

It gives you more time to think about what you're playing rather then reading numbers of the screen.īottom line: Using guitar pro isn't bad, it just isn't optimal if you want to grow as a musician. You are more aware of what is going on with the song and around your fret board. However your listening skills improve, your improvisational skills improve, you play along with the actual song and the interpret the artist with your own ears. Transcribe, Amazing slow downer: You'll learn the song a tad bit slower than the former method. Guitar pro and Tabs: It'll help you learn a song quickly, you'll benefit by having an extra song in your repertoire and your technique will also be benefited if it's a technical song. +1 for Transcribe and amazing slow downer If you want to get the maximum out of a song while you're playing it. +1 for guitar pro if you need to save on time and have a huge set list of songs to learn and just want to figure songs out and play guitar for fun and therapeutic purposes. You could always hit youtube and look for backing tracks, or karaoke versions of songs you want to play as well, there's loads out there. I agree, original source is the best, not just for learning but also for playing along to. It's those parts that make your guitar playing sound like you.

That stuff is what makes solos your own and should be embraced IMO. You'll also learn what parts of a solo are crucial, and what parts of a solo you might prefer to play your own way - i.e, replacing some parts with something else or altering some parts so you can play it more easily.

If you're doing something wrong, it'll sound like absolute crap and you'll work out all the mistakes on your own. It's just the best way to learn by miles.Īs for playing along to backing tracks, the best way is again for me, the original source. I come up with my own fingerings or play things on the neck wherever I decide it sounds or feels best.
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I prefer to learn by ear because it's more accurate and I work out how to play things my own way. Everything else - I use Guitar Pro and nail it pretty quickly. Then I move to the Anytune and play with the song directly as I'm working to get up to 100% speed. So I usually start with GP until I memorize all the notes / movements. Sometimes it's easier for me to see the flow of the TAB so I know where my fingers are supposed to go next, etc.
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I also use Anytune for Mac (was using Amazing Slow Downer for PC) to slow down songs to learn from the songs directly. I bought Guitar Pro outright and have no recurring fees which I prefer. I don't know because I've only used the "non-Pro" version because I try to avoid subscription fees if possible and didn't want to pay a monthly fee to use it. Now Songsterr may do many of those things. In other words, when I'm trying to learn a complicated piece, I can select the part I'm having trouble with, slow it down to 50% or something, and then have it increase 1% or 2% every time it repeats, or every 5 times it repeats, etc. Has easy looper controls with automatic tempo adjustment. It has better digital modeling features to customize amp, guitar, effects settings for playbook. There's thousands of GP files on the web already.
