How to take the jump from a intermediate to a pro[slash or someone like him]

[synystersolo]

HELP!!! i'm stuck here in this area and cant play those songs...any tips on what song i should learn to improve

 

[HarrisonYeo]

eh u think that playing some tunes can make u 'pro' eh. i doubt so .

 

[Dime]

try dragonforce.it should help alot.

 

[thor666]

Find out your mistakes and correct them.

 

[GrimRiffer]

Use a metronome.

 

[visa]

i'm not a guitarist, but i suggest playing everything you can play as SLOWLY and IMPACTFULLY as you can.

Make sure everything is in time, has a good rhythm and groove.

Make sure every note is fretted properly and sounds good and clean.

Make sure you mute what you have to mute properly. Be fluid, powerful and be in control.

practice everything slower.

you can take the jump to the next level when everything you can do now becomes effortless.

 

[wyldeboon]

try playing frank gambale...

or...

practice slowly with metronome. might take a few days,months n maybe years.

but it will pay off

 

[Crawldaddy]

Hmm.

i know it may sound off topic, but in fact as the others have mentioned above ^^ what you need to get right is one's sense of TIMING. So how does one even progress from simple chords to lead..?

RHYTHM.

be it learning riffs with odd-timing, on-timing, off-beat etc, having a solid rhythm background will definitely help you, not least because you can grasp the feel of the groove before you start stringing off lead lines.

hope this helps.

 

[Dime]

dude get your timing right.use metronome.this is just 4/4 signature timing.it'll be much harder when you start trying 3/4 or 5/4 sig time.so do it slowly and dont rush things.maybe do a play along kinda thing.it helps me back then.

 

[im-jk]

wanna hear* something stupid?
I DONT KNOW HOW TO USE A METRONOME!!!
seriously.

 

[thor666]

Something a bit more related to Slash-like guitarists: listen to the blues. You can hear blues bends and shuffle rhythms and lead creeping all over his playing.

Efficient practice is crucial to moving from being good to being great. Not everyone of us has that amount of time (8-16hrs) to play the guitar.

 

[jazzcat]

I definetely agree with thor666 & visa
first, listen!...because playing music is an art of listening
we, musicians have to have a pair of good ear
anything we will play thru our fingers have to sound in our ear (head) first

second, practice & drills...
as visa has already mention above...
my sugestion is practise every basic skill over & over
(hammer-on, pull-offs, slide, alternate picking, sweep picking, vibrato, bending, etc...)

third, learn the music theory
at least we have to know basic theory -> scales (major/minor/diminished/dominant & blues of course!), chords (progression, substitutions)

the last is....listen again to your playing & your favorite players, try to mimic their playing & combine their style to build our own!

hope this might help & GOOD LUCK :-D

 

[steveVAI]

great advice jazzcat im takin that with me

 

[synystersolo]

I definetely agree with thor666 & visa
first, listen!...because playing music is an art of listening
we, musicians have to have a pair of good ear
anything we will play thru our fingers have to sound in our ear (head) first

second, practice & drills...
as visa has already mention above...
my sugestion is practise every basic skill over & over
(hammer-on, pull-offs, slide, alternate picking, sweep picking, vibrato, bending, etc...)

third, learn the music theory
at least we have to know basic theory -> scales (major/minor/diminished/dominant & blues of course!), chords (progression, substitutions)

the last is....listen again to your playing & your favorite players, try to mimic their playing & combine their style to build our own!

hope this might help & GOOD LUCK :-D

+1 to jazzcat

 

[jazzcat]

+1 to jazzcat

Thank you......:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen: