Originally Posted by: ryanharbin6153

I need some guidence on a practice plan so I can stop jumping around and wasting time and forgetting half of what i learn by the time i come back to it.

[p]Copied from a previous post you've been playing guitar for about a year now?

Problem as described sounds self induced and attitudinal to me. Unrealistic objectives or expectations of rate of assimilation/progress. Understand you want to demonstravely max the latter, but we're human, individually so, not automatons.

Perhaps try playing rhythm guitar with songs for a while to develop that missing sense of melody and timing if you currently don't have that natural sense for them until you do?

IMPE singing and playing together though it looks easy isn't, nor is it an inherent natural ability in most people. And unless a naturally gifted prodigy vocally, which certainly isn't me, singing is actually a skill all of its own.

Playing lead, which is apparently your focus, and singing is very difficult. That's why most lead singers in guitar bands are either dedicated front of house and lead singer only, or if they do play a guitar performing live, it's rhythm whether chords or fingerstyle melody. e.g. John Lennon, Ray Davies, Paul Rodgers, Barry Hay. The lead guitarists of those bands, e.g. George Harrison, Dave Davies, Paul Kossoff, George Kooymans seldom sing live other than harmony and backup vocals. Overdubbing in the studio is a different matter entirely.

For me playing and singing the vocal requires A. thorough rote recall through applied memorisation of both A. the lyric and B. musical part you will be playing, then C. actual focussed practise over and over until they're so familiar and co-ordinated to be 'no brainer' seemingly as automatic as walking if we want to present either an individual song or the set list. As amateurs, factor in a 25 to 100% load shedding fudge factor live in front of any subjectively critical audience depending upon the individual's ego's level of self-consciousness.

Different from William MG. Although by nature I am disciplined, I start out structured, but in the final eval I find I just play a lot. I play songs pretty much every session - after I finish the primary objective, regardless the lesson plan, and every day because I have lots of available time. Blessed with natural rhythm, some of which I attribute to prior experience in my formative years with drums. But, the sense of timing, melody and rhythm was always and is definitely natively inherent with me. OTOH, I have to work very hard and consistently on tactility fingering scales and adapting licks.