Fret Blog

Most guitar players probably spend 95% of their time practicing soloing and 5% of their time practicing rhythm guitar. But on the gig, it’s the opposite.

Some of us are born with long and coordinated fingers, some with long and slow fingers. Some of us have shorter fingers that can fly, and some with fingers that just don’t want to move.

I incorporate methods into my guitar practice routine to mimic the physical and mental experience of playing a live show.

Imagine you have to learn 20 to play songs in 2 days. A good way to memorize a song quickly is to think of it as an outline.

The key to harnessing your excitement is to make the stage your natural habitat through experience on stage and great preparation.

As you practice guitar or work through a program like Fretboard Biology, it’s important to measure your progress. Improvement rarely comes in big spurts. It comes over time, after a lot of practice.

Always remember to write music chord charts from the perspective of the musician who will have to read it in the heat of battle.

When you see the signs that burnout is approaching, use some of these tools to avoid it.

Making the changes means that some of the notes you use in a guitar solo belong to the chord played at that instant in the song.

As a guitarist, it’s important for you to develop your vocabulary so you have a way to express yourself and bare your soul.

When you record yourself playing guitar, you can listen to see if your time is good, if you sound relaxed, if your execution is clean, and so on. Essentially, you can hear what other people hear when they listen to you play guitar.

If you are an inexperienced guitar player, and aspire to play in duos, trios or full bands, it’s important that you get together to play with other musicians