Members gawdrawk Posted June 30, 2013 Members Share Posted June 30, 2013 how do you guys structure your practice?major scales 6 places on the neckmin7b5 arpgeggiosblues in C#dorian licksnew song - Dmin to Bbmaj7yngwie malmsteen licksmichael landau licksrobben ford videospentatonic scaleschords with 3, 5, and 7th in bass up the neck As you can see, I am all over the place. Can someone help me tighten the structure of my practice? Or should it really be like this? Any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarville Posted June 30, 2013 Members Share Posted June 30, 2013 Just go with the flow. Set what A is going to be and start from there. Like the wind, our musical thoughts change, follow it, don't try to catch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members halfwhole Posted July 1, 2013 Members Share Posted July 1, 2013 I think you're practicing too much scale stuff. Honestly, If you wanna do that much it might make more sense to group stuff better: instead of major scales 6 places on the neckmin7b5 arpgeggiosblues in C#dorian licks Do:Dorian scales 6 places on the neckmin7 arpgeggiosblues in C#dorian licks So it's more related. Where's the ear training and transcription? If it was me, I would spend some time singing the scales and then not really worry too much about practicing them and spend the bulk of my time learning tunes and transcribing stuff by ear. If you're getting results from your current routine and you don't hate it, then I wouldn't worry too much about it, but learning just one lick or stupid melody by ear everyday is a good way to spend your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BenTunessence Posted July 3, 2013 Members Share Posted July 3, 2013 Hey gawdrawk, I remember reading somewhere about how John Petrucci organized his practice session that I really liked and starting doing too. First, look at how much time you plan to practice. Let's say you've got an hour.Then pick several "areas" to work on. These areas could be anything you want to improve on. Let's say, scales, new chord shapes, songwriting, transcribing.To organize your practice session, just divide the time you've got to practce evenly by the different areas you want to work on. In this case...1 hour total:15 minutes - scales15 minutes - new chord shapes15 minutes - songwriting15 minutes - transcribing You could even use a timer for each 15 minute mini-section to help you stay focused. Also, Petrucci would keep files with practice material for all sorts of things. If he wanted to practice tapping, he'd just go pull out the "tapping" file and work on something in there for the alotted time.I think another great idea is keeping a practice journal. Just writing down your goals for that practice session, and then what you ended up working on and for how long. That way the next time you practice, you can just pick up where you left off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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