Practice Routines? Options

[steve25]

Hi guys. I was just wondering if people had different ways of practicing and if people noticed that their practices have really helped them to improve and what works best for you? I've been playing for about 9 months now and i practice reguarly at least 2 hours a day but usually more than that except for saturdays because i work all day so that's like my day off if you like even though if i didn't work i'd still be playing guitar anyway. So here's my general practice routine and let me know what you think if it'd be a good one to do

1. Practicing stuff i'm not so good at - This would be at the moment certain chords such as F, Bm, C and Tapping as i've only just started doing tapping so i'll practice that. This usually lasts about half an hour

2. Practicing scales and chords - This is usually the stuff that i do know like practicing the pentatonic scale, power chords and other various chords. This also lasts for about half an hour

3. Speed practicing - By this i mean using a metronome to practice and get quicker at scales, using a metronome for alternate picking, tapping, hammer ons/pull offs etc. Also practicing triplets/sixteenth notes etc. This can vary in time usually around half an hour though

4. Learning new stuff (optional) - i usually do this if i feel i've progressed enough, need to now or just generally getting bored of my practice so that i don't lose interest. This could be anything from a new chord, new technique, new scale, new song or even just something here on gmc like a riff or a solo or something

5. Songs (optional) - again i don't always do this but sometimes i'll practice songs and learn new solos and riffs from those songs. And also play stuff that my guitar teacher has given me.

6. Improvising - For the last part of my practice and this varies greatly in time i improvise making solos from scales or riffs and licks and things and using chords to make rhythm etc anything really. Sometimes i won't always get anything good that's worth keeping but at least i'm still learning from it

So that's it for now let me know what you guys think of that if i could be improving from that kind of practice and what you guys do to practice as well.

You are at GuitarMasterClass.net

Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

[Travelin' Man]

I am still in the beginner stage, so the scales are all I practice right now. I already have a sense of chords and playing rythm.
My goal for coming here is to learn scales and technique.
That said, I try to get as much time in as possible, but between the wife, kids, and life in general, a steady diet is NOT possible. Even tho the guitar is in my lap for hours, Im lucky to get 30 minutes in at one sitting. I guess I have a long road to hoe at this rate.
The technique is on the back burner until I know my way around the fret board. Even though I enjoy watching, it doesnt make any sense to me to start trying to keep up with the instructors, until I know the scales.

You are at GuitarMasterClass.net

Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

[signularis]

i have trouble that i learn a lot of dont master them lol can someone pls give me some advise about routine i 6 7 houtrs at weekends and 2 3 hours a day but i dont have a good schedule yet what the best do in those 2- 3 hours

You are at GuitarMasterClass.net

Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

[steve25]

i have trouble that i learn a lot of dont master them lol can someone pls give me some advise about routine i 6 7 houtrs at weekends and 2 3 hours a day but i dont have a good schedule yet what the best do in those 2- 3 hours

As Kris said somewhere i can't remember where, everyone's practice schedules are different because we're all at different level and stuff. For those 2-3 hours you might want to think what is most difficult for you? I don't think that you have to master these things that you practice straight away at least have a good understanding of it though and be able to play parts of it or all of it but just really slow. If you get bored you can move away from it and practice something else until you're ready to go back to it.

Remember to warmup before a practice i've made that mistake of not doing so and suffered the consequences, i couldn't play for a few days, WHAT!? So yeah lets say you have 2 hours perhaps for 20 minutes you want to practice stuff that you struggle with, could be anything. If you practice stuff that you know you're already good at, as fun as it is, it isn't going to make you any better you want to challenge yourself

The next 20 you might want to practice stuff like scales, perhaps stuff you already know but needs improving could be consistency or speed that you need improving on in these areas. Don't forget to practice with a metronome. You don't have to do each of these in 20 minutes, could be more could be less it's entirely up to you, these are just ideas that you could do it's up to you to pick a schedule for yourself.

You could also practice songs if you like, maybe stuff that you've made yourself, riffs and licks or complete whole songs. I personally prefer to practice little bits out of songs i rarely play a whole song all the way through but really i probably should.

You could practice improvising over a backing track or a metronome from what you know and what you've learnt. You could try making solos or riffs anything you like just as long as it's helping you improve all the time it doesn't matter. You might not notice improvement straight away but it will come in time you have to keep at it.

You could try learning new stuff, could be anything like a new song, new scales, new chords, new stuff from GMC like new techniques and stuff anything. This is really useful to get you improving the more techniques you can do the more opportunities you have when playing. It's also a boredom curer if you're getting sick of what you're playing .

There's just some ideas i think about when making some practice schedules of my own i'm sure other people will have different stuff but it's just an idea. Make your own and see if it helps you

You are at GuitarMasterClass.net

Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!