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Learn To Play Guitar – Developing Your Own guitar playing style   by Ian Girvan

Learning to play the guitar can be one of the most fun and
rewarding things you will ever do in your life.It is something
you can enjoy from a very young age and can last a lifetime.
All of your hard work and practice will pay off when you can
confidently rip through other people’s songs as if you wrote
them yourself.Sounding just like everyone else though,would be
pretty boring.So you have to develop your own sound.But how do
you go about developing your own sound?

There are a number of ways of thinking about it when trying to
develop your own sound.To some degree, you ARE going to sound
like everyone else.If you take all of the guitar players that
you are influenced by and that you have learned from and admire
and mix them all together the sound that comes out would be you
plus your own flavor.

So now you take this and develop your own sound from it.You’ve
got to be open minded to new things.You start out emulating
all of the guitarists who’s playing you enjoy and learn all of
their songs and licks and without realizing it, you will
automatically be putting your own twist on things which
will lead to developing your own style and sound.

Little things like, the original guitarist useing all down
strokes with the pick during a certain passage while you might
decide to alternate pick may create a slightly different sound.
Your preferences and the choices you make including picking as
mentioned above will help in the development of your own
sound.How you hold the pick,how aggressive you pick the strings
even the angle of the pick are all key elements to creating
your own unique sound.

If you take one of the guitar greats and make him play on a
totally different guitar and amp setup, it’s still going to
sound like him with his signature sound and playing style.
While you may not notice it right away, the same will be true
for you.If you play anyone else’s gear, it will still sound
like you.

By listening to players in other genres and deciding what you
like or think might work for you,will also help to develop
your own style,.A country guitarist can take ideas from a rock
guitarist, or jazz, or blues even.As you build your bag of
tricks based on what sounds and licks are pleasing to your
ears, you will start to hear your own sound come through.
It will be made up of all the preferences and all the many
influences that you have had over the years.

Once you start to develop your own sound and style,the best
way to continue your development is to always remember to
practice,practice,practice.

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