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ChristopherSchlegel
Guitar Tricks Instructor
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ChristopherSchlegel
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 08/09/05
Posts: 8,380
01/11/2024 3:01 pm

Hey & welcome!  Sounds like you have a plan & are dedicated to improving.  Good deal!


This page has some tutorials that cover ideas on how to best practice.


https://www.guitartricks.com/beginner-practice


In general a good practice session has these components.


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Warm up.


Play something fun & easy to get going musically.


Work on something difficult & new to make progress.


Play something fun & easy to end on a positive note.


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That can be adjusted to any level, done in any amount of time (30 minutes to 6 hours!) & can be done several times a day or week & be effective.  It's important to play some every day, even if if it's a shorter session.  The only thing that will improve your guitar playing is time spent playing guitar.


The only thing I would adjust on your current practice session is to remember that time spent watching a lesson (even if you are playing along) is different from time spent practicing the content of the lesson.  Even if the material is easy enough to play along with, you should consider it to be a different type of activity.  You need to spend multiple times repeating any given task in order for it to truly become automated, or second nature.  And watching a video might only happen once, for that short duration.


Hope that helps.  Please ask more if necessary & best of success!


 


Christopher Schlegel
Guitar Tricks Instructor

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