ripock
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The fretboard, chords, scales, timing, playing songs, fretting technique, etc... "Easy" stuff, played with always more proficiency and quality. I was on a binge looking for answers and more, more, MORE advance concepts. His point was basically the same as what I've heard Jake say: "You can't spend too much time practicing quarter notes."
I meet a lot of "advanced" players that can't hold a groove or fret a clean barre chord. These are basics that should be second nature before moving too much further along the learning curve.
Bottom line is: even if you just learned your first three-chord song, there are fundamental skills you can improve upon that you will use no matter how advanced you become. The more skilled you get, the more you can improve these simple things.
Pay attention to your fingers, how they interact with the instrument, and slow everything down to painfully slow tempos (while still playing in time, of course). That's the basics, IMO.
That's a good reminder. I am getting deeper and deeper into jazz chord progressions, but I still have to look at the fretboard to play some basic triads. I need to re-connect with some core skills.