Telecaster Guitar Forum - View Single Post - Going to school. How to make the most of it?

klasaine · May 13th, 2008, 01:23 PM

Learn to read music, or work on reading it better. It's an excellent discipline that will help you to improve everything else you're working on. It will also afford you the opportunity to expose yourself to so much great music that isn't available in TAB.

Practice with a metronome - scales, arps, licks, songs, rhythm patterns ... whatever.

Learn some theory: major (and minor ) scales, the modes 'of' the major scales, basic triad construction, and some "basic" chord progressions and WHY they're basic and important and useful (I vi ii V and I IV V, etc. 10,000 tunes based on these two progressions along with a few substitutions).

None of this "sounds" very fun, romantic or 'rock & roll' but it will get you past where you are now and make you a better player.

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klasaine Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: los angeles, ca Age: 46 Posts: 1,361 6 Photos	Learn to read music, or work on reading it better. It's an excellent discipline that will help you to improve everything else you're working on. It will also afford you the opportunity to expose yourself to so much great music that isn't available in TAB. Practice with a metronome - scales, arps, licks, songs, rhythm patterns ... whatever. Learn some theory: major (and minor ) scales, the modes 'of' the major scales, basic triad construction, and some "basic" chord progressions and WHY they're basic and important and useful (I vi ii V and I IV V, etc. 10,000 tunes based on these two progressions along with a few substitutions). None of this "sounds" very fun, romantic or 'rock & roll' but it will get you past where you are now and make you a better player.