How To Play Guitar Fast Like The Pros Using Consistency Practice
Ever wish you could play guitar fast, clean
and effortlessly just like the pros?
Good news: this is possible, but you need to alter your guitar practice approach and do one thing that most people don’t.
What do you need to do?
Focus your guitar practice not just on playing something correct once, but MANY times.
This means practicing with heavy focus on consistency.
How To Play Guitar Fast Like The Pros, Approach #1: Practice For Consistency
Ever practice something on guitar and it’s sloppy 90% of the time, but every once in a while you play it right?
Thes rare occurrence is what most guitarists practice for…
But playing guitar with speed and accuracy like the pros requires a different approach.
Practicing simply to get something right once or twice doesn’t help you play consistently clean…
So, what should you do instead?
Answer: Repeat what you are practicing 100+ times in a row! It takes a ton of repetition to learn anything.
Does 100+ sound like a lot?
It is! But the good news is it really only takes a few minutes.
Apply this into your own guitar practice sessions by:
·
Breaking down licks and patterns into short
sections based on the notes that give you the most problems.
·
Repeating these sections hundreds of times
within less than 10 minutes
How To Play Guitar Fast Like The Pros, Approach #2: Record Yourself
Recording yourself practicing is one of the most underrated ways to improve your practice efficiency.
Why?
This helps you hear all the subtle mistakes you don’t normally hear while playing in the moment.
For example: string noises, poorly articulated notes or bad timing.
Use this recording practice approach:
1.
Choose any guitar lick you want to work on
2.
Record yourself playing it 20 times in a row
3.
Listen back to the recording (also look at the
waveform of it) and find the total number of subtle and not-so-subtle mistakes
4.
Write these mistakes down and consciously think
of the changes you need to make to fix them
5.
Use the repetition method in approach #1 to
correct the mistakes
6. Record yourself playing the lick again and see if you have improved on the total number of mistakes
This process helps you quantify your progress so you know you are improving. This is a great tool for motivating you to keep practicing and keep getting better.
How To Play Guitar Fast Like The Pros, Approach #3: Perform With Your Skills
How do the pros play so far and above the level of most people?
Not just by practicing alone in their rooms.
They are able to play their guitar parts fast and clean under the pressure of playing in front of hundreds or thousands of people with many other distractions going on.
Practicing to simulate these things (as well as regularly finding ways to perform for others) is like giving your guitar playing a shot in the arm!
Here is a short list of ways to practice performing at home:
1.
Ask friends or family to watch you play a song,
solo or riff. This creates a little pressure on your to play well that might
not be there while you are alone. If possible, perform on stage in front of an
audience of any capacity.
2.
Practice standing up and playing.
3.
Play in low lighting or the dark to simulate
different lighting situations that would occur on stage.
4.
Watch videos of your favorite guitarists
performing and try using some of the expressive movements they use such as
exaggerating a chord strum, nodding your head to the music, moving your arms around,
etc.
5. Practice plugged in while standing in another room to simulate situations where hearing yourself play on stage is difficult.
All of these things make playing guitar fast and clean much more difficult, which helps you improve your overall musicianship and skill massively.
Apply the other practice approaches while doing these things as well to get even more results from your efforts.
The ideas in this article are very powerful and help you develop killer guitar speed that is effortless and easy just like the pros. Another aspect of pro guitar playing is being able to use speed in an emotional and musical manner.