Guitarist Mag This Month - 100 Tips For Improved Playing

Fuengi

Nice feature this month in Guitarist of 100 tips on playing, setup, theory, gear etc - any little tips that help you improve. I'm sure most of them are recycled but nontheless all useful.

On the back of reading the first 20 over breakfast I just sat down for 20 minutes with a metronome and played through the D Major scale purely thinking about timing and dynamics. Digging in on the chord tones - Root, 3 and 5 of the scale - with a bit of vibrato, and lighter picking on the 2, 4, 6 and 7 makes a HUGE difference. It aslo helps to memorise the chord tones and arpeggios.

Cracking tip. Feel guilty I've just cancelled my subscription!

duotone

Is the front cover Chuck Berry?

Fuengi

No. But I think he does have an album review in there! 

LooseMoose

Disappointed to see ‘read endless forum adverts for gear I want but can’t afford’ didn’t feature as a top tip.