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Your opinion....?
What kind of exercises do you study each day of your life in order to be a better guitarist....?What is your routine program...?Is there something unique (when you study guitar) YOU only do????
# 1
I don't really have a special routine for technical workouts, just chromatics, scales, chords, sweeping like everyone else. When it comes to styles, however, I have a pretty varied schedule. 45 minutes a day, every day (during my study hall in school) I play jazz with the band director and some other students. Tuesday and Wednesday I play at church playing soft rock to hard rock for the youths. Sundays I play gospel and church choruses for the older people at church. Saturdays and Sundays I play with my friends and jam with everything from Latin - Blues - Metal.
Playing with so many different groups, I'm exposed to a lot of techniques and styles. Most of the songwriting I do now is a blend of all of the above, and is probably best described as the music you'd hear in the background of a porn movie :) That's what my friends say, anyway...
Playing with so many different groups, I'm exposed to a lot of techniques and styles. Most of the songwriting I do now is a blend of all of the above, and is probably best described as the music you'd hear in the background of a porn movie :) That's what my friends say, anyway...
"You must stab him in the heart with the Bone Saber of Zumacalis... well, you could stab him in the head or the lungs, too... and the saber, it probably doesn't have to be bone, just anything sharp lying around the house... you could poke him with a pillow and kill him."
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Universal Re-Monster
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Universal Re-Monster
# 2
Speaking of Variety, vary your daily activities... don't spend TOO MUCH time on the guitar... I also play piano. I've been dating the same girl for over 2 years now. Playing pool is a big hobby of mine. I play sports - namely soccer, tennis, and basketball. Guitar is still a major daily activity, but it's something I look forward to rather than being like, well let me practice because I have nothing better to do... Take walks while thinking about music theory. The body and mind are intimately connected and stimulation of one is always always linked to stimulation of the other. Exercise. Take a break from the guitar anytime that it's not fun.
*** Oh yeah, and one big tip. If anyone around is better than you on your instrument, jam with them and watch and listen intently... The keyboard player at my church is awesome and I learn stuff every weekend just from listening.
*** Oh yeah, and one big tip. If anyone around is better than you on your instrument, jam with them and watch and listen intently... The keyboard player at my church is awesome and I learn stuff every weekend just from listening.
"You must stab him in the heart with the Bone Saber of Zumacalis... well, you could stab him in the head or the lungs, too... and the saber, it probably doesn't have to be bone, just anything sharp lying around the house... you could poke him with a pillow and kill him."
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Universal Re-Monster
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Universal Re-Monster
# 3
I dont think any of my exercises are unique actually,
except for my own material.
I dont play in this particular order,or for these
specific amounts of time, but it's a rough guess.
Tapping - Cyborg/10 minutes
Tapping - Stretching out/10 minutes
Tapping - Some of my own stuff/30 minutes
Tapping - Speed- and multiple finger exercises/10 minutes
Tapping - Other exercises/15 minutes
Tapping - Learning some more tapping/20 minutes
Sweeping - Bed of razors/5 minutes
Sweeping - tapping chords, scales, other./30 minutes
Sweeping - Speed exercises/20 minutes
Sweeping - Learning more sweeps/25 minutes
Sweeping - Trying to come up with cool sweeps/20 minutes
(After that I give up)
Sweeping - Other sweeps/10 minutes
Scales - Playing em up and down/15 minutes
Scales - Jam session! (looping some chords on my pedal
and playing some scales)/20 minutes
Guitartricks - See if I can find some nice tricks/15 minutes
Guitartricks - Contributing some of my own/1-6 hours
(of course not on an everyday basis)
Classical - Left/right-hand exercises/10 minutes
Classical - Playing classical pieces/20 minutes
(note reading included here)
Classical - Writing songs/1 min to 8 hours
Classical - Cavatina/5 minutes
(I've been playing that song every day for
3 years and it's still the best song ever made)
Classical - Speed exercises/5 minutes
Classical - Scales, fingerpicking etc/20 minutes
Playing with my band/2-8 hours
(not on an everyday basis)
Relaxation - Get a sandwich, grab a beverage, play some Led Zeppelin,
watch TV, sleep, wake up, go to sleep again.
(definitely on an everyday basis)
I agree with TheDirt that you must vary your daily
activities. If you play all the time even if you dont
want to, sure, you'll probably get pretty good,
but it will get boring.
I play alot because I want to.
I didnt use to play this much, but during the recent
year something has happened. Im a new man.
But there are days when I dont feel like looking
at a guitar, much less playing it, and then I dont.
Today was such a day.
My band got together to rock & roll all night, but
after 1 hour I just couldnt take it anymore.
I really didnt feel like playing, I went home instead.
[Edited by mc9mm on 01-27-2003 at 07:47 PM]
except for my own material.
I dont play in this particular order,or for these
specific amounts of time, but it's a rough guess.
Tapping - Cyborg/10 minutes
Tapping - Stretching out/10 minutes
Tapping - Some of my own stuff/30 minutes
Tapping - Speed- and multiple finger exercises/10 minutes
Tapping - Other exercises/15 minutes
Tapping - Learning some more tapping/20 minutes
Sweeping - Bed of razors/5 minutes
Sweeping - tapping chords, scales, other./30 minutes
Sweeping - Speed exercises/20 minutes
Sweeping - Learning more sweeps/25 minutes
Sweeping - Trying to come up with cool sweeps/20 minutes
(After that I give up)
Sweeping - Other sweeps/10 minutes
Scales - Playing em up and down/15 minutes
Scales - Jam session! (looping some chords on my pedal
and playing some scales)/20 minutes
Guitartricks - See if I can find some nice tricks/15 minutes
Guitartricks - Contributing some of my own/1-6 hours
(of course not on an everyday basis)
Classical - Left/right-hand exercises/10 minutes
Classical - Playing classical pieces/20 minutes
(note reading included here)
Classical - Writing songs/1 min to 8 hours
Classical - Cavatina/5 minutes
(I've been playing that song every day for
3 years and it's still the best song ever made)
Classical - Speed exercises/5 minutes
Classical - Scales, fingerpicking etc/20 minutes
Playing with my band/2-8 hours
(not on an everyday basis)
Relaxation - Get a sandwich, grab a beverage, play some Led Zeppelin,
watch TV, sleep, wake up, go to sleep again.
(definitely on an everyday basis)
I agree with TheDirt that you must vary your daily
activities. If you play all the time even if you dont
want to, sure, you'll probably get pretty good,
but it will get boring.
I play alot because I want to.
I didnt use to play this much, but during the recent
year something has happened. Im a new man.
But there are days when I dont feel like looking
at a guitar, much less playing it, and then I dont.
Today was such a day.
My band got together to rock & roll all night, but
after 1 hour I just couldnt take it anymore.
I really didnt feel like playing, I went home instead.
[Edited by mc9mm on 01-27-2003 at 07:47 PM]
# 4
My own training has never been that rigid (or organised), I work on particular things until I get them sussed, I don't chop and change. I spent ages practicing little aside from Pinch harmonics. Perhaps I just have a higher boredom threshold than most people?
If I couldn't laugh at myself how could I laugh at someone less ridiculous?
# 5