For those of you beginners who want to learn to shred, practicing with the end in mind is crucial to your success.

Today, I came across a great little blog post titled ” Terry Syrek on Concentration ” from The Practice Room blog. I thought this particular article would be really apply to beginner guitar players such as yourselves, as well as intermediate players.

( For those of you who do not know who Terry Syrek is, just Youtube him. He’s one of the best shredders and improvisation guitarists I’ve come to know. He’s also released a book called ” Shred Is Not Dead ” – A DVD / book tutorial combination course covering shredding and building up your chops ).

This really great post talks about being efficient with your guitar practice sessions, and really putting your 100% concentration on the licks, scales or songs you’re trying to learn, as opposed to letting your mind wander off while you practice.

Now come to think of it, I think this is true. When I first started learning to play the guitar, I was mentally going through licks or scales that I would play – While I was practicing and also when I wasn’t.

Anyway, check out the article and apply what you read to your guitar practice.