how can you play guitar better and faster?
400593
Use a metronome and go over licks that you want to speed up. Gradually bring it up faster, but stop if you are making mistakes. You don't want to make the habit of playing fast and sloppy. Use alternating picking (Picking the notes upstroke and down), don't brink your fingers too far from the fretboard.
82292
Perhaps, find a book you like more.  Definitely learn the fingerings for chords, and practice changing between them.  Also, learn scales.  Try going up and down the fretboard, using each finger, and switching between strings.  Try different combinations and variations too.  This will increase your agility and stamina.  Keep your middle finger and thumb relatively parallel to one another.  Also, when I first started learning to play the guitar, I found that I began to play better and improve faster when I practiced standing up.  You'll have to use a strap of course.  I know this has worked for friends of mine, but it's definitely not something that is a scientific constant.  Once you become more physically proficient at guitar, the technical aspects should become easier.  Make sure your fingers are getting stronger and more practiced, at the same time you are learning chords, scales, and riffs.  There is no truly easy way, but you can surely make it easier on yourself beforehand.
545687
Start off by having your pointer finger on the first fret of the low E string and your middle finger on the second fret of the same string. \nA hammer on is when you have your pointer finger on the first fret of your high E string and you 'hammer' your middle finger down on the second fret (or which ever fret is called for) You aren't playing the second fret necessarily just bouncing your finger off of it.\nA pull off is similar put sort of the opposite. You start with your middle finger on the second fret and pull it off real quick so you get a partial sound out of that fret as well as the first fret (which you would all so be fingering.)\nHarmonics are when you place your finger very lightly over the metal bar that makes the fret. This can be kind of tricky and takes practice. You are listening for a sound that doesn't quite sound like a normal note, it's in between and has a bizarre sort of sound.\nStaccato (I think, trying to remember) is playing by scratching your pick against the string.\nI hope this helped. Check out some of the many guitar websites like guitarbasics.com for more info.
597806
Well, I have never used one of those but I am willing to bet that when they say "play like a pro" they are referring to some really simple riff or style that you can actually learn in a short amount of time. Yes some things are very simple but the only thing that is going to get you near a professional level of playing is years of experience. Jimi Hendrix didn't write Purple Haze the first time he picked up a guitar!
780429
Thanks to the Internet, I have like thousands before me, learned to play the guitar on line. And I'm so glad that I can share some of the links with you here-\n\nhttp://www.fretplay.com/guitar-lessons.shtml\nhttp://www.guitarmasterclass.net\nhttp://www.sickguitar.com\nhttp://www.freeguitarvideos.com/\nhttp://www.guitaralliance.com\nhttp://youtube.com/results?search_query=learn+to+play+guitar\nhttp://www.shredaholic.com\nhttp://www.guitarjamdaily.com\nhttp://guitar.about.com/library/blguitar\nhttp://www.cyberfret.com/\nhttp://www.onlineguitarlessons.co.uk/\nhttp://www.guitarnoise.com\nhttp://www.jamorama.com/?hop=astronut\n\nRemember practice makes perfect. With lots of practice and perseverance, soon you will find yourself playing the guitar proficiently.
55183
You can use a piano. Just play a note, and tune your guitar using the little twisting notches on the top. (twisting tighter makes it higher)
311244
practice practice practice.  Also, playing against people that are better than you cann only make you better.
1152690
i know what you mean,mainly you have to build up yr neck.if you headbang every week yu wil get stronger,or failing that change the headbang movements,like go from side to side for a while,or slow down during the track!some guys throw in a bit of air guitar,or smaller moves.
342825
I am learning right now.  I have practiced for hours a day for months and still really can't play anything.  But it is  a hell of a lot of fun.  You will never worry about a rainy day again because it will give you a good excuse to play around with  your guitar and you know it is something you can do for life and there will always be more to learn.  You better take the amount of effort you plan to devote to it and multiply it by ten.  But, you should still do it.  I recommend going to a reputable shop and buying a cheap guitar at first.  Then, once you prove to yourself that your gonna stick with it, then reward yourself with a nicer one.  I wish you the best of success.\n\nCheers,
957736
1..loosen all strings\n2.slide back of bridge from the guitar .Those strings are looped around it
139648
learn to play the guitar first, practice the movement of your fingers and search for tabs of the song, there's probably tons available
978318
If you're gonna do it, do it right. take lessons, learn to read music. take your time and learn as much as you can.\nI'm a guitar player, but never learned to read music. I wish i would have done it differently.
724473
I would try guitar lesson of the net \nhttp://www.freeguitarvideos.com/ looks like a good place to start also there are probably podcast on it.
305897
you can do wrist curls to increase the strength and staminia of your wrists, by tying a weight to a broomstick with rope and rolling it up and down slowly 10-20 times a day. for accuracy you can begin working on a lick with a metronome at about 100 BPM or slower, and then learn it at one speed until you have it perfect, and progressively speed it up one step at a time until you can play it at tempo. musically, being a rhythm guitarist is about time and attitude, as with any rhythm section (referring to bass and drums). you want to try and follow the soloist's solos by following dynamics and stuff. also be alert, play the right chords at the right time and know where you are in the progression.
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You need to play the notes that coincide with the string of the same note and turn tuning peg till same note is played.  It's very hard to explain in writing about tuning and the different wave cycles that are heard between the two notes.  Best bet, purchase a guitar tuner...if it's not an acoustic, that is.  \n\nGo here for a small explanation.  \nhttp://www.guitarsite.com/tuning.htm#how\n\nthis will help if you do not know keyboard layout.\nhttp://www.doremifasoft.com/pikeystmap.html
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I go through different scale patterns all over the neck for an hour everyday, I'm not even a speed player, but I'm faster than most speed players.\n\nIf you are trying to get to a new speed on the metronome play 10bpm past your limit for awhile, not perfectly, but keep up as much as you can, when you turn it back down your desired speed will be easier. Obviously make sure the conditioning of your 3 and 4 fingers are balanced out to the other two in your hand. \n\nMost musicians upstroke is weaker than their down stroke. If you have the time, do only upstrokes for a month or two, in every exercise you do, adjust the metronome accordingly and still try for accuracy and to increase speed. \n\nEconomy picking is a must to learn if you havn't already.
387647
Just buy a guitar book that contains where to press the chord and learn it.\nYou can learn it yourself, 1-2 hours a day. Don't be frustrated at first, and don't try too high like "I want to play a rock song", or "I want to learn a melody guitar". Learn it slowly from the bottom.\nIf you're master from the bottom, it easy to get on the top. Just learn it slowly.\nFor example, me and my friend learn guitar 3 years ago and we learn it ourselves. Now our skill isn't embrassing like 2 years ago..