How to become a Guitar God

I think everyone knows the answer to this question: practice. But is this really important if you don’t know what to practice? I don’t think so. Memorizing  a bunch of scales and exercises that you don’t care about is in my opinion, a serious waste of time, and can be a bit discouraging.  The first thing to do is asking yourself what kind of music do you like. Do you prefer Jazz, Rock, blues or maybe some more classical stuff? Well, what I’m trying to explain is, if you hate Jazz, than why are you trying to practice those difficult exercises instead of enhancing your skills what other great exercises created for the genre that you really dig? Get it? If you hate Metal, why are you trying to play like Metallica?

It’s always good too have a bit of knowledge regarding other musical areas, and that’s great not only for practicing but to compose as well. But it will be more benefic to you if you practice on what you really love, with exercises from all the big names in that specific field. Do you love the Blues? Men, you have so many references for that one that I can’t even count with all my fingers… Practice on that!

Other important factor is the reason that got you to play in the first place. Are you trying to impress someone at school? Just because she likes guys that can play an instrument? Well, if that is the reason, you’ll never be a guitar god. What you have to do, is play for yourself, fell what you’re playing. Don’t play for others, or what everyone’s asking you to play. Just play it like you were the only one there, like when you’re alone in your room practicing. If people are really listening, they’ll feel the vibe. Many of them really don’t understand anything about music, and don’t have a really good hear, but even those will feel that there’s something different with what they’re listening. It’s the “feeling” you’re passing from your heart, to your fingers, and passes through those strings.

 

Mark Lopes

www.guitartabcollege.com