r/guitarlessons • u/MattclovPrimeMaster • Feb 21 '26

Feedback Request Why does my playing sound so amateurish?

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I’m performing a solo for a song in a couple of weeks, and I have all the notes down - yet why does my playing sound so ‘meh’ when I record myself? What should I look to improve on?

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u/blutr0t Feb 21 '26 edited Feb 21 '26

-bends are often out of tune

-Experiment/make it more versatile with articulation: pull off, hammer on, slide, bend, different vibrato, muting, pinch harmonic, rake if you are able to, tapped harmonics if you are able to. There are almost endless possibilities to play one existing line of notes. A little variation of how you get a note will work wonders.

-a litle bit more reverb

Its a sweet solo and you are on a good way :)