Learn Electric Guitar Faster By Doing This

I was driving down the highway the other day and “Am I Evil” from Metallica came on the radio.  If you have ever heard that song, you know it has some awesome riffs.  Kirk Hammett really shreds it up a couple of times in that song.

And it took me back to when I was a kid and wanting to learn electric guitar. Metallica, along with Pantera, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth and a whole host of other bands were really the reason I wanted to learn to play the electric guitar.

The sounds that they produce with the electric guitar truly are amazing and it is even more amazing when you can play them yourself.

Back then I set out to find the quickest way I could learn to play because I wanted to get up and playing slongs as fast as possible.  I took some lessons, then studied the chords and practiced every day until I could move between the chords fluidly.

I was fanatical too because I practiced morning, day and night (and my parents weren’t real happy!).

But it paid off because within about 2 months I was playing the Am I Evil riffs.  Not flawlessly, but I could move along the fretboard pretty fluidly.

Today you have so many more options to learn electric guitar even faster than I did.  Private lessons are usually the way to go because you have someone who gives you constant and instant feedback.  They also hold you accountable so if you don’t practice they really get on to you.

The only problem with lessons like this is they are expensive.  I have seen some of them run as high as $100 an hour.

Your other option is to join one of those online guitar membership sites, like Jamplay or Guitartricks (I am actually a member of Jamplay, see a video tour of my account HERE).  These are pretty cool because you can pay month to month and they have literally thousands of lessons available given by 30-40 different instructors.  They also have a ton of genre’s you can focus on, like metal, rock, jazz, blues, fingerstyle or classical.

Another cool feature is if you are a beginner, they have a learning path that you can follow to start with the absolute basics, and progress as you get more and more advanced.  It’s also not just for beginners.  They have loads and loads of advanced lessons as well.

Learning to play the guitar this way will get you playing your favorite songs even faster than when I learned because it’s on demand and you have someone sitting there in the video showing you exactly what to do.

So next time you hear your favorite song on the radio and you get that itch to learn electric guitar, check out Jamplay or Guitartricks if you want a solid foundation that will have you playing those songs even faster.

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