Guitar Lesson - Become A Better Guitarist By Developing Your Ear

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Can you hear a melody and then play it on your guitar? To have a good
ear will help you a lot in your musical endeavors. Let's see how we
can improve this ability!
Learn to know your guitar
To be able to pick up your guitar and play any melody you hear would
be nice I guess!
To understand the relationship between the melodies you hear and the
frets and strings you have to use to play these melodies is something
you can practice in different ways. Here are some suggestions:
1. Play around with your guitar. Yes, that's right! Have a nice time
with your guitar! First of all because it is fun and you probably play
the guitar first of all for this reason.
This means that you try out things on the guitar. Play notes and
listen how they sound. It doesn't really matter if it is fantastic
melodies you create. The important thing is that you gradually will
learn how notes, strings and frets relate to each other.
2. Learn scales. Scales can be played for many reasons. One way is to
develop a better understanding of the fretboard....

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