When I was starting out, I tried to cover up my fretboard ignorance by memorizing scale pattern “boxes” or by playing other people’s licks, even though I didn’t really know what I was doing.
When you are a total beginner, it's ok to learn these kinds of shortcuts because it’s tough to learn the theory behind everything. And if you are a hobbyist, you usually don’t have the time for that 😳.
But still… when I played that way, I always got that nagging feeling that I was faking it. That’s because music is supposed to be a way to express yourself.
Thankfully, there are some small, easy adjustments that we can make to our thinking, that can help us understand how music works, and end up playing more and more like ourselves.
In this excerpt from my free mini-course SFS Modes Crash Course we will look at something that is simple, yet we guitar players are notorious for misunderstanding:
