Start by fingering a chord and playing each note one at a time in succession from low to high and then back down from high to lowest notes. One note at a time, instead of the typical sweep of the chord.

But don't stop there, take a look at the actual fingering pattern and then work on being able to run that pattern while fingering it one fret at a time rather than first grabbing the entire "chord" with LH and then attempting to pick each note of the chord in succession.

Notice how that pattern fits into the scale pattern as mentioned above.

An Arpeggio is simply every other note of a scale in most cases.

For example, using one of those 2 octave Major scale patterns, but intentionally playing only the 1,3,5,8,3,5 out of it is the Major triad in two octaves.

Again, while being able to execute the scales and arpeggios with speed is one of the essential goals for the sake of teaching the muscle memory, it is also very important to practice these things daily until you become so familiar with not only the patterns on the neck but the SOUNDS of the various note relationships as well.

More time with the guitar in serious practice sessions and less time with other endeavors is the only way I know to "get there". If I knew of a shortcut or an easier way, I'd certainly mention it.

The good news is that it does not take all that long to "get there" with this thing, all that is required is a proper mindset, establish a daily discipline of practice regimen, not too long, mind you, but twenty minutes of structured and concerted practice daily beats all the talking about it in the world.

On average, it really takes less than a year's time for most dedicated students to change their abilities so much that others will start taking notice of the "difference" in abilities.


--Mac

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