guitar help?

Question

i can play cords pretty well but single note playing kills me. like i either can finger it and can't pick or pick it but can't finger it. the speed is in sixteenths like soloing. any tips on inproving accurate picking

Answer 1

try just fingering the notes with your left hand and not picking for a while. then, try picking as you slowly change fingerings. practice, practice, practice and only do it as fast as you can get a good sound... then work on speed last.

Answer 2

Buy a metronome. Then find out what speed it's supposed to be (say 180 beats per minute) Practice it at 90 beats per minute over and over until you can do it. If you can't even get it right once in 10 times then do it even slower. Once you can play it right 3 times in a row then speed the metronome up by 10, then practice it at that speed until you can play it right 3 times in a row again, and so on. The best way to improve your technique is practice (unless there's something really wrong with it, but then how could I tell?) If there's a bad habit you have then you should find a better way to do it through trial and error. It's tough, but you'll get it!

Answer 3

I,m a guitarist for 41 -42 yrs.Let me suggest that you also try ( open or alternative) tunings.Not only is it easier but the sound is much much richer.Being creative is a key point in music and bbbbbbbbbbbbelieve me this is the way to a style of better playing accomplishments. Besides it will confuse players who do not practice this method of playing Guitar.
Do be careful when 1st tuning in any key.do this dont worrie about being in standard tuning as a lot of people do.Start tuning low!
normal tuning is 5 ,5, 5 .4 .5.....try 7,5,7,5,4 don,t forget to tune these strings starting with e or 6th to an above fret rattle.Your doing this because it is to avoid (breaking) your strings.Are you listening? start low! then by ear find other harmonic notes as you exlplore by pressing the stings to match the tuning you are in

Answer 4

Work with a metronome. Slow it way down to a speed that you can do it accurately, however slow that must be. Gradually, over days or weeks, keep pushing the tempo up a click or two. At any time that you start making mistakes, slow it back down. If you practice the mistakes, you just get better at making mistakes. Eventually, one click at a time, you will get it up to speed. Repeat this procedure with each new lick.

Answer 5

A friend of mine used to wrap his fingers in tape to strengenthen them

its all about muscle memory so practice practice practice

start off with 'thunder struck' by ac/dc which does not involve too much movement

Answer 6

Start slowly and gradually get faster and faster. If you try to start fast, you may get discouraged.