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Most guitar teachers/methods suggest thirty minutes of practice every day for decent prorgess, so you'd only need half of the above to get going, even less when you already managed to practice a few minutes.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Ignar Hillström https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-find-time-to-play/paged/2/#post-176000 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-find-time-to-play/paged/2/#post-175984 Tue, 09 May 2006 13:27:19 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Misanthrope https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-find-time-to-play/paged/2/#post-175984 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-find-time-to-play/paged/2/#post-175918 Tue, 09 May 2006 04:40:15 +0000
Schedule it.

Stick to the schedule as much as possible. Sure there will be days when you may not get to play when you want or even at all (ARGH!). But you have to do your best to stick to your schedule and for those other times improvise.

When I miss a "scheduled" session I really take it hard and that forces to try that much harder for the next seesion.]]> Guitar Players Discussion JCJXXL https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-find-time-to-play/paged/2/#post-175918 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-find-time-to-play/paged/2/#post-175790 Mon, 08 May 2006 09:21:55 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion vink https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-find-time-to-play/paged/2/#post-175790 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-find-time-to-play/paged/2/#post-175697 Sun, 07 May 2006 20:44:38 +0000
Any suggestions out there? Anything that any of you do to find time to practice and play? Just curious. If you add 10 years to the age, that sounds like me.
Including when/how much I play my guitar.

Sometimes I'll play along with my 5 year old when he's practicing his piano, but other than that, most of my guitar playing is on the night-owl schedule.]]> Guitar Players Discussion kent_eh https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-find-time-to-play/paged/2/#post-175697 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-find-time-to-play/paged/2/#post-175644 Sun, 07 May 2006 15:10:45 +0000
Perhaps if you took a guitar to work, (depending on your job i suppose)]]> Guitar Players Discussion ArtGuitarHendsbee https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-find-time-to-play/paged/2/#post-175644 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-find-time-to-play/paged/2/#post-175391 Sat, 06 May 2006 00:28:00 +0000
Have you considered setting up a "Family Fun Time" with your kids?
This could be one hour every evening where you all get together for fun things.
You could ask if they'd like to play music with you, or they could do their own hobbies.
Perhaps one night it's together time (i.e. board games) and the next night it's guitar time.
There's tons of fun music stuff for kids ... most like keyboards - I had one that hooked up to the Nintendo (Miracle Piano).
Perhaps you could volunteer to learn to play their favorite song one night a week, or learn something for Christmas.
If you want serious time to practice, you could play while they do homework and be available to answer questions.
The secret is to have a set time to do these things together with your kids, instead of sneaking into the basement.
You might also have to rearrange things so that everyone is playing together, instead of in their separate rooms.
You can be playing guitar with them while they play their favorite computer game during "Fun Time"]]> Guitar Players Discussion PRNDL https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-find-time-to-play/paged/2/#post-175391