https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:17:57 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-201107 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:16:37 +0000
Especially for the many of us who are constantly hunting that elusive prey known as "spare time". :D]]> Guitar Players Discussion Bennett https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-201107 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200964 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:11:54 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion cnev https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200964 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200927 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:46:05 +0000
Jim]]> Guitar Players Discussion geoo https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200927 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200906 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:47:00 +0000
This does get me thinking. My goal is..........know those guitarists everyone says are over-rated? I wanna be one of those guitarists. Wonder what I would have to do to get there.............]]> Guitar Players Discussion Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200906 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200895 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:28:05 +0000
You should practice something until you can do it in your sleep and then move on to the next challenge. Make one thing the focal point of your practice time and then JUST DO IT after your warm-ups and then do it again and again.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Voodoo_Merman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200895 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200879 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:15:09 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion kingpatzer https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200879 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200875 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:55:51 +0000
1. Warm-up
2. Review (you get to be good at things by doing them over and over)
3. 'Study piece' - one piece you're trying to absolutely perfect
4. New things
5. Play - just have fun]]> Guitar Players Discussion NoteBoat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200875 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200871 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:40:05 +0000
I suppose it's really down to each persons different ideas because many will think advice like this makes it all sound like a chore. Myself I have as much fun with efficient practice as I do noodling, if a guitar is in my hands then there is nothing I can do on it that I consider boring, it's all thoroughly enjoyable and I guess that's the difference.

Lee]]> Guitar Players Discussion Lee N https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200871 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200859 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:56:15 +0000
However on the same note, some of my WORSE practices are the ones where I didn't know what I wanted to practice and all I did was noodle. Sort of make me a hypocrite! :shock: I guess what I am getting at (which is what I believe kingpatzer wrote in his post) is that there is a fine line between creating a practice that includes the things that NEED to be done and the things you WANT to do. I don't know of to many people who truely enjoy playing scales...but they do have a purpose and need to be learned. I know a LOT of people who just want to play the songs they love....BUT as we all know, too much of a good thing isn't necessarily GOOD!]]> Guitar Players Discussion Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200859 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200858 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:52:06 +0000 funny, when i started out, i'd read statements like that and just hate it. i wanted to get good, and i wanted to know exactly how to get good. i was dissatisfied, and i thought that once i knew the fretboard, i'd be satisfied. 14 years later, a lot of people have told me i'm good, and i'm still dissatisfied a lot of the time. i'm just not surprised by it anymore and i know more ways to get into that ever-widening place where music flows and strange magic occurs... or maybe that's just the drugs.
anyway, i think metronome work is kind of limiting if you have a good sense of rhythm and can play with a drummer. i always lose track of which blip is the one if i into it, and then i end up completely losing my momentum. besides, have you ever tried to play the blues with someone who's right on the beat every time? you just want to smack em. it's so painfully sterile and soulless. play it, be in the groove, but feel it, you know? dig in sometimes, lay back sometimes.
complexity has always drawn me more than linearity, anyway.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-to-practice/#post-200858