The players of guitar… obtain a balanced mode of practice as regards guitar.

Go does how your mode of practice?

You have a broad variety of things which you practice. Or do you make like you nocer? (You know… the type of player who practices the gathering of field during hours per day of a kazillion but know only three cords)!

To have a balanced routine of practice is essential if you want to become a flexible guitarist. If you practice just one or two things, sure you will become tall with these things… but you will be weak in other key zones.

In this lesson you will learn how to create a routine of practice which is well balanced and you will help to work towards your final vision in the way in which you would like to play.

I generally classify what by category I practice in one of seven sectors:

1. Technique.
2. Repertory (covers).
3. Composition.
4. Improvisation.
5. Formation of ear.
6. Theory.
7. Reading of music.

Very that you practice will insert in one or more of the sectors above. For example, if you learn an air very provocant from cover by transcribing it in addition to CD you work primarily with your formation of technique, repertory and ear at the same time. If you also note the song in the standard notation, you will be also to develop your qualifications of reading of music.

Now… do you have to practice things in each of the seven sectors? I believe that you do not have if your vision does not require it. For example, if somebody wants to become the traditional guitarist impressing and does not have any desire to improvise, then I believe that they do not need to practice things relating to the improvisation. We all have time limited available for the practice, thus it is a waste of time working with the things which specifically do not help you to achieve your goals.

Let us leave by some exercises…

Exercise one:

To think of the vision which you take for your play during a few minutes. How you like to play in ten years. To make exact!

Once you did that, to make a brainstorm as many things as you must practice in order to play like your vision. Which specific things do you have to learn, to develop and practice? To write now.

Two:

Beside each thing noted for the exercise one, to note a category beside it. For the example, if you write to me “must be able to play more quickly” write the technique beside him then. If you estimate that something that you wrote belongs to more than one category, then note all the categories it could belong to.

Three:

To look at your answers for the two preceding exercises. Once you have fact who give the priority categories shown below. For example, if you estimate that the technique is the majority the important thing that you must work above to reach your vision then put one 1 beside it.

** Level of priority of area of practice (1-7) ** [note: 1 is the highest priority].

• Technique
• Repertory (covers)
• Composition
• Improvisation
• Formation of ear
• Theory
• Reading of music

Here now the important aspect. You should pass the majority of time practitioner your priority of the number one. I know that it is rather obvious, but you would be astounded with how much people do not do this! I however know some players of guitar who would like to be able to play incredibly fast, they do not do much technical practice. To speak about arrangement yourself until failing it!

Four:

To decide how much hour day laborer you will pass on each category. To write below.

** Newspaper invested per time of area of practice **

• Technique
• Repertory (covers)
• Composition
• Improvisation
• Formation of ear
• Theory
• Reading of music

Done everything? Large!

Thus which is the next stage?

The next stage is to decide on a specific activity for each sector of practice. To take care to write them.

Here two or three examples of what somebody could deposit…

Technique: I will invest 10 minutes per day on the alternative exercise one of gathering. I to start with the metronome with 80 beats per minute (bpm) and to increase it by the newspaper of 4 bpm (as long as I can play it perfectly).

Formation of ear: I will daily invest 10 minutes a day on the exercise of drive pentatonic minor one of ear of A.

With have the idea? You would have a specific activity for each sector of practice. If you to have much time to practice you could place more than one activity by sector of practice.

To give to this method a test. I will think that you will be more than happy with the results!