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Feb 17 2012, 04:53 AM
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While watching Ivan's Determing the Key of a Song lesson (very useful lesson, btw
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Feb 17 2012, 02:51 PM
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I also agree with Dark Dude comments. Those 3 ideas are exactly what you have to have in mind. Total amount of time to practice, hands response and daily practice. This last one is very important, it's much more effective to practice a small amount of time every day than practising a lot of time 2 or 3 days per week.
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Feb 17 2012, 11:00 PM
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QUOTE (Blister @ Feb 17 2012, 03:53 AM)  While watching Ivan's Determing the Key of a Song lesson (very useful lesson, btw ), I noticed in Lesson 7, his notes said "Work on each of the backing tracks per day (20 mins top)". That's when this question popped into my mind. What is the minimum & maximum time to put into a specific lesson or exercise? Keep in mind, I am not talking about your entire practice time, only the time alotted to the specific lesson or exercise.It's a good question! I will tell you this 5 minutes of concentrated practicing worth 2 hours of noodling and fooling around! So even if you have a little time keep it organized and you will be 100% more productive! -------------------- |
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Feb 18 2012, 12:46 AM
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Good quuestion! Dark Dude breaks it down nicely. Start with how much time you have in total, try to use some of that for a given bit of work like an example, and use your instincts/overall sense of your hands and how long they can keep this up and you can come up with a rough.
In terms of maximizing your time, you will get to a point in each example when you think. I've got this down, just need some repetition. At that point, repeat it a bit, and move on. Add it back in just for repetition in subsequent lessons during the startup/warmup phase of your practice. You might have several things in this section of your practice time. Things you've learned, you may not need the tab anymore. Just a metronome or backing track and a bit of time. Most of my first few examples in each lesson are quick/simple/building block type workouts that we combine for the last bits which are harder. So if you were going through my lesson list, you could do any of the first few examples in about 10 minutes each, maybe 20 with repetition. http://bit.ly/twtgmc Hope this helps Todd QUOTE (Blister @ Feb 16 2012, 10:53 PM) While watching Ivan's Determing the Key of a Song lesson (very useful lesson, btw ), I noticed in Lesson 7, his notes said "Work on each of the backing tracks per day (20 mins top)". That's when this question popped into my mind. What is the minimum & maximum time to put into a specific lesson or exercise? Keep in mind, I am not talking about your entire practice time, only the time alotted to the specific lesson or exercise. |
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Mar 4 2012, 11:48 PM
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DarkDude really did sum it up!
One of my favorite parts, was when he mentioned that you can eventually get "burned out/diminishing returns". For me, I need to recognize that point a little better. I tend to "press on" and start playing the piece even worse, with more practice!! Ick!! There really is an importance to sitting it down, even for 5 mins, then hitting that riff with a fresh mindset! --------------------   Check out my awesome Nintendo Cover-band, EMULATOR!! http://www.reverbnation.com/emulator Now.....go practice!! |
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