Guitar players: How to you practice?

Question

Could you describe your approach to practicing? I seem to play the major scale (i.e. in 3rds, 4ths) to keep in interesting. I do this out of habit to keep my dexterity. Do you keep a ledger and track what you with goals written down? Is practicing different for each person or are there commonalities that every guitar player does?

Answer 1

You probably wouldn't want to try it the way I do it. I keep guitars all over the house and pick 'em up whenever I get bored or distracted. My wife finally started hanging them up on the wall in self defense, but I still lay them all over the place. I've got two behind me as I write this. One is a nylon string classical style, and one is a little three quarter size that I use to try out beginning pieces for my students. If it sounds good on that one, then I know that they will enjoy playing it.

You can keep a ledger, you can keep a date with your guitar, you can use a progressive method, winding up and winding down the way a jogger does, as long as you do it every day and make it into the best habit you ever started in your life.

Answer 2

My approach to practising? Pick it up and play whenever I feel like it. Outof deference to my wife, I have a music room (we converted our garage) so I can go in there whenever I want to play.I'll play along with CDs , work out songs, write my own material, whatever. I'm not as organised as some seem to be, but then I don't see the point. Hope this helps.