Members boytbpc Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 I'm working on improving my playing, so I've put together a practice routine/training regiment that I've been following for a couple weeks now. It includes daily practicing the Guitar Fretboard Workbook, daily chord excercises, a new song every week (practiced daily to master it), and a weekly TrueFire video. I'm adding in excercises from the Guitar Compendium: Praxis series. So far I like it. What is your training regiment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WeStartToDrift Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 I play until I get frustrated, then I read wikipedia, then I play for an even shorter time and get frustrated, then I go back to wikipedia, then I.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iamthearm Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 as of right now i'm trying to branch out into other stringed instruments so i try to spend at least a half hour a day on banjo and a half hour on lap steel in C6 and i jam on guitar when i can. As far as guitar i play intervals and sing along trying to really hear how notes work with each other. i do some speed exercises from time to time (not near as much as when i was doing shreddy metal stuff) i learn old songs, jazz progressions, try to find cool substitution chords for standard progressions. i'm over trying to re-invent the wheel. good songs sound good for a reason and i'm trying to harness as many of those good reasons as i can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Frankenstrat86 Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 I usually practice different things depending on the day, and I make sure to step away from practicing every few days. your brain needs time to absorb what it's practiced on the minute level. There are things your fingers do you aren't consciously aware of that the brain picks up. That's why when you practice something intensely, stop for a few days and come back to it you can do it like it's nothing. I do recommend if you like dvd's, Frank Gambale's Chop builder, Tomo Fujita's Accelerate & More Accelerate Your Playing. I like the first because it takes all that boring stuff, which builds stamina, accuracy, and in turn speed, and makes it musical. I enjoy the second two because it gives you foundations to be your own musician. All my routines are based around these dvds. I'm going to be looking at Paul Jackson Jr.'s Chord instructional because while I know my theory of chords, and how they work together I just want to delve deeper into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members wiklund87 Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 I try to have fun and not think about it as practice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boytbpc Posted May 7, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 I try to have fun and not think about it as practice First, who said practice couldn't be fun?Second, if you don't practice how do you improve and grow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vidret Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 i think i've practiced like twice. i tried learning sweeps properly, so i sweept some triads while watching a season of jerry seinfeld. by the end of the evening i could do it. when i woke up the next morning i could not. the other time was when i tried to learn a D chord. i did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erased_over_out Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 What is your training regiment? 1-507th Parachute Infantry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THAT4301 Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 I literally don't practise at all, I have no expectation of ever being any better at the guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 I'm not a touring or professional musician anymore, so I just play whatever is inspiring at any given moment. Recently I've been in a very creative phase for writing new songs, so practice comes with honing them and getting them to flow naturally and intuitively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 I just play. I plug in, play, hope I come up with something moderately interesting. If I don't I put it away. I vastly prefer jamming with others to playing alone at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WAWBanks Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 I agree with THAT4301 and Lewbz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lefort_1 Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 Wear scrubswash handsgloves/gown/maskdoublecheck the patient before getting them numb ...a dental practice is pretty boring and predictable.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boytbpc Posted May 7, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 For all of those that imply that they don't practice or that practice is for suckas, here is a question: How did you learn all of your scales? How did you learn difficult songs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THAT4301 Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 For all of those that imply that they don't practice or that practice is for suckas, here is a question: How did you learn all of your scales? How did you learn difficult songs? I used to practise. I just don't any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vidret Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 practicing isn't for suckers :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caeman Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 I make it a point to practice on at least one of instruments every night, no matter how tired or sick I may be. The point of this sometimes less about you think might learn, but keeping up the routine, knowing that it is at least reinforcing what you already know. At the minimum, I practice scales. Forwards and backwards, multiple octaves, chord arpeggios. I feel lazy when I've allowed a night to pass without practicing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smallsnd/bigsnd Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 i used to play (piano) between 4-8 hours a day in college and maybe 2-4 hours a day just after i finished. some technique (scales, arpeggios, etc), some metronome work and rhythm studies using syncopation for the modern drummer, some random guitar study books from mick goodrick, jazz standards, graphic scores and other weirdly notated works, a classical piece here and there - most of it was just free improvisation, making individual pieces of music out of nothing (i recorded most of it as well). the goal was always to make practicing more enjoyable/musical and less a boring routine - making music, not "practicing". i haven't done it for a long long time because i don't have a proper piano to play on at the moment, i'm not so interested in "practicing" on keyboards so much and i don't have quite as much time as i used to. i'm getting a piano soon though, so i'll probably go back to an hour or two a day. regardless of how much time you spend practicing alone though, nothing is like playing with other people. i used to play weird scales and work on different meters with my first band - with either the guitarist or the drummer or all three of us together. sounds weird but it was really fun to just drink beers and work on odd meters and {censored} without playing actual tunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 I mostly buy and sell gear and hope I get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members imbuedblue Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 I don't "practice" anymore. I got the scales under my fingertips when I was first starting out, by playing them slowly with a metronome to get the sound connected to the motion. These days, I rarely touch the guitar at home unless I'm writing something. And I gig enough that the songs stay in my ear. Anyway, I listen a lot more than I play. Once you have the sounds under your fingertips, it's all a matter of hearing. If you can hear it well enough in your mind that you can sing it, then you can play it on the guitar. As long as you don't let thinking get in the way of those subconscious connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jisatsu Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 Working graveyard shift and having a roommate that sleeps odd hours from you makes it hard to practice. Sadly I play electric guitar maybe once a week at best. Maybe. My days off are pretty chaotic so I'm usually not even home to play anyways. I do play acoustic a couple times a week, usually for an hour or two. I wouldnt call it practice as I just fumble through my catalog of songs as I try to unwind. I'd love to be able to sit down and practice more. Hopefully when I move to my new place this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caeman Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 Working graveyard shift and having a roommate that sleeps odd hours from you makes it hard to practice. Sadly I play electric guitar maybe once a week at best. Maybe. My days off are pretty chaotic so I'm usually not even home to play anyways. I do play acoustic a couple times a week, usually for an hour or two. I wouldnt call it practice as I just fumble through my catalog of songs as I try to unwind. I'd love to be able to sit down and practice more. Hopefully when I move to my new place this month. Practice with head phones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members captions87 Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 I practice by trying write songs. I almost always learn something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted May 7, 2012 Members Share Posted May 7, 2012 ...Frank Gambale's Chop builder... I've always been intrigued by this and might finally give it a shot. Are you able to do the full hour? I'm especially interested if it helps with fretboard visualization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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