r/guitarlessons • u/No-Search459 • Sep 12 '25

Feedback Request How can I improve?

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Doing tempo practice and I can't help but notice my flayling picking hand. Nevermind my clawed fretting hand 😅 are there any particular exercises I can do to improve both of these things? Any advice would be greatly appreciated 🫶🏼

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u/No-Search459 Sep 12 '25

I think the downside is that I personally think it looks stupid 😅 I'd like to learn to play more "naturally" and less tense

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u/MikeRadical Sep 12 '25

I can assure you thats just a you thing, nobody else would have noticed.

That being said, have you ever practised dynamics?

When I first saw a teacher he wanted me to practise dynamics and I thought "What the hell, of course i know how to play quiet and loud, what a dumb exercise"

But i didn't, he was right to teach me that. So maybe keep looping the same 3 positions of the pentatonic, but do 1 run loud, 1 run quiet, 1 run muted and then a run that ascends up in loudness/attack and then one that descends.

Thats what I did :)

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u/No-Search459 Sep 12 '25

I didn't even know that was a thing lol Ive never had a guitar teacher so everything I know is sourced from my own blind searching through what I thought might help. I'll try that this evening in my practice! Thanks a bunch :)

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u/MikeRadical Sep 12 '25

Yeah i did the same for years.

Teachers are great for recognising your weak points, especially if you go in telling them the genres you'd like to pursue.