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Electric Guitar Lesson - 5 Hot Tips
An electric lesson can be one of the most eye opening things in the world. Even experienced players can find the whole thing frustrating, so a timely lesson for your trusty old electric can be the thing that makes all the difference. I’ve compiled a few tips here, so I hope you enjoy this mini lesson! Electric Lesson 1-
Change it up. As an electric guitarist sometimes we can be guilty of letting our muscle memory do all the work-busting out the same old pentatonic blues stuff over and over again, with little chance of any originality happening. We need to change things around. Throw away your pick for a week. If you don’t use a pick, get a pick for a week. Use your whammy bar if you usually don’t, hell, even play acoustic for a couple of weeks. Stuff like this can really break us out of a rut, and for me personally is always when I come up with my best licks/songs. Electric Lesson 2-
Record yourself. We see ourselves play everyday, and for that very reason sometimes we can be immune to real problems in our playing. It’s great to record ourselves because we can then identify such things and put in the work to get rid of them. It’s not all bad though, quite often when listening back to tapes and things you can be pleasantly surprised by your own playing. Another plus point is that you will start to get used to the recording process-this is always a good thing-the ability to lay down quality on demand is always useful. Electric Lesson 3-
Get a real electric lesson! Even one hour
with a high quality teacher can shake you up enough to give you practice material for months. I’ve had a few lessons that have completely altered my perception of the instrument-it’s very odd to suddenly be a better player from one day to the next simply because you approach it with a different mindset. It’s odd but it’s also cool! Electric Lesson 4-
Strengthen your fingers. Almost every player I know will openly admit that their pinky or their first finger isn’t very strong or dextrous. If you know that to be true, why not fix it? It’s pretty simple to strengthen your fingers, trills are great for it and there are countless other legato techniques that will really build strength and stamina. You’ll notice the difference within a few days-your chord changes will be crisper and you will be FASTER-and lets face it, what electric player doesn’t want to be able to play faster? Electric Lesson 5-
Change your influences. If you listen to solely hard rock and blues, why not buy a couple of flamenco albums or some latin jazz? Or if you are into jazz why not get some modern thrash metal? I don’t expect you to like the music, but a true player will find something of interest in any new style. A change like this can really open up your ears and give you ideas to put into your own playing. So there you are-surely 5 lessons is better than 1 electric lesson? Hopefully my ideas have helped you see that there is more to playing electric than the same old rock and blues stuff. Happy playing!
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