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All the technical mastery is ultimately aimed at making music. The instructor advocates for incorporating these concepts into actual playing—improvising, composing, and jamming. His approach encourages students to eventually produce music that is expressive and melodically rich, not just technically correct.
He advises learners to slow down recordings and transcribe solos by ear, which enhances both technical skills and musical understanding. Recognizing that guitar is like a language, he emphasizes building a vocabulary of scales, arpeggios, and voicings, which can be mixed and matched in real time.