10 Ways to Play Guitar Like a Pro

There are a lot of ways that a guitarist can improve his existing skills. With proper work, he can even get to the levels of a pro. However, like there are different ways to learning something, the same goes with learning guitar as well. This article will cover 10 ways to play guitar like a pro. Usually in contents like these, we normally see that a lot of hard and technical stuffs are written down which become quite tough to dumb down for beginner guitarists. But in this case, we will hopefully write these fifteen tips and tricks that would certainly be more intelligible and therefore would be easier to put into practice.

Tip No. 1: Try to play with other people as much as you can!

While this seems pretty much an obvious tip, it is, however, a very useful one at that. Once you start playing with other guitarists, you will see that you are learning more once you’ve started playing with other guitarists. It might often be the case that your partner might just have a new and different way of handling chords or producing a different kind of rhythm style. It is not unheard of at all. While jamming with others, you will find that you are honing your guitar skills without even thinking about it!

Tip No. 2: Learn the favourite tracks and practice them

When you are learning your favourite tracks, you are usually more focused in getting the tunes right and that is the best way of improving your skills with any instrument. As such, improving your guitar skills is no exception as well and therefore, you can easily perfect your notes if you are focused enough.

Tip No. 3: Get your pro-lessons up close and personal

There is hardly a better way to improve your guitar skills if you manage to get your pro lessons from your trainer up close and personal. This usually helps improving your skills much faster. Of course, group lessons work too but there is nothing better than getting personal one-on-one lessons from your trainer in our book.

Tip No. 4: Always record what you are playing

This is also another important tip that we can share with you. When playing guitar, your ears can often deceive you and that is a fact! In order to get pass it, there is no better way than recording your tones and playing it back at a later time to see how exactly you went about. This thing matter, because it is often seen that you are getting some information on how to fine tune your notes after such sessions.

Tip No. 5: Play your guitar slower rather than faster

While some may be astonished that why we are advising you to play guitar slower rather than faster, we have our reasons, believe it! We don’t underestimate the benefits of playing faster to improve your fingering, but if you play slower then you will learn more about your fingers and your touches and more importantly, your rhythm sense and phrasing will be a lot better as well.

Tip No. 6: Experiment with different kinds of strings

This is a definite pro advice! Even if you are playing for like 3 to 4 years now, you can never be sure that you’ve reached your peak unless you switch and experiment with different strings. Remember, when you are using heavier strings, your fingering strength and tone will get a boost but the lighter strings will ensure you’re getting better bending effects!

Tip No. 7: Try to venture into different grounds other than your comfort zones

When you are playing guitar, try to be as much versatile as you can be! In essence, what we would want you to be is to be able to play most styles of music, not just sticking to a genre. We have often seen guitarists playing efficiently in one form of music, but when switching to a different genre, they fail to grasp the essence of that style. That delicate touch that makes a tune ‘music’ is what goes missing in such cases. We’re not saying sticking to one form of musical style is ‘bad’. But if you want to become a more accomplished guitarist then there’s no other way than venturing out to different styles of music!

Tip No. 8: Don’t do excessive ‘jamming sessions’

This is also very important to remember that while practicing or jamming is an essential part of learning guitar well, it is also equally important to not overdo it. You need to know about that balance, that delicate balance where your jamming is getting to the excessive level. When your band is practicing, try to focus on specific tracks or styles, or in other words – stick to a specific regime. Do not wander about with that.

Tip No. 9: Play different instruments whenever you can

As a guitarist it is okay to be able to stick to your guitars. However, if you want to expand your knowledge of music, then you need to be able to play different instruments as well. For example, if you play bass then you will get more knowledge on the groove while playing a piano will provide you with creative thoughts and understanding of notes and scales. The more your knowledge on music is expanded, the better your guitar skills will flourish.

Tip No. 10: Make proper use of metronome

As a guitarist, you already know what a metronome is – therefore we are not going to waste your time elaborating on that. However, what you need to know is that in order to improve your guitar skills, you definitely need to make full use of your metronome. Metronomes are famous for their aid in understanding tempo and if you can make a habit of doing a bit of solo practice with it, then you can bet you’ll get rewarded in the long run!

Once you follow these 10 methods, you can be confident that you one day you are going to be really happy that you took the time to read this piece, we assure you! Happy practicing!