Teach me something...

[misterwhizzy]

Re: Teach me something...

Thanks for the input, everyone. I'll have some learning to do tonight, and hopefully this will help break me out of the rote-muscle-memory-rut I've been in recently. Particular props to DankStar.

[DankStar]

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Thanks for the input, everyone. I'll have some learning to do tonight, and hopefully this will help break me out of the rote-muscle-memory-rut I've been in recently. Particular props to DankStar.

here's to a good practice

I still have printouts of other forum members' tabbed tricks and licks from older threads; they're a nice resource in the overall bag of goodies.

[Condemned soul]

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For understanding chord progressions, one of your greatest assests is learning to use the Cycle of Fifths.

Sometime ago, I came across a series of lectures given by a keyboard player. The series includes cycle of fifths and song structure. These are keyboard based and I came to a better understanding of how the cycle works.

Here is clip from the series of lessons for keyboard players concerning song structure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdCZwxpPEZg&feature=related

[Virtual Kevorkian]

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Practice your vibrato to a tuner; learn to be able to control, on command, whether or not you're going with a halfstep or wholestep, and change between them in the same notes, as well.

[Warheart]

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If you screw up a riff, repeat the mistake or elaborate on it.

It can be written off as being creative if anyone asks!

[TravisBean]

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Sometimes the core of a melodic riff needs to be identified by actually singing/humming it first, and then playing it.
Joining a chorus and learning basic vocal sight reading will make you a better guitar player.

[misterwhizzy]

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Practice your vibrato to a tuner; learn to be able to control, on command, whether or not you're going with a halfstep or wholestep, and change between them in the same notes, as well.

That's a cool idea. I'll definitely give that a shot. My vibrato is not my strong suit.

[ImmortalSix]

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"...the people in the audience respond to music, not capacitance, dc-resistance, or henries."

- Creston Lea

[The Dali]

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The best thing I've learned... is really a concept.

Practice makes perfect.

People usually practice until they can play it perfectly.

Experts practice until they can't play it wrong.

[RobSoundtrack]

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Play less long, and more often.

Your muscle memory will take more in by playing 10 min a day every day, than if you play HARDCORE ALL DAY a day each week.

Proven.

[guitfiddle]

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When a lick, trick or concept is being difficult to ingrain, take a couple days break. A lot of the time, you'll come back to the guitar, and whatever you tried so hard to do the other day, will just fall out.

[LesStrat]

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I have no idea. After 27 years I still don't think like a guitarist, and I still don't know most of the "stock licks" that everyone else plays.