25 Easy Guitar Lessons
Improving your playing isn’t about learning new scales and chords or repeating the same lick endlessly to get one per cent faster. Looking for ways to refine what you already do is a great way to make a noticeable difference to the things you play every day. Details like how far your fingers move from one fret to another, or whether you’re really playing in time, are what distinguish the great players. And that’s where we come in with this month’s series of guitar lessons. From tidying your rhythm playing right through to moving riffs and licks around the neck, this workout is sure to overhaul your playing where it really matters. Plug in and let’s get playing!
CLEAN UP YOUR CHORDS…
Start here and follow TG’s easy steps for developing cleaner sounding chords
01 BARRE CHORD
The key to clean barre chords is thumb position. You can get away with hooking your thumb over the top of the neck when playing open chords, but for barres it needs to be in the middle, roughly in line with your second finger.
02 PARTIAL BARRES
Rather than lay your whole finger across the fretboard – as you do with a full barre – partial barres only cover a few strings. Bend your first finger at the first knuckle to ensure a good contact.
