Practice to break out

[horsehead]

I've got stuck into the old routines (usual scales & everything). I've started listineding to different players to try to give me a kick up the arse to do something different. I'm listening to loads of Matt Schofield to hear different ways of playing (jazz blues etc) & miles davies etc to just try something different. Has anyone got any suggestions to help out?

[Nadz1lla]

Might sound a bit odd but have you tried listening to some Folk? I find some of the finger picking stuff and chord progressions quite interesting. You can find some guitar playing gems if you look.  :D

It's very different from the kind of stuff I'm used to playing, so it's definitely something I'd use to broaden my playing horizons a bit.

[MrBump]

Classical stuff can be nice - not in the neo-classical Yngiwe way, but picking out the melody and counterpoint and seeing what you can do on the ol' electric.

[Ted]

How about you just leave the guitar for a couple of weeks?

That's what I did (not out of choice) and I'm coming up with lots of new stuff, riffs licks etc.

[gingataff]

I recommend getting a small cheap keyboard, learn a few scales and chords and just muck about. It might help you think about music in a different way that hopefully you can transfer back to the guitar.

[AndyR]

I recommend getting a small cheap keyboard, learn a few scales and chords and just muck about. It might help you think about music in a different way that hopefully you can transfer back to the guitar.

+1

I taught myself to play piano a few years back, for songwriting purposes. It was satisfying in the long run, if very frustrating while I was doing it. However, everytime I threw my hands up in despair and reached for a guitar instead - my guitar playing had miraculously improved without me noticing!