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Good idea or bad idea: finding a song on a cd to solo to, to practice technique etc?
Does this work well for other people?
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this is a great way to practice. What I find is fun and productive is to find a song with very little leads in it and just solo around to the rythem, and get some neat call response stuff going.
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That's how I learned how to play guitar! And also, It will kind of help you when you jam with other people.
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If you have a recording program of some sort, it would also be a good idea to record a chord progression, then loop it and solo over that. I haven't tried it with what I have, but it should work.
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Sometimes I just sit in front of the radio and do that. It's really fun.
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I love doing this...I have tons of music on my laptop (hooked up to some speakers), so I can just pick a song and work on the rhythm (like Third Day's "I Have Always Loved You") or lead stuff (some country songs/Don Francisco stuff)...