Step 1: Sing the melody with the right groove before you put the guitar in your hands. Ok, you are sitting there nodding and saying “I know”…but I am DEAD SERIOUS. If you can’t SING the melody to what you are about to play or learn, you will be forever lost in a labyrinth of tabs, notes, fingerings. DO IT! Sing the melody and snap your fingers as you sing. Philosophically speaking, your outer world reflects your inner world, so if you have no idea what the music is saying INSIDE you, the OUTS