Guitar Learning Tip 1

I am dedicating some time to clean my execution of one of the solos in "High speed dirt" from Megadeth.

Thing is there is alway some lick that is harder. Some that you are not sounding as you wish.

Sometimes is better that you stop playing the entire solo and dedicate more time to a smaller part.

Try to isolate the part where your fingers get in trouble and, if it is possible build an exercise on it.

Then play it as slow as you can play it clean. Focus on get the movement right. Focus on make every note sounding right and clean. As slow as it needs to be. Play it for at least 15 minutes in a row, once or more for several day. You will see improvements when you play it faster.

The exericise above looks pretty simple but it is not. There are a lot of things involved. It moves 3 times forward in the keybord and 2 time backward. It uses 2 different fingers position (1-3-4 and 1-2-4), so you are training also your ability to change position. It also stresses the pinky (4) since it is the first finger landing in the new string.