How To Play Guitar Fast Like A Pro & Get Speed Like You Never Dreamed Of
Does it sound sloppy and inconsistent when you play guitar with fast speed?
For instance:
You start playing a cool lick and everything is going fine until you reach a certain tempo – then everything breaks down.
Very frustrating!
Doesn’t seem like the pros play guitar fast with little or no effort on stage? There’s a reason for this:
Pro guitar players are able to play at fast speeds not just through their skills, but the mindset they use (which sets them apart from everyone else).
Find out how to get the pro mindset and play with guitar speed like you never dreamed of using these simple concepts:
Make Your Guitar Playing Goals Bigger To Achieve Bigger Things
No successful pro guitar player gained their incredible
skills by setting tiny goals.
In fact:
Pro guitarists on average set bigger goals than other guitar
players.
Instead of simply hoping to “get better”, they choose to get better, make playing guitar their career, play in front of a full house or stadium, put out records, and so forth.
Think of precisely what your guitar playing goals are. Sit down and write them down or put them into your computer.
Then, look at each goal and think of how you can make it
BIGGER.
For example:
Original Goal: play guitar solos creatively at fast speeds
·
Play fast guitar solos where every single note expresses
the precise idea in your head of what you want to say.
·
Play fast guitar solos off the top of your head that
make your friends’ jaws drop.
· Write amazing guitar solos and perform them in front of a crowd.
These are just a few examples. Examine each of your musical
goals on your own and see how much bigger you can make them on your own
Even if you don’t reach the big goals you set, achieving part of a big goal gets your further than all of a small goal.
Make Performing Skills A Priority To Skyrocket Your Guitar Speed
Performance is a key skill that pros are great at and amateurs generally aren’t.
Performing is harder than playing guitar casually at home because
it requires playing under social pressure and other factors that don’t normally
come into play when you are by yourself jamming.
Make it a point to practice performance by doing things such as:
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Walking around while playing
·
Making emotive gestures while playing
· Playing under unusual live conditions such as without being able to see your hands or hear what you’re playing
Make this a part of your regular guitar
practice schedule.
This helps you perform without mistakes in front of others so
playing live feels easy and effortless.
Practice Guitar At Least A Little Bit Each Day
Keep developing your guitar skills every day even if it’s just a little bit
This way, you never get frustrated when you don’t seem to be
playing up to the level you feel you’re at.
Even pros who seem to be the best players in the world practice at least a little each day.
Even if you only have a little bit of time to practice, you still have the potential to make massive progress. This is because you get results from the quality of your practice, not the quantity.
Here are some things to consider when you get into the habit of practicing guitar every day:
1.
Leave your guitars out in the open where you can
quickly pick them up and play.
This makes it more likely that you will play every day compared to keeping them
stored away.
2.
Put together a guitar practice schedule in
advance that helps you reach your goals as efficiently as possible.
When you have limited time to practice, work on the things that help you
improve as many skills as possible at once.
Question Of The Day: “When I sweep pick, it seems like notes sometimes become muffled from my fretting hand. What gives?”
In
the fretting hand, focus on keeping the fingertips perpendicular to the frets.
When
your fingers are slanted this causes the ring and pinkie fingers to rise too
much when the index and middle fingers are playing. You need to develop more
flexibility in your wrist to make this happen.
Spend
some time simply holding your fretting hand without playing any notes on the
fretboard, spreading fingers one per fret and maintain perfect position of fingertips
perpendicular to the frets.
For
best results, do this in front of a mirror to watch your hand.
Hold
this position in intervals of 10-20 seconds to get used to this stretch and
develop the needed flexibility (it develops quickly).
These are just a few ideas to help you start playing guitar
like a pro fast. However, working on just these few things has a massive
effect.