Practice
Intervals
Over a backing track playing a certain chord (important), play each of the notes, recognizing them by their interval. Play the 1 and notice how that sounds and feels. Play the interval between 1 and 5, see how it feels. Move around different areas of the fretboard hitting those notes.
Improve fretting technique
Gain better control over pinky
Be more deliberate about which fingers I am using to hit which notes in a sequemce
Ear Training
Interval recognition
- 5 min every day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FTQ2iZNRB4
Hit any note on the instrument, and then hum the 5th. Hit the note on the instrument to confirm. Then do this for the 3, b3, 6, 2 etc
Other
get better at recognizing the top note of a chord and how that indicates which shape to play the chord in
- ex. hear a C major in 1-bass on the G-B-e strings and recognize that it's that shape
Fretboard recognition
Get better at taking a major or minor triad (using a set of 3 strings) and figuring out where all the other chords are (ie find its iii, III, ii, V)
Get better at starting a scale starting in one position and ending on another
- e.g. starting on a low C in centre shape and then ending on right shape