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Playing guitar for my own joy but regret not diving into theory. After years, my fretboard knowledge is still lacking. What led to your biggest leap in playing improvement? What's the single most impactful thing that has influenced your playing?

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Thanks for the tip, Roberto. With my skills, joining a band, especially one that performs publicly, seems daunting :) But playing with others could indeed be beneficial.

You're absolutely right in approaching theory with small, manageable steps. It indeed shouldn't feel like a day job. The challenge is to learn theory in a way that's both comfortable and enjoyable.

good q

for me, the circle of fifths was super helpful

just the knowledge that g major is c (with a sharp f) and d major is g (plus a sharp c) 

shows how these scales are just minor deviations from one another 

then seeing c lydian is g, etc

simple theory tips like that go a long way to expand the available colors

I recognize the habit of playing familiar riffs. Often, I end up playing the guitar for only a short while, repeating the same pieces.

I started growing again when I stopped playing the riffs that I know.

I bought a TrueFire subscription and find something new to work on every week (or month depending on the difficulty).

Get outside your comfort zone.

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Thanks for the tips @jonwalch. I'll be putting that method into use

Exercises from my bass teacher:

Chromatically play and say every note on your fretboard
Find all Cs, find all C#s, find all Ds, etc for all notes
major scales - say each note as you play it, be able to play scales starting with open string
same for minor scales
now major and minor arpeggios - say each note etc.