first off if this in in the wrong section im sorry :D
im having trouble going from chord change to a riff/lick. any lessons that cover this
Well honestly it's a generic answer...but just practice man. Try playing that chord, then moving your fingers to the "position" for that lick. Eventually it'll come trust me. Just do it over and over again.
By the way...GO RED SOX! A real shame the Patriots lost the way they did...such a lost opportunity. I had tears in my eyes on Sunday night. It was like losing a loved one when they lost...
yes it was very painful. but we will get win next year hopefuly. and we have baseball seasion to look forward to. spring training starts in a few days. :D.
I second the above comments (minus the baseball....) - depending on which song, chord and lick you're trying to do, there can be easier fingerings, and little 'cheats' (I'm using the term very loosely) to facilitate playing it well. cover versions by established acts will often do this to accomodate e.g. tempo or key changes. but the main thing is practise. start very slowly with a metronome and build up speed progressively to maintain good technique, and pay attention to where/how you body is positioned when executing said change, since things like hand position can affect your ability to play it smoothly.
there's a passage in Hendrx's Little Wing in the rhythm on an Aminor chord that I can only do properly when I remember to make sure my thumb is not approaching/over the top of my guitar's neck, or the stretch becomes impossible to execute. you might find a similar 'focus moment' is needed for the lick you're working on.
Practice S-L-O-W-L-Y.
Then speed up little by little.
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. - Wernher Von Braun (1912-1977)
The guys who already posted pretty much covered it, but I thought I'd throw my 2 cents in because not that long ago I felt exactly the way you do now. As they said, SLOW PRACTICE is the key. That cannot be stressed enough, and unfortunately it took me far longer than it should have to appreciate that. Because of that advice, over the past several months my playing has grown considerably. Good luck. Oh, yeah, and go White Sox.
Dan
just a little tip i use, which has been mentioned before
after playing it slowly (and correctly!) for a while, jack up the tempo heaps, maybe to the full speed of the song
chances are you'll get the start of it, but thats about it.
once you've tried a few times, go back to the slow practice
you'll be amazed at how much easier it seems
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