So you want to move on a higher level? That is good, as long as you know what it takes and is willing to do whatever it takes to get you there. There are a few things that you could do to make your lead guitar playing skills enhanced; these are focusing your practice on guitar techniques. There are several guitar techniques and each of them has their own levels of difficulties so it’s very important that you have a fixed basis of where to start from. You couldn’t just jump right in to the most difficult level of guitar technique that you could get your hands on.
These are the different guitar techniques that you could learn:
- Bending
- Hammer on
- Pull off
- Vibratos
- Palm muting
- Double stops
- Arpeggios
- Legato techniques
You might find your efforts in executing these guitar techniques nothing far from mediocre at first because that is how it is. You start and starting sucks rotten eggs, but if you are patient enough, you would definitely get there. Just continue practicing these guitar techniques one at a time, from a slow pace and a notch higher every time you master a technique.