Originally Posted by: maggiorI would say that is a huge step!! You've managed to play something that you heard in your head. You've started making the connection between what you are physically doing on your guitar and what it sounds like.

I have fleeting (very fleeting) moments like that. From what I've heard from my musician friends thoughout the years - this is what it is all about. You hear an idea in your head as you are playing, either composing or improvising, and you execute it on your instrument. You are anticipating what you are going to play not by the physical muscle memory, but by the music in your head...which then your muscle memory executes.

Congrats!!

Thanks!

I can't even begin to describe how great it felt being able to play what I had heard in my head hours earlier. And the same thing just happened a bit earlier today again! Now, if only I could start coming up with riffs and licks in my head that don't sound too similarly, that'd be nice... I doubt it's possible to become a great rock guitarist if I can't come up with more varied riffs and licks... Well, that's the next thing to work on in that area.