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Here's a good example of how to practice away from your guitar
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I was reading a really good guitar blog today, From The Woodshed, and found that Joe was making the most of his time as a passenger on a car ride by writing out all possible 7th chord arpeggios and their alterations.
This is a good example of how to practice away from your instrument. Rather than sitting down with your guitar, only to spend your valuable time writing chord patterns, scales or arpeggios on paper, do the written work away from the guitar. That way, when you grab your instrument, you're actually playing it rather than using it as a flat surface to scribble some chord grids.
Whether you are still in school or you are an adult in the workplace, there are many opportunities to work away from your guitar.
How about....
- Study Halls
- Breaks
- Lunch time (after you've eaten lunch and before you watch Jerry Springer - you know who you are!!!)
- Bus Rides to School
- Commutes into work (bus rides, subway, taxi - etc. Just don't drive and try to write tab)
- Waiting at the Airport for your business flight
- Sitting in your hotel room with nothing to do on a business trip
What are some of the things you can do away from the guitar?
- Write out the major scale in all 12 keys
- Write out major, minor, diminished and augmented triads in all 12 keys
- Write out chord tones and note locations for any and all chord types (i.e. Maj7, Min7, Maj7#11, Min9,Min7b5,Diminished, etc)
- Write out the names of the notes on each fret and commit to memorizing them
- Write out arpeggios to compliment the chords you wrote out in item 3
- Write a thank you note to your parents/wife/husband for putting up with this guitar obsession you have
What do you do when you practice?
Take this information you worked on away from the guitar and put it under your fingers. Learn those grips, see if you can smoothly play those rootless major 9th arpeggios, call out a note and find it on all 6 strings.
The point is, put the information you worked on away from the guitar to practical use. Make new music, work on some new lines, licks or riffs, impress your guitar teacher by naming every note on the G string.
But above all, remember that you have maximized your practice time and are a better player by doing so! Good Job!
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I was reading a really good guitar blog today, From The Woodshed, and found that Joe was making the most of his time as a passenger on a car ride by writing out all possible 7th chord arpeggios and their alterations.
This is a good example of how to practice away from your instrument. Rather than sitting down with your guitar, only to spend your valuable time writing chord patterns, scales or arpeggios on paper, do the written work away from the guitar. That way, when you grab your instrument, you're actually playing it rather than using it as a flat surface to scribble some chord grids.
Whether you are still in school or you are an adult in the workplace, there are many opportunities to work away from your guitar.
How about....
- Study Halls
- Breaks
- Lunch time (after you've eaten lunch and before you watch Jerry Springer - you know who you are!!!)
- Bus Rides to School
- Commutes into work (bus rides, subway, taxi - etc. Just don't drive and try to write tab)
- Waiting at the Airport for your business flight
- Sitting in your hotel room with nothing to do on a business trip
What are some of the things you can do away from the guitar?
- Write out the major scale in all 12 keys
- Write out major, minor, diminished and augmented triads in all 12 keys
- Write out chord tones and note locations for any and all chord types (i.e. Maj7, Min7, Maj7#11, Min9,Min7b5,Diminished, etc)
- Write out the names of the notes on each fret and commit to memorizing them
- Write out arpeggios to compliment the chords you wrote out in item 3
- Write a thank you note to your parents/wife/husband for putting up with this guitar obsession you have
What do you do when you practice?
Take this information you worked on away from the guitar and put it under your fingers. Learn those grips, see if you can smoothly play those rootless major 9th arpeggios, call out a note and find it on all 6 strings.
The point is, put the information you worked on away from the guitar to practical use. Make new music, work on some new lines, licks or riffs, impress your guitar teacher by naming every note on the G string.
But above all, remember that you have maximized your practice time and are a better player by doing so! Good Job!
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