Getting better at playing the guitar

@sinois (139)
Mauritius
March 17, 2010 2:25pm CST
Everyone says practice but for my part i've been doing exercises without trying to play any songs or whatever tune, try that out for lets say 3 weeks, every day 10 mins of finger stretching and all the other stuff, chord progression and all, then after that try playing that song you struggle so much with! try it out and let me know! also try playing classical music! they are the hardest which will make you the best!
2 responses
@Noth1ng (46)
• Indonesia
19 Mar 10
hai there ... Sinois again ? haha can you give the tab for finger stretching ... Just for example ... oh ya ... if you like something cool tab ( classical ) try this ... trace bundy - canon in d ... Hope you like it ^^ uhmm ... maybe it's modern classical version ... but you'll like it ...
@sinois (139)
• Mauritius
22 Mar 10
hey nice melody, thats what i like, cool, calm then speeding up. Dont forget to use a software such as guitar pro, it really helps so now for the finger stretching example, i'm going to give you the one that rock players do for fast licks and all, might sound difficult but it you get can do fast licks then nothing on the fret board will be out of your reach and at any speed! Basically it goes like this... E-----------------------------------------1-2-3-4------------------------ B---------------------------------1-2-3-4---------2-3-4-5------------------- G-------------------------1-2-3-4-------------------------2-3-4-5--------- D-----------------1-2-3-4-----------------------------------------2-3-4-5-etc A---------1-2-3-4-------------------------------------------------------- E-1-2-3-4---------------------------------------------------------------- i m r b you go on like this until the 12th fret i hope you understand the pattern! Very important; use a metronome and go at a relatively easy pace, no rushing, what we want here is not speed but precision, muscle memory. also when you play a note keep your finger pressed on that string then play the other note , keep those two fingers pressed , play the third and so on, go all the way down then slide all your fingers one fret then go back up again, use all four fingers, fingers that wont stretch so easily are the m and r one! you play the 1st on the E string, you keep your finger on it then play the 2nd one, still keeping your fingers on them. Also dont overdo it , when you feel you are at your limit with the pain stop take a rest, 5 min a day should be enough. i=index m=middle r=ring b=baby or pinky, you know the smallest one. good luck
• Indonesia
25 Mar 10
Wow Great ~ ... Many thanks to youuu .. I'll try my best ... yeah ... Thanks again ...
@sinois (139)
• Mauritius
25 Mar 10
You should be serious about it lol wll report back after lets say 4 weeks of this training!
• Brazil
12 Apr 10
Oh yeah, classic music in the guitar is so fuc***' crazy! Have you already tried to play Vivaldi's Four Season in you guitar? Sounds very nice and is good to play. If not tried, just try it!
@sinois (139)
• Mauritius
20 Apr 10
thanks for the info i'm going to try it out tonight!!!