[windsong]

My practice usuall starts off with one of Kirk's lessons (Walking Bass Line) then Blues chords and progessions, then "Tennessee Waltz" then "Prog" second solo, that keeps me a little busy

[cshude]

Practice? I wish I had time for it. I'll usually grab the guitar off the wall for about 5 or 10 minutes a day if I'm lucky. I typically will have a particular song that I'm working on and will jump right into it.

[raybaro]

Lately I have been trying to get a little more organized (when I have time.

I start by stretching
Then I warm up with this
7:30 to end
YouTube - John Petrucci - Rock Discipline (1 of 12)

Then I do this
YouTube - The Human Abstract Guitar Tips on FPE-TV

Then I try to practice scales with a metronome
Major, Minor, Arpeggios, and G

mixolydian throughout the fretboard (thats the only one I know )
I wished I knew my modes


Then I just try to find tricks and mess with them.

[onefadedfan]

lol...i posted the same thing like 2 weeks or so ago and i didn't get much out of it...i guess my practice consists of is starting with scales (
just to warm up) then songs that i know really well (seek and destroy by metallica is my fav to play so far) then i try to play ALL the chords i actually remember once or twice through, then more songs i know. lol my practice is probably very disorganized but i guess i have fun. i'm interested if anyone has a good organized practice that i should be doing, or a better one at least.

[JREC]

I don't really practice I'd say. I learn songs and jam to them. I'd really like to start actual practice though... but just playing along with a record is so much more fun.

[Midnight Rider]

I warm up playing 1234 up and down the strings and fretboard to the metronome at a speed I can do cleanly....I'm about to add 1423 and 1324 too.....then I work on chords and whatever song I want to learn and somtimes lead portions......The disciplined slow metronome practice is paying off the most...

[solidwalnut]

I think that no matter how long you've been playing, it's good to practice that which you need to know in order to play the songs that you want. That means choosing to work on specific aspects of playing or specific sections of songs until it works for you.

Steve

[rhikdavis]

I've been working on the intro to Bon Jovi's Wanted Dead or Alive.....I actually picked it up faster than I thought I would...I remember the finger positions, now need to play it at speed and cleanly. Then, of course, there's the rest of the song. hehe.

I have no set routine...just pick up the guitar throughout the day and strum out the few songs I know. I suppose I'll always be a mediocre player doing that though.

[raybaro]

You will be surprise how better you can do runs, scales, songs, passages when you warm up properly. Every time I get the guitar and just jam I sound alright. Whenever I actually stretch, warm up etc etc (1 step at a time), my playing flows so much better.

[scott58]

I practice at least 2 hrs a day, but it's constantly changing. The last few months has been alot of running scales with a metronome trying to increase my speed, but there comes a time when I just have to accept my limitations and just play things i know i can play (or learn to play). Now i think it's just going to be learning slower songs I can keep up with and enjoying the music.

[tomg123]

Usally a little in the day and little at nite. I'll practice bits and pieces i pick up on the net, but mainly i am trying to achive the sound i want. I want my techique to get better, the actual sound

[Stratrat]

I don't manage to get in a "structured" practice every single day (should probably spend less time posting and more time practicing!) - but I do pick up the guitar and at least play something every day - even if it's only for 5 or 10 minutes.

When I do have the time to sit down and actually practice, I normally warm up by going through some chords and doing some picking exercises up and down the fretboard. Once I'm warmed up, I have a "setlist" of about 10 songs that my drummer and I are working on - I crank up iTunes on my computer and play along with every song on the list in its entirety at least once, then go back and work on whichever one is the newest to me, or needs the most work. If I have time left after that, I'll work on whatever strikes my fancy - hybrid picking, chord progressions, something out of one of my lesson books/DVD's, etc. No matter what, I try to incorporate something new or something that is a "weak spot" every time I practice, to keep it fresh and keep improving/diversifying.

[eddiez152]

Lets see,

I get to the office about 9-10am.... Bankers hours.
Do paper work until 1pm.
Then I fool around with the guitar off and on for the rest of the day
which ends at 10pm.
After I throw everybody out where I can find some peace and quite.
I try a bunch of different tunes and then try to record something out of that mess. That usually finishes my day about 3am.
I do this almost everyday since I have been on this site which is almost 2 years.
As far as work, I say job it out, I got no time for that.
Now I also practice my lessons on the stuff I can handle at this time.
Now incase you might be wondering, I am 61.
Its not the work that gonna kill me, its this damn guitar stuff.

God I love it, just wish I had an additional day for myself.

[D-Dawn]

Mine usually starts out with "Hey Mom, how do I play this?" and then a half n hour with each kid learning (there's 4 of them right now) and trying to get them to keep time! I don't have a whole lot of time to learn much new to me while teaching them. But its cool that they're sticking with it! My 15 yr old son is doing the best but his mind wanders to all the cool stuff he's learned after that half hour so I turn him loose I suppose I have reached yet another plateau and need a teacher myself

[karateQueen]

I tend to go through the fingerstyle lessons. Dont have time to practice everyday though. Just not enough hours in the day.lol