TG'S Gigging Practice Plan

Shape up your playing and focus on the skills you need to be the best live guitarist you can be

It goes almost without saying that your playing skills need to be fully up to speed when playing live. When practising, you need to focus on a mix of repertoire and core skills such as rhythm playing and basic lead techniques – it’s mostly about making sure you’ve got the basics down at this stage, rather than aiming for next-level practising.

With that in mind, what follows is not so much a practice routine or a series of drills, but a broader set of exercises and concepts that’ll help you hone the relevant playing skills for playing live. Read on, plug in and get practising!