Ways To Improve as a Guitarist

If you have been playing for awhile and feel like you are stuck in a rut, playing the same old licks, don’t worry. This is very common among all players. Sometimes it just takes a little time and effort to sit down and learn a couple new things. Here is a list of things you can do to get yourself out of the rut.

1. Learn one new song every day
2. Practice all the modes
3. Learn the Blues scale in all positions
4. Learn a song from a genre you don’t particularly like
5. Learn new chord voicings and inversions
6. Transpose your favorite song to a different key
7. Practice scales on a single string
8. Play finger style instead of using a pick or vice versa
9. Transpose a horn solo to guitar
10. Practice every day