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Top 3 must have practice tools to become a better player
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I'm not one who pushes magic elixirs or "shred guitar in 1 day" schemes when it comes to playing your instrument well. The truth is, becoming a confident musician takes time and effort.
With that said, I do believe there are several tools that can be used during practice that will both improve your skills and make your practice sessions more enjoyable and productive.
Here they are ... Top 3 "Must Have" Practice Tools
Metronome
Now, before you sigh and say "here he goes again with that metronome talk", just hear me out. Your time could be better. Mine could too, everyone can work on their time. And the metronome is the tool to do it.
Metronomes come in many varieties these days, there are free online metronomes for those of you that practice at the computer.
However, for a stand alone unit that you can take with you, I recommend both the Korg MA-30 and the Boss DB-30 metronomes.
Korg MA-30 Digital Metronome
Boss DB-30 Dr. Beat Metronome
Band in a Box
If you are a student at Little Rock Jams, you've played with Band in a Box. Band in a Box is similar to a metronome in that it will help with your time, but that is where the similarities end.
Band in a Box provides you with a full backing track, complete with drums, keys, piano, strings, guitar, bass and other instruments. With the backing track, you can practice rhythm guitar, lead guitar, scale work and ear training just to name a few.
Plus, there are online resources for Band in a Box users that provide you with user support and unlimited backing tracks from all genres of music, pop, blues, rock, jazz, funk, country, gospel, bluegrass and more.
For an example of a Band in the Box backing track, check out any of our scale of the week entries.
PG Music Band In A Box Pro PC PC
Loop Station
Loop stations are the rage right now with guitar players everywhere.
What is a loop station? It is simply a big hunk of memory that records what you play and then plays it back for you as long as you want it to. (Again, if you're a student at Little Rock Jams, you've seen us use these during the lesson)
In a practice session, you could record a chord progression and then work out a solo over the top of it.
Learn a new scale and see how that scale sounds when it is played over the correct chords.
Harmonize a solo with yourself and sound like Lynyrd Skynyrd in no time flat!
We use Boss loop stations in the studio. They are very user friendly right out of the box!
Boss RC-2 Loop Station Effect Pedal
Boss RC-20XL Loop Station
In closing
In order to get better, you have to practice ... no doubt about it.
But to make your practice sessions more productive and enjoyable, these three tools will help tremendously!
guitar guitar lessons in little rock practicing metronome lynyrd skynryd guitar scales korg boss Dr. Rhythm Band In a Box rhythm guitar lead guitar
I'm not one who pushes magic elixirs or "shred guitar in 1 day" schemes when it comes to playing your instrument well. The truth is, becoming a confident musician takes time and effort.
With that said, I do believe there are several tools that can be used during practice that will both improve your skills and make your practice sessions more enjoyable and productive.
Here they are ... Top 3 "Must Have" Practice Tools
Metronome
Now, before you sigh and say "here he goes again with that metronome talk", just hear me out. Your time could be better. Mine could too, everyone can work on their time. And the metronome is the tool to do it.
Metronomes come in many varieties these days, there are free online metronomes for those of you that practice at the computer.
However, for a stand alone unit that you can take with you, I recommend both the Korg MA-30 and the Boss DB-30 metronomes.
Korg MA-30 Digital Metronome
Band in a Box
If you are a student at Little Rock Jams, you've played with Band in a Box. Band in a Box is similar to a metronome in that it will help with your time, but that is where the similarities end.
Band in a Box provides you with a full backing track, complete with drums, keys, piano, strings, guitar, bass and other instruments. With the backing track, you can practice rhythm guitar, lead guitar, scale work and ear training just to name a few.
Plus, there are online resources for Band in a Box users that provide you with user support and unlimited backing tracks from all genres of music, pop, blues, rock, jazz, funk, country, gospel, bluegrass and more.
For an example of a Band in the Box backing track, check out any of our scale of the week entries.
PG Music Band In A Box Pro PC PC
Loop Station
Loop stations are the rage right now with guitar players everywhere.
What is a loop station? It is simply a big hunk of memory that records what you play and then plays it back for you as long as you want it to. (Again, if you're a student at Little Rock Jams, you've seen us use these during the lesson)
In a practice session, you could record a chord progression and then work out a solo over the top of it.
Learn a new scale and see how that scale sounds when it is played over the correct chords.
Harmonize a solo with yourself and sound like Lynyrd Skynyrd in no time flat!
We use Boss loop stations in the studio. They are very user friendly right out of the box!
Boss RC-2 Loop Station Effect Pedal
In closing
In order to get better, you have to practice ... no doubt about it.
But to make your practice sessions more productive and enjoyable, these three tools will help tremendously!
guitar guitar lessons in little rock practicing metronome lynyrd skynryd guitar scales korg boss Dr. Rhythm Band In a Box rhythm guitar lead guitar
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