learn To Play Guitar Songs Fast Using 4 Powerful Tips

Ever wished you could learn to play guitar songs fast in order to save time, minimize frustration and have more fun?

Many guitarists want this, but few have a plan for how to do it.

Fortunately, you are about to get powerful tips that help you play any song for guitar fast and better than ever!

Sound cool?

Great! Let’s get started:

 

Tip #1: Prepare For Success By Breaking The Song Into Sections

What is the best way to prepare for mastering any given practice item for guitar?

Answer: Organize your guitar practice effectively.

A great way to do this while learning to play guitar songs as fast as possible is breaking them down into sections.

This way you are able to isolate any mistakes or areas of difficulty that occur without becoming too overwhelmed.

Here are some ways to break down a song into sections to practice and master it faster:

·         Break the song into sections based on the song’ structure. For example, verse, chorus, bridge, etc.

·         Break the song down based on specific licks or moments where certain techniques are used.

·         Break it down based on time (such as parts that occur at 0:00-0:30 or 1:00-2:30).

·         Any or all of the above.

 

Tip #2: Play Through Songs More Easily By Identifying The Difficult Parts And Fixing Them

Now that you have created different sections to practice, it’s time to find the most difficult parts of each one.

Practicing and improving these parts is critical for allowing you to play through the song in a smooth and effortless way – with nothing causing you to stumble along the way.

Go through each section and take notes of the specific techniques, phrases or individual notes you struggle with.

Now, that you’ve done this, there are two effective ways to improve these weak areas:

1. Practice them both in isolation (to fix the specific notes) and in context to make sure everything is integrated

2. Find and fix issues in your playing by practicing in separate hands as shown in this video:

These approaches help you attack different parts from all angles to master them faster.

 

Tip #3: Practice For Consistency

Just being able to play a guitar riff in the song perfect once or twice is cool, but if you want to really master a song, you need to be able to play the entire song all the way through many times without mistakes.

(Note: most guitar players only practice to get something right once or twice, so practicing for consistency sets you apart from the majority.)

Don’t worry though!

This is something you can practice by incrementally adding sections together until you’ve finally arrived at playing the whole song.

This makes practicing less frustrating and more satisfying when you finally know the song like the back of your hand.

Here is what to do:

·         Practice playing a single section on its own, then combine it with the next section and play them back to back.

Focus on repetition to develop consistency, like shown here:

·         Add more sections until you are able to play the entire song. However, don’t be afraid to practice different sections in any order based on which ones you need to work on the most.

·         Don’t stop practicing when you make mistakes, just take note of how many you make so you can improve that number next time. Also, don’t spend too much time practicing things you’ve already mastered. Focus on weaknesses first.

Tip #4: Take The Song To The Highest Level By Practicing Performing It

Even if you don’t plan on performing live for others, practicing performance with music is still a critical part of your guitar playing.

Being able to perform a song is much more difficult than simply playing the right notes.

By practicing for performance, you take your mastery to a whole new level.

So, what are some ways to practice performing with a song?

I’ll tell you:

·         Practice playing guitar while walking around your room

·         Practice by making gestures and motions in a performative manner

·         Practice in front of friends or family even if you struggle with nervousness. Treat the performance like practice rather than a one-time only event, this way you find things to improve and nervousness becomes secondary to improvement (this makes it easier to overcome nervousness later)

·         Perform the song using any or all of the above points with multiple songs if you know them as if you were playing a set

Working on this practice approaches in this article does wonders for your ability to master songs fast on guitar.

However, there is much more to learn to become a killer guitarist!

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