What is the best way to practice on guitar or the best routine?
- Monday Nov 9,2009 06:00 AM
- By diddy
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I’ve been playing for 2 years and a half but I’ve probably been playing seriously for just about 8 months… And I see people that have been playing guitar for a year and a half that are at "shredding" level. I now hear a lot about people talking about the right way to practice, what is the right way to practice? I mean, I practice heaps every day for at least around 2 hours… But I want to know what I should practice.
Please help!
Heaps, People Talking, Playing Guitar
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I do not play guitar but this is how I practice. Assuming you are able to read music, there is definitely a right and wrong way to practice. A wrong way to practice is just going through all of your repertoire and saying you practiced–you didn’t practice, you just played through. For example, if you play a wrong or out of tune note, do not just go past it. Figure out why the note is wrong or out of tune and just practice that measure, then when it is in tune, practice the passage. For rhythm, if you are having trouble with an awkward rhythm or something that is fast, do it in a dotted rhythm. So for example, if it’s a run of eights, you could play a dotted eighth then a 16th (long.. short long.. short etc). It is these kind of things that will get you farther in your practice sessions. You can also start building the difficulty of your repertoire. But whatever you do, make sure you are practicing efficiently. The best thing is playing and going through it correctly the first time so it gets engraved into your mind. Make sure your rhythm is correct and your notes are in tune–after that you can deal with all the things that go into musicality.
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