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Old May 6th, 2008
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Originally Posted by parrotheada1a View Post
I offer just one suggestion. Practice SOMETHING every day. Even if it's just a scale, some riff that you heard in a song, or a different barre chord, pick up your guitar EVERY DAY. It will keep your interest up, and you will definitely see progress. Don't worry about speed so much as playing clean notes. Sloppy and lazy playing doesn't sound good slow, and sounds even worse speeded up. Myself.... I definitely have too much slop when I try to speed things up beyond my ability. I found that I needed to practice chord shapes, something that a teacher pointed out. You would be surprised how much easier it is to learn a song if your playing mechanics are solid.
Some wise words worth repeating again and again.


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