I just started "officially" playing guitar at the end of December after many false starts over the previous 20 years. I am seriously committed and having on-line sites like Guitar Tricks and other self-learning tools has helped to keep me progressing (even if only for about 75 minutes a day over the past 2-1/2 weeks).

Anyway, I have completed the Guitar Fundamentals 1 lessons and have moved on to Fundamentals 2; however, I am at the point where I want to start establishing a general warm-up and lesson-specific practice routine but am having issues coming up with a plan/form that doesn't get or seem stale.

Currently I:

• Start with some chromatic finger warm-ups (with alternating picking);


• Continue chromatic warm ups by snaking up/down the fretboard; then


• alternating strings;


• some major scale progressions;


• minor pentatonic scale progressions;


• Some chord progressions including: C, G, D, E, F, A, Am, Em, Dm

I may then practice a song, or do a couple Fundamentals 2 lessons. 

I would appreciate any feedback people are willing to provide that works for them now or in the past. I have not found a teacher yet and wanted to move through web learning before considering external lessons.