u/Hohnermode11

Hi Guys.

Ive been playing guitar since 2011. I started with an electric and bought an acoustic 3 years ago. I only played mostly in my room and then a 1 gig in this duration. I played from guitar tabs, had a few of the licklibrary programs ( learn metallica, learn killswitch engage) and got technically proficient at certain techniques like sweep picking , alternative picking etc.

In 2022 , I joined a local band with a guy who was a luthier and a national bagpipe player for Scotland. IMO he was one of the most talented guitarist I had seen. He said I was a bedroom guitarist masturbating or diddling on the guitar.

I dont know chord progressions. If you were to play a song, I wouldnt necessarily be able to play over either the chords or the leads. I know open chords, I know barre chords. I dont know any scales except maybe the first and second position of the pentatonic.

I would like to get out of this rut. I am in a place where there are no good guitar lessons and in a timezone where I cannot realistically liase with a teacher on truefire etc.

1. I want to be able to play the chords over a song

2. I want to be able to improvise leads over a song.

Is there a route to getting there rapidly, in a fun manner and realistically what time frame am I looking at?

Also is there a structure Im supposed to follow?

Some of the resources I think stand out but for some reason I am not impelled by are:

1. For improv :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhZLw2DGmgk [Pow music on John Mayer]

2. For ear training : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aM3JbcPNAk [ Max Konyi chord emotion connection]