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February 19, 2013 at 1:59 am #4573
Okay, so everyone is different, but how do you practice? Say you have 90 minutes. Do you organize your practice? some old, some new, some stuff you’re working on, spend a percentage of your time on the newer stuff to get better? Or do you wing it? Sit down and see where it goes? and if that’s your style, does it help you get better? Just asking ’cause sometimes I know I should be working on new licks or tightening up my timing with a backing trak, but I end up jamming on something that pops into my head and then my time’s up. So what’s your plan, if you have one. Thanks!
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February 19, 2013 at 2:19 am #9800
nice thread
I have to mix my time between doing stuff around the house/work and wife’s “do this and that”stuff.
What I really try to do is set up my bookmarks which include Active Melody
1. take one lesson and practice it
2. drink coffee
3. house work again with gardening
4. go to another website lesson
5. this type of schedule seems to be true with me
6. post on forums to relax the fingers
7. this is my practice schedule, but not in concreteI don’t snack in front of the computer, but drink too much coffee.
The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete
It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete
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February 19, 2013 at 2:35 am #9802
Pete, man, you’re a regular gem. You know that?
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February 19, 2013 at 4:00 am #9803
I’m pretty much all over the place with my practicing. I have jam tracks from AM as well as backing tracks I got off YouTube. I’ll sit down load up a backing track and get after it letting it loop through 5-6 times. I also go back to lessons that Brian has up that seemed complicated to me and see how I do on them.
Then sometimes I’ll come up with a progression and loop it, and play through it putting lead with it. Basically just to practice my scales blending.
I’ve tried to add learning a little theory with it, but that seems to get boring pretty quick.
But when I do sit down it’s for about fourty minutes and sometimes I’m able to do this twice a day sometimes three times.
Most of the stuff I practice is in either G, A, Bm. I can move around best with G. -
February 19, 2013 at 5:00 am #9805
@luch_handt wrote:
I’m pretty much all over the place with my practicing. I have jam tracks from AM as well as backing tracks I got off YouTube. I’ll sit down load up a backing track and get after it letting it loop through 5-6 times. I also go back to lessons that Brian has up that seemed complicated to me and see how I do on them.
Then sometimes I’ll come up with a progression and loop it, and play through it putting lead with it. Basically just to practice my scales blending.
I’ve tried to add learning a little theory with it, but that seems to get boring pretty quick.
But when I do sit down it’s for about fourty minutes and sometimes I’m able to do this twice a day sometimes three times.
Most of the stuff I practice is in either G, A, Bm. I can move around best with G.Terry, I hear them G A Bm and other minors in your playing. But for 40 minutes!
The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete
It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete
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February 19, 2013 at 9:19 pm #9826
Depends on how much time I have. Usually start with things I’m very familiar with, just to get the juices flowing. Then some scales, arpeggio’s. etc. to get the fingers and ear tuned in. After that it may be goal oriented, learning a song, writing, etc. Often it’s just play until I make a mistake then stop and find out why and fix it. Today it was ‘fix the second ending in “Satin Doll” before the chorus’. I always allow some time for arranging. I enjoy taking a song and then “If I wrote this I would have”. I try to end with a “cliff hanger” so I have something to work on while my insturment is not in my hands.
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February 20, 2013 at 1:34 am #9830
@6stringer wrote:
@luch_handt wrote:
I’m pretty much all over the place with my practicing. I have jam tracks from AM as well as backing tracks I got off YouTube. I’ll sit down load up a backing track and get after it letting it loop through 5-6 times. I also go back to lessons that Brian has up that seemed complicated to me and see how I do on them.
Then sometimes I’ll come up with a progression and loop it, and play through it putting lead with it. Basically just to practice my scales blending.
I’ve tried to add learning a little theory with it, but that seems to get boring pretty quick.
But when I do sit down it’s for about fourty minutes and sometimes I’m able to do this twice a day sometimes three times.
Most of the stuff I practice is in either G, A, Bm. I can move around best with G.Terry, I hear them G A Bm and other minors in your playing. But for 40 minutes!
Maybe it’s 39 or 41 minutes, who knows….while playing I really lose track of time!
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February 20, 2013 at 2:38 am #9833
@Diamon5 wrote:
Pete, man, you’re a regular gem. You know that?
D5Wife keeps me pumped up with coffee to do all the house work! lol, but it’s true
The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete
It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete
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February 20, 2013 at 3:14 am #9835
I use to drink lots and lots of coffee Pete. But past few years not so much. It never did keep me awake at night, and I would drink it up until the time I went to bed. Always had a pot going all day long. Now, just in the mornings.
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February 20, 2013 at 3:39 am #9837
Yeah, I used to drink a lot of joe myself and had a pretty good tremolo, then I quit the coffee and my tremolo went south. What’s up with that?
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February 20, 2013 at 10:33 am #9839
I am retired in Thailand and trying to learn the guitar. I spend all day playing . sometime it is for 1 hour then I will relax and do another hour in about 15 to 30 minutes. I have a lot to learn.
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February 24, 2013 at 9:20 am #9928
Hi Cooley and welcome to the site. Must be nice to retire in Thailand. Was stationed there years ago. Loved the weather and fried rice.
The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete
It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete
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February 24, 2013 at 3:41 pm #9937
I was stationed at The Rose Garden at Nam Phong in 72 and 73 with the Marines. Where and when were you here?
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February 24, 2013 at 3:53 pm #9938
Yeah, I was in the Army during Vietnam too. So what does this have to do with a guitar forum? Ever try sending each other private messages.
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February 24, 2013 at 4:09 pm #9939
@Diamon5 wrote:
Yeah, I used to drink a lot of joe myself and had a pretty good tremolo, then I quit the coffee and my tremolo went south. What’s up with that?
Here’s a dumb question, is tremolo the same thing as vibrato? Or is it a completely different style.
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February 24, 2013 at 4:29 pm #9940
Not a dumb question. An excellent question. I should have said vibrato. Tremelo is kind of the same but more what you get with a wammy bar. Good catch.
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February 24, 2013 at 7:15 pm #9945
@luch_handt wrote:
@Diamon5 wrote:
Yeah, I used to drink a lot of joe myself and had a pretty good tremolo, then I quit the coffee and my tremolo went south. What’s up with that?
Here’s a dumb question, is tremolo the same thing as vibrato? Or is it a completely different style.
No, they are different if a strict definition is taken.
Vibrato is change of note pitch, tremolo is change of note volume. The trem arm on a guitar is mis-named, but the term is so commonly used that there’s no changing it now 😉 -
February 25, 2013 at 12:20 am #9953
@Cooley Reese wrote:
I was stationed at The Rose Garden at Nam Phong in 72 and 73 with the Marines. Where and when were you here?
I was there in 73 at Nakhon Ratchasima (maybe misspelled) Somewhere in that area.It was out in the jungle at that time. Now I understand it is an international airport and one of the busiest in the world. Funny how times change. Like to get back there but the wife doesn’t want to travel outside Japan these days.
The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete
It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete
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February 28, 2013 at 11:25 pm #10038Anonymous
In Shania’s book she says to be real good you have to practice 3hours a day for 10 yrs.I bring my Taylor with me every where i go but doesn’t mean i practice the way i want to though.Right now i haven’t been home for 26 days.Working up here in the Canadian oil sands your in one camp to the next and the problem is you don’t always get to stay in exe type camps with nice suites. Some camps the walls are so thin you can hear the guy in the room next to you talk to his wife on the phone and my friend told once he was able to hear his wife on the phone even.So at least what i do is just practice scales with no pick then at least you get to get you fingers moving.Cause no way you can start picking hard you’ll just get yourselve kicked out . Or i’ll listen to Brian’s video’s and pick real low is about all i can do.This life is sure not for every one and can really take it’s toll on a young couple with kids , but as far as the money goes you can buy a J45 Gibson in 3 days work.
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March 1, 2013 at 1:33 am #10047
A gibson les paul and headphones would help you
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March 1, 2013 at 5:59 am #10051
@Diamon5 wrote:
Yeah, I was in the Army during Vietnam too. So what does this have to do with a guitar forum? Ever try sending each other private messages.
WOW dude calm the hell down we are here to have fun and enjoy each other
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March 1, 2013 at 6:02 am #10052
@deluxe strat 2012 wrote:
@Diamon5 wrote:
Yeah, I was in the Army during Vietnam too. So what does this have to do with a guitar forum? Ever try sending each other private messages.
WOW dude calm the hell down we are here to have fun and enjoy each other
maybe this should have come up in the discuss anything topic … but really no need to be rude about it
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