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Practicing the right things is far more important than how many hours you put in.
Practicing the right things is far more important than how many hours you put in.
What is the number of hours you can spend practicing the guitar EVERY day, with no days off???
There is no need in large amount of hours. 2 hours per day can be enough, the key is in doing it CONSTANTLY, and managing this amount of time.
By managing I mean dividing the 2 hours into four 30min time-slots, where each time slot will represent a certain area. For example
1. Techniques (right/left hands) (30 min)
2. Chords/Scales (30 min)
3. Improvisation (30 min)
4. Songwriting (30 min)
Every day!!!
I've found it more effective for me to do multiple sessions 10-15 mins (or however much time I can find) per day, whenever I can in the day, which blends all of those elements Jay_Katana mentions, making it all part of general musicianship.
Decide on a key/harmonic concept/atmosphere/feel; maybe choose a technique to use with it; Write an idea (with a technique in mind, this becomes much easier based on more limited choices); work out how to play it; practise that; play about with it to try to improve it or see how you can change the feel of it (improv).
Repeat each time at the instrument.
Im soo trying this when practicing improv when i get home in 7 hours, currently im mostly doing motifs, tryin to start on the upbeat.
Is it possible to become a great guitarist when its just a hobby(which in my case it is)???
I've found it more effective for me to do multiple sessions 10-15 mins (or however much time I can find) per day, whenever I can in the day, which blends all of those elements Jay_Katana mentions, making it all part of general musicianship.
Decide on a key/harmonic concept/atmosphere/feel; maybe choose a technique to use with it; Write an idea (with a technique in mind, this becomes much easier based on more limited choices); work out how to play it; practise that; play about with it to try to improve it or see how you can change the feel of it (improv).
Repeat each time at the instrument.