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Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Football is rubbish.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Clare - one of the biggest things with learning an instrument is not 'how long' you been playing it, but 'how many' hours you've racked up. way back when I'd only been playing for about 3 years [I think], I had a jam with a pal that had been playing for 10 years. He couldn't believe the difference between us. It seemed back to front because I was quite a bit more proficient. Then we worked out "hours per day" [for me] and "hours per week" [for him]. When we multiplied it all out by the years we'd been playing, it actually turned out that I had more than 4 times his total hours. So in meaningful terms, I'd actually been playing quite a lot longer..
if you can only play little, at least try to play often..
also, 30 minutes per day will be better for you than 10 hours on one day per week.. This is because you see the neck more frequently and therefore have less time to forget what you've learned.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Football is rubbish.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Football is rubbish.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Football is rubbish.
@Octatonic That's an immense schedule. I'm going to have to work out something like that for myself, although I can't realistically give more than (on average) 1 1/2 hrs per day (2 hrs on early finish 1 hr on late).
For a little guidance where would you start.
I'm thinking
15mins scales
15mins chords
15mins arpeggios
not really where to go from there.....
Cheers
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Try this:
15 mins warm up- finger gym.
15mins scales - break this down- maybe C major modes in CAGED, in in 3rds, 4ths, 5ths- set metronome to 60% of your maximum speed for most of it, play as fast as you can only for the last 2 mins- again to the metronome.
15mins chords - Start with Maj7, Min7, Dom7, M7b5 chords in all keys. This is a deep topic. I like the Drop system.
15mins arpeggios - Maj7, Min7, Dom7, M7b5 arpeggios in all keys- work through 1-2 keys at a time, go around the circle of 5ths- I like to do star with C, then the go in both directions around the circle (So G and F, then D and Bb).
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Football is rubbish.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Football is rubbish.
I have a large block folder so I can track what I've done daily/weekly/monthly.
I may even put it on here weekly so you motley crew can mock me.......
I'm thinking maybe I should get a drum machine too (I got a couple of metronomes but don't really like them)
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Football is rubbish.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Football is rubbish.
15 minutes - 10 minute guitar workout (David Mead) Whilst it says 10 minute workout, by the time ive recorded results, reset the timer it usually takes 15 minutes
15 minutes - Learn and Master Guitar sessions - Currently on session 2, learning the notes on the first 2 strings. Its also good as it is teaching me how to read music too.
15 minutes chords and chord changes - Using Justin's 1 minute changes exercises
15 minutes - Song Practice - This will be a combination of songs from the L&M guitar course, but also songs which use the chords i am using during the 1 minute changes
15 - 30 minutes - Ear training - I signed up to the easy ear training site which has been a fantastic read each and every day.
Once i get a little better, i will certainly factor in more elements which you mention Octatonic! Again, thank you for sharing your training log.