Critique My Routine! |
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Oct 18 2010, 08:09 PM |
I think it's a great plan, it's great that you have decided to dedicate that much time to practicing way to go! This sounds like a plan for now, and routine is something that will come when you start applying that plan. Remember that your routine may not look like this at all, once you start practicing and see how you like to practice.
One thing I notice here is the lack of bending and vibrato exercises. You may be very well familiar with these techniques, so they don't have a place here, but practicing bending and vibrato for 15-20 mins during a session will improve not only bending/vibrato, but tone control and feel for the strings. You will also strenghten your fingers. Also, Marek has a good point here. I would be interested in hearing what other members feel about the lenght of time needed for one particular technique practice. When I'm practicing, I don't spend more than 20 mins on one exercise. In fact, I switch exercises during the whole session to make things interesting. A simple example, as a thought from me, based on your plan would be: 1 hour scale learning (Starting with minor pentatonic, then major, then minor harmonic) 15 min break 1 hour alt picking exercises (Paul Gilbert exercises and Troy Stetina's Speed mechanics) 15 min break 1 hr legato exercises (Speed mechanics) 15 min break I would break it down like this: 15 mins pentatonic box 1 15 mins AP 5 min break 15 mins legato 15 song 5 min break and over and over again... But be aware that this is just an example. You will ultimately be the one that will find out how it works best for you. What I like to do is go from slow tempo exercise, to slow tempo another exercise, then return to the first one, speed up, then go to the next one, speed up. All this prevents me from getting too physically fatigued when rehearsing one simple exercise for half an hour. This enables you to create less pauses as well. 5 minutes is just about enough, if I weren't to play 15 mins my hands would need to warm up a bit again. But if I alternate between several exercises, fingers are moving in different ways, and you are not creating fatigue to that extent, so you can rehearse faster and more effectively. I hope this helps a bit, good luck with practice, and let us know how it turned out. I would be interested to know other's peoples practice systems too. This post has been edited by Ivan Milenkovic: Oct 18 2010, 08:11 PM -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Nov 1 2010, 04:24 PM |
I think it's a cool plan, but make sure you 'practice' improvisation too.
It develops you hearing, composational skills, and it's one of the most enjoyable moments in music . .. |
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