Don't spend all of your time trying to play barre chords - chances are you'll
just end up frustrated with very sore fingers. If you want to conquer them,
however, you'll have to put in a few minutes worth of work every time you
pick up your guitar. Here are some other things you'll want to practice
after this lesson:
- First, make sure
your guitar is in tune).
- Warm up by playing
the new chromatic scale slowly and accurately.
Try not to hesitate when switching strings.
- Review the new 7th
chords, plus open chords, power
chords, the B minor barre chord, and
this week's barre chords. We've learned
a lot, so it's important to keep them all organized in your mind.
- Review all strumming
patterns we've covered. We've learned patterns in lesson
two, lesson three, lesson
four, and lesson six. Try switching
from chord to chord while using these patterns.
- Try to play all of
the songs above, plus keep playing those from previous lessons. Try
committing one or several songs to memory. Pick an easy one to start
with.
As we continue to learn
more and more material, it becomes easy to overlook the techniques we learned
during earlier lessons. They are all still important, so it is advisable
to keep going over older lessons, and be sure you're not forgetting anything.
There is a strong human tendency to only practice things which we are already
quite good at. You'll need to overcome this, and force yourself to practice
the things you are weakest at doing.
If you're feeling confident with everything we've learned so far, I suggest
trying to find a few songs you're interested in, and learn them on your
own. You can use the easy guitar
tab area of the site to hunt down the music that you'd enjoy learning
the most. Try memorizing some of these songs, rather than always looking
at the music to play them.
In lesson seven, we'll another
barre chord (our last for a little while), hammer-on and pull-off techniques,
new songs, and much more. Be sure you're always having fun while you're
playing, and keep smiling!
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