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Hi, this is my first post so here's a bit on myself,

 

My name's Jeff and I've been playing guitar for almost 10 months. I have both an electric and acoustic guitar. Both aren't very good, and I have a 50 watt Marshall MG series amp. Some of my favourtie bands include Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan, Matthew Good (Band), and RadioHead.

 

After I got that over with, I was thinking of making a Practise pattern to practise with. Up until now, I've just been playing songs that I already know, touching a bit of scales. I know some theory, although I can't really use it practically. I feel that I'm not spending my time very practically, and thought that some of you guys might be able to help.

 

Do you guys have organized set practise patterns, with warm-ups and such? If so, could you share how you spend your practise time?

 

Thanks.

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Im Pete and ive been playing guitar for about a year and a half.


Well i hammered some theory at first but it really helped me when i got a teacher.
My current practising is to warm up my hands with something simple like Green Day-When i come around or the rythmn to Freebird.
Then i play what i feel like on the day.If im experimental i'll try to make up riffs,melodies or chords,whatever.
Sometimes i'll decide to learn a song,dig out guitar mags and get stuck in.
Sometimes its just playing songs you know for half an hour thats really cool,you can pretend its a mini gig (identical to a normal gig but 1/8th its size :p:) )

As far as theory goes,look for some sites that have basic lessons.If you want scales and soloing then the minor pentatonic and natural minor are really good places to start.

Remember that if you are soloing over a minor chord sequence then just use the minor scale of that key (i.e Am->G->F is in Aminor).

If it is in a major key then you can play the relative minor over it and it will sound fine (to get relative minor,find the root of the key you're in then go down 3 frets, i.e G->C->D is in Gmajor,down three frets gives you Eminor).

This is not a great reply by me but check out some sites that are specifically focused towards lessons or get a guitar learning book to have some theory.

Hope that helps a bit

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Thanks for the reply :)

This site has been a lot of help so far, so I kind-of understand what you're saying. Also, I'm guessing that it's better to solo over the actual chord sequence as opposed to just making something up with the notes within the chord (I haven't read the whole site yet). Anyone know where I can find these progressions so I could burn it on a cd and use it for practise? Thanks.

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Hi my names skyler, i've been playing for about one year now.

When i warm up i first usually stretch my arms fingers and back just to get loose. Then i highly recommend you go and purchase a copy of john petrucci

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Hi! My names Steven and I've been playing for around 10 years now.

When i warm up i stretch my arms,wrists and fingers(dont pop your knuckles,that leads to problems later on...trust me :( )

When i pick up the guitar,i run up and down the neck doing some scales(about 4 or 5 various types of scales from the lower frets to the higher frets,and i use different picking methods on each one to keep my skills sharp).

Then i run through about 15-20 various chords i've put together to make a crappy sounding song(but it works).

After im good and warm i usually start off with some AC/DC and Metallica Solo's.And after that i pick up where i left off or start again on a new song or whatever.

All in all,my standard daily warm up lasts about 15 minutes or so.

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Originally posted by steven_rg



(dont pop your knuckles,that leads to problems later on...trust me
:(
)



Crap, I made a habbit of cracking them a long time ago, what kind of problems did you experience?

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Originally posted by cozimnot



Crap, I made a habbit of cracking them a long time ago, what kind of problems did you experience?

 

 

it can cause lung cancer.

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