ive only played for about a year and a half, and i found that practicing scales really improved and widened my playing. A lot of deftones and tool songs are based on one scale and a chord progression (tool is a bit more complicated). Its all about listening to a song on the radio and telling yourself, "im going to learn that song." Look up the tabs on a site like guitartabs.cc or taborama.com youd be surprised at how easy some songs on the radio are. Good Luck.


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