Better To Practice Day After Day, Or Take A Day Off To Rest Each Week? |
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Aug 30 2009, 12:22 AM
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Was just wondering about this.
Is it important to rest your hands once a week (or once every so often) to minimise chances of injury? Or perhaps just to quicken progress. I'm not sure if I can liken guitar playing to the gym, but resting the muscles will allow them to become stronger. Does this apply to guitar too? -------------------- *Ibanez 2550E Prestige
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Aug 30 2009, 12:52 AM
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QUOTE (mattacuk @ Aug 29 2009, 06:49 PM)  You MUST be cool  Yes, I am. -------------------- - leedbreak
Practice Makes Perfect, only when it is perfect practice :-) |
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Aug 30 2009, 11:03 AM
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QUOTE (lcsdds @ Aug 30 2009, 02:34 AM) I totally agree.....I seem to find that I do best with 3-4 days of highly structured practice as well. Seems like when I go too many days straight.....like 6 or 7 in a row that my playing becomes very sloppy and I get frustrated. Rest is very important.....IMO. On your rest days you could do something that isn't really demanding. Learn some chords or some new scales or transcribe or record. Hope that helps a little...... \m/\m/ Very well said Monte. This is how I would do it as well. -------------------- Check out my <a href="https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/instructor/Emir-Hot" target="_blank">Instructor profile</a>
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Aug 30 2009, 02:50 PM
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I do think that rest is important. Not that much of a physical reason (to rest your hands) rather mental - to let your brain process what you have learned. I think it makes a learning process more efficient. Image you were going to school everyday of the week and had no rest - or worked 7 days a week non stop. You would eventually become less efficient at it because of fatigue (mental or physical). Hmm there was an article posted here in the forum about brain research and rest importance when learning to play an instrument.,,,
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Aug 30 2009, 06:30 PM
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I like the idea of learning by taking a rest ... but somehow i'm afraid that all these highly skilled people we look up to, did not develope their skills by taking rests ..
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Aug 30 2009, 10:11 PM
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QUOTE (wrk @ Aug 30 2009, 07:30 PM) I like the idea of learning by taking a rest ... but somehow i'm afraid that all these highly skilled people we look up to, did not develope their skills by taking rests .. Hmm what is a 1 day rest per week or two weeks ? If you can keep up every other day of the week practicing efficiently I'm sure you will do great like your idols did too.
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Aug 30 2009, 10:32 PM
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Thing with music is that its not sports, you can progress by so many ways that don't necessarily involve having an instrument in hand. Reading theory, thinking about stuff you learned, listening to some new music, going to see a concert, reading a article about and guitar effect or learning how to record video, how to advertise your band are just some of many topics that if you devote time to will make you a generally better musician... I have noticed so many times that after hard practice week, I make a 1 day brake and just listen to some new music or something and let my brain rest, tomorrow I can pass the boundary that I couldn't just a day before rest.
edit: I can already see a new GMC comic based on this thread LOL
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