Learn How To Practice Guitar Speed Without Getting Bored
Getting bored during guitar practice is a killer for your ability to quickly progress and gain speed.
Why?
You simply lose motivation to do what it takes to improve and end up practicing like you should or not practicing at all.
Finding ways to make your practice fun definitely should not be overlooked!
So why does it sometimes become boring to practice guitar speed specifically?
Well, let’s look at what many guitarists do:
They practice something in complete isolation from everything else, over and over. For example: playing a scale up and down to a metronome for an hour straight.
To make things worse, many people subscribe to the idea that practicing to get faster needs requires starting slow and working your way up to speed over time…
*Facepalm*
You want to play guitar fast, right?
So, practice fast! 🙂
Okay, let’s get right into it.
Here are several powerful ways to make your guitar speed practice more fun while at the same time getting better results:
Practice Guitar With Fast Speed In Short Bursts
Good news: you don’t have to practice at slow speeds if you are making mistakes at faster speeds.
Simply, reduce the number of notes you are practicing.
This helps you concentrate on precise movements in your technique without becoming overwhelmed by playing the same entire lick or solo over and over.
Set Clear Guitar Speed Goals So You Know Where You Are Going And How Far Away You Are From It
Nothing is as motivating as knowing that you are making
progress every practice session to increase your guitar speed.
Knowing that you are getting closer and closer to becoming the guitarist you want to be feels great and makes guitar practice feel more fun.
For this reason, always have short, medium and long term goals that you are working towards.
Be as precise as you can be when creating your goals by setting specific quantities, timelines or events that can tell you when you are getting closer to achieving them.
Remember: even if you are just making a little progress each practice session, this builds momentum and helps you keep getting better and better.
Find A Community Of Guitar Players To Talk To And Jam With
Being able to show other people your skills, help others learn, jam and share ideas… these are all MASSIVE for your guitar playing progress.
Most guitar players do not have access to a group of players who they can do this with. You really miss out when this happens…
Here are some tips to help you find a solid guitar playing community:
·
Find guitar playing groups online that promote
positive, empowering learning.
·
Look for music events or guitar playing events
that you can attend.
· Perform on stage or even just for friends whenever you can (this often opens the door for other musicians to find you).
Improvise With Every Skill You Work On
The more you learn to improvise with your skills, the easier it becomes to translate your raw guitar speed into musical speed.
This helps you play memorable and expressive guitar solos that sound great (rather than just like a bunch of exercises).
The following approach is an easy and fun ways to improvise with various guitar skills:
Practice playing arpeggios or scales by improvising with a few notes of the pattern at a time. While doing this, try to squeeze as much expression out of the notes as you can using legato, bends, vibrato or other techniques.
Combining Different Techniques Together To Make Your Soloing More Smooth
Like with improvising, the better you can combine different guitar techniques together, the more smooth and effortless your speed becomes.
Don’t practice your guitar scales and arpeggios separately every time – combine them together sometimes so you are able to solo with them without needing to think about the patterns as separate in any way.
Now you know many different great ways to make your guitar speed practice more fun. But there are more cool ways to improve your guitar playing while having a great time doing it.
Learn more by using these cool guitar tricks.