How do you practice?

[dime001]

ngaung bakasyon basta mag gising ko (2pm onwards)kain pwesto na sa agad sa hot sit.. hehe sabay bukas na rin ng pc un... hanggang magsawa ako pero aabutin din cguro ng 4 hours. tpos sa gabi na ung pinakasagad na practice start ng 11 or 12 hanggang antukin minsan hanggng mga 4-5am. sa gabi na ligo ko nun.. pero mahirap talaga magpagaling sa gitara

[lee72807]

ako practice ko mga siguro 30min to 1hour minsan buong araw pero putol putol ang time depende dn pagbusy or hindi..

practice ako mga exercise pero kadalasan e songs ang inaaral ko mga kapa kapa hehehe, mahirap pero pagnatapos mo sobang saya hehehehe...

[boncram]

I just mentioned time since I was thinking more of like rudiments lang like runs, etc. tipong foundational in developing left and right hand coordination and the skill.

But as I said, more on developing overall coordination coz when we've got that nailed down, everything else like playing solos, rhythms, learning new songs, etc would be much easier. Sorry I guess my initial question was too broad. hehe

Sabi nila ang music ang nagddictate ng technique. So depende sa klase ng music yung technique na gusto mo ma-acquire. Although may kokontra na ang technique universal, na pasok lahat kahit ano pa genre mo, why not start right on sa mga technique na ginagamit na specific sa tugtog mo. Para hindi sayang oras mo. Be specific kumbaga. Wag mo pag-aralan yung mga malalayo sa pangangailangan mo kahit pa generic exercises for coordination yung mga yun.

Pero kung foundational nga sabi mo ok na yung chromatic exercise o scales. Practice lang talaga hanggang maging precise ka. Pero kung alam mo naman na mga scales etc. mas ok siguro kung gagawin mong rudiments yung mga MISMONG licks/runs/sequences from songs/bands of your preferred/chosen genre na pinapakinggan/tinutugtog mo. Saves you a lot of time. Kasi bakit ka ba nagppractice? Di ba dahil gusto mo maging si ganyan o ganito, o kaya gusto mo gumaling sa ganitong genre. Eh di yung music na mismo nila ang pagkuhanan mo ng rudiments. Kumbaga hindi ka lang nagppractice ng coordination, yung actual music pa nila tinutugtog/pinapractice mo. Mapag-aaralan mo pa bat nila ginagawa yun sa kanta. Sana yung tinutukoy mo yung tinutukoy ko

[toybitz]

I practice in three ways:

1. kung exercises and scales, in front of the tv
2. kung new lesson, ah..inuupuan yan.
3. kung kapaan, dahil training din sa tenga, in front of the PC

[donard]

most of the time

playing the scales ang pinagtutuunan ko ng time

^ your right magandang gawin yung practice ng scale sa harap ng tv hehe

[somil]

likewise bro

[cervantez04]

mga sir and mam, tanong ko lang po kung anong buk ang mganda bout guitar practice and scales..ngaun lang kasi ako magsisimula mag aral ng scales wla pa kasi ako alam dun saka sa mga power chords and inversion ba ng chords tawag dun or invertion? ..pasensya na po noob kasi ako..thanks

[quaternotetriplet]

I don't practice anymore. ehe

Kakatamad

[jazhombie]

I always bring my travel guitar, para pag break time, makatugtog man lang

[erniebong]

basta ako jam ko lang yung song sa cds ng mga idol...kasi mas enjoy mag practice na may kasabay na rakenrol...mas maingay mas ganado!!! hehehheeh..

that's how i practiced 18 years ago (back then it was tape or phonograph).... i try to learn a song note for note then pag kuha ko na i improvise over it to my hearts content... and sure is serving my playing years after that... until now

now i don't really practice unless i hear a new song in my head.... i do noodle around if i have spare time....

what i did was try to absorb everything i could in the 1st 4 years of my formative then just dropped everything and play by instinct. a more subconscious playing approach works for me keeps me fresh. after all 4 years of heavy practice should sink in to your subconscious mind and muscle memory.

the only time (or times) that i set regular practice drills is when im trying to learn new things or not gigging or jamming for a month or two, otherwise i do more air guitar while sound tripping than actual drills , gigging is what keeps me at my best shape

that's how i keep it fresh  

[abstract]

bago pumasok sa work practice muna mga 20 mins, then sa work may 2 acoustic guitar na pwede gamitin for practice at kulitan, kaso puro pang piesa ng variety band kailangan practisin, hirap mag hanap ng time for practice ng gusto mo talaga na piesa.

[ermonski]

I go play 10 songs every weekend

in my repertoire I only have 100 songs (songs that I learned throughout 7 years of playing haha)

I end up playing those songs over and over again haha

[spankyrigor]

hirap na akong magpractice nowadays, hindi gaya nuong binata pa ako, i'd play guitar when i get home from work (around 8pm) then noodle until around 2pm. Now that i'm married, any time i pick up my guitar i feel guilty because it's time spent away from my wife (nlabo no? eh nasa iisang bahay lang naman kami). In any case, swerte na pag naka-isang oras ako with the guitar.. so for me, structured practice is very important. MWF for drills and runs (just to keep my fingers in shape), tuesdays and thursday just for dicking around, coming up with ideas for songs and stuff.. wala na akong sipag mag-aral ng theory. 

[teryoki]

Usually i dedicate saturdays and sundays para sa practice. Pagka tapos kumain ng lunch, i'll get my guitar ready alongside with the mp4 na binili ko sa Avenida. May mga naka-store na backing tracks. Then i'll try to construct melodies sasabayan ko mga backing tracks.

Then yung mga common kong pina-practice na songs na magagandang solos..

isa pang sked e pagkauwi ko ng bahay..after having a shower.. tamang pampa antok.. madalas nag ppractice ako starting chords muna.. bbuo ako ng progression tas lalagyan ko na ng melody... yun lang.. tapos linis gitara.

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with my laptop na nabaha sa ngayon