Wow, great detailed reply! Thanks! :)

Originally Posted by: newgreyarea

Skill level. Intermediate. I've been "using" guitars for about 30 years but am self-taught and it was never my main focus. Never learned scales or chord names or anything. Just one of my songwriting tools. If I follow a lesson, I usually do not have any problem executing it given a little practice.

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So, it sounds like you are long on dexterity but short on theoretical knowledge. I'd encourage you to have a look at this tutorial that covers the basics of music theory.

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=495

And this tutorial that shows how to quickly visualize how the guitar is essentially a framework of repeating octave patterns (also useful for starting to quickly identify the notes on the fretboard).

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=419

And this tutorial that shows how to view all possible intervals in any given fretboard position.

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=462

I don't personally care for those avant garde artists you mentioned. But the above tutorials will give you a great means of understanding what they are doing & how they are creating such unusual & dissonant patterns. And why they don't sound like typical tonal musical patterns, for example.

Originally Posted by: newgreyarea

Triads/Inversions - Really dig this as I love finding new ways to get a similar sound.

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I assume you've seen my tutorials on triads & inversions. Those will open up the entire fretboard!

Originally Posted by: newgreyarea

Double Stops - Love it! Need to memorize the fretboard a bit better to execute and find a way to work with my practice. I know what it's doing, just not how to approach as practice.

I'd encourage you to find ways to play harmonies of melodies. Start with simple pentatonic melodies, then visualize another note of that pentatonic scale to harmonize with. Double stops can be on adjacent strings or skipping strings.

For example:

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1849

I'm not sure if you'd like this R&B style tutorial, but it has a lot of neat double stop ideas that you might get some milage from.[br][br]https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1316

[quote=newgreyarea][br]Chords - Travis picking made me realize how sloppy my chords are. Some chords I've been fingering incorrectly so I'm unlearning that. I want to be faster and more accurate. I'd also like to know a bit more theory in this dept.

My section on jazz chords will stretch your fingers & give you wider vocabulary of chords while at the same time teaching you what those chords are & how they function.

https://www.guitartricks.com/instructor.php?input=155014#Jazz_Guitar

Further down in the Jazz Chord section are the Joe Pass tutorials that will give you good head start on chord melody playing. That stuff is great for musical dexerity & clean chord comping skills.

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I have time to practice. I just want to be able to set a timer and focus on just practicing otherwise I'll start writing and never learn anything new. Melodic solos are cool but I don't care to "shred". Just not my style.

Got it. So, I think you'd enjoy some of those extended chord harmony tutorials to flesh out your theoretical understanding of more complex chords, while at the same time building your dexterity & vocbualry.

As to a specific routine, after stretching for a few minutes, I'd run a few scales to get warmed up. Start with a scale pattern across the fretboard that you are familiar with, then an unfamiliar one. The idea here is to warm up by maintaining dexterity, then you are mentally & physically ready to gain ground.

After scales, do the same process with whatever inversions you are currently working on.

After that, you are ready to try some new chords & Travis picking. Start simple & ease into it, gradually increasing the complexity. Maybe try to add some jazz chords in your Travis picking, try a chord melody or Joe Pass style blues. This is the heavy lifting.

Finally, wind down with something fun. A song, or maybe something new & exploratory, but not too difficult. For example trying out some new pentatonic double stops.

Hope that helps! Glad you are learning from & enjoying the site. Please ask for more specifics or clarification anytime. Have fun!