How To Master Guitar Licks Using Fast Repeating Flourishes
Ever become frustrated while practicing guitar licks because you just didn’t seem to be making progress or didn’t know how to improve them?
This is often a byproduct of ineffective or directionless practice that simply doesn’t get results.
Good news:
There is one great approach that helps you make fast progress towards mastering guitar licks that is easy to understand and fun to apply.
This approach is to use repeating flourishes to master the hardest parts of guitar licks in short sections.
Learn what this means by watching this video demonstration:
Here are the main points to understand and apply in order to get the most out of this concept in your guitar practice:
Don’t Waste Time On Notes You Already Mastered
It’s very common to practice guitar licks by playing the lick over and over from start to finish.
Problem is, you end up getting stuck on the harder areas of the lick, so it becomes very disjointed and sloppy.
This practice approach causes you to waste tons of time because you end up practicing the notes you can already play well when you could be improving the weak parts of the riff.
When you focus on isolating the notes that give you problems, you correct them
faster and finally are able to play the entire guitar lick all the way through
without a struggle.
A great way to correct your mistakes quickly and with less frustration is to use the following method:
Use Bursts Of Speed To Master Notes Without Slowing Down
Many guitarists think that you have to slow down to a crawl, and gradually speed up the lick over time in order to properly master it.
Well, you could do this…
OR
You could master the lick faster without having to slow down!
It’s true!
The secret to practicing at super fast speeds and getting results is to practice in short bursts.
Practice using this bursts approach with any scale, arpeggio, lick or exercise you want to quickly improve.
It’s amazing how much fun it is to use this method and how quickly your guitar speed improves while using it.
Get Creative With Your Practice
For some people, simply being able to play the notes of a
lick correctly is enough…
for those who really want to master something (and improve their overall playing), practicing creatively is incredibly powerful.
How do you practice guitar creatively?
Here is one way: practice guitar licks from all angles.
For example:
1.
Practice the guitar lick like normal for several
minutes
2.
Practice it again with added techniques such as vibrato,
bending
3.
Practice it with double picking (playing each
note twice), triple picking and tremolo picking
4. Practice it using a heavy pick attack
Want to learn more ways to make your guitar playing cleaner, faster and more creative?