GUITAR TIPS

TIP ONE WHEN PRACTISING ALWAYS USE A METRONOME OR DRUM BOX YOU MUST BE ABLE TO STAY IN TIME AND IT WILL IMPROVE YOUR ALL ROUND TECHNIQUE DONT JUST PLAY IN 4/4 TIME BUT

IN AS MANY DIFFERENT TIME SIGNATURES AS POSSIBLE ANYONE CAN PLAY IN FREE TIME BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE IN A BAND OR PLAY WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS YOU NEED TO BE IN TIME

REMEMBER YOUR TIMING IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS

OF YOUR PLAYING.

TIP TWO  YOUR TECHNIQUE IS FOR ME THE FUNDAMENTAL

ASPECT OF ANYONES PLAYING IF YOU WANT TO SOUND PROFFESIONAL YOU HAVE TO SPEND TIME ON YOUR TECHNIQUE

THERES NO GETTING OUT OF IT. YOU CAN NOT REPLACE TECHNIQUE WITH MUSICIANSHIP OR MUSIC THEORY THEY ALL LINK

TO ONE AND OTHER BUT I WOULD ALWAYS MAKE A POINT ON MASTERING YOUR TECHNICAL SKILLS BEFORE ANYTHING. IF YOU WANT TO SOUND LIKE OR PLAY A SONG FROM ONE OF YOUR GUITAR HEROES THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO SPEND THE TIME MASTERING YOUR TECHNIQUE IE PICKING A SCALE IN THE RIGHT WAY OR A RIFF, PLAYING A CHORD SEQUANCE WITH THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF FEEL  AND MONITERING YOUR SELF BY RECORDING YOUR PRACTISE SESSION SO YOU CAN HEAR YOUR IMPROVMENTS

OVER THE WEEKS.

A QUOTE FROM THE GREAT VIOLIN PLAYER YAHUDI MENUIN

VIRTUOSITY IS NOTHING WITH OUT MUSCIANSHIP AND MUSCIANSHIP IS NOTHING WITH OUT VIRTUOSITY.