Your guitar practice schedule.

[hubristenebris]

Hey I’ll post my guitar practice schedule... share yours so we can help each other out.    

2 hours of chromatic scales with a metronome
Guitar wanking for like hours and hours (never counted)

Since I'm just a bum all my time is devoted to my girlfriend, my band, my friends, and my guitar playing.

I started with a 40 tempo and I would practice chromatic scales for 2 hours everyday. Consistency is the key my friends.    

And every week that past by, I add to the tempo by 5.

And taking one day breaks really help. Taking a break for one day without touching your guitar actually helps! But of course you should be really into praticing guitar by that point.  Hope this helps! – Chase

[blues2death]

typical practice?

metronome din --minsan wala.......warmups..chromatic...

then scales ---4 note sequences, 3 notes, 5 notes, 6 notes...

then mag trip---basa ng hanon,for piano yun guys.ok din.

then blues in G,A and E magdamag.

basa din ng mga lessons sa magazine, books....nood ng instructional dvd....

then ps2---REWARD....all in all, ang serious practice doon is mga 2 hours lang na strict metronome....d ko binibilisan, linis lang gawa ko...so mabagal. then jam-jam lang habang nood ng jackass at wildboyz..

[Muzzle]

I started with a 40 tempo and I would practice chromatic scales for 2 hours everyday. Consistency is the key my friends.    

what? you practiced at 40 for two hours? hope youre not autistic, bro. hehe, peace. parang pakiramdam ko tuloy sobrang tamad ko.
kapag sinipag 30 mins chromatic, 30 mins picking, 30 mins penta and blues, 1 hour yosi break, 3 hours siesta. kapag sinipag pa ko nyan.

[balakubak33]

ako maswerte na makahawak ng guitar ng 30 mins sa dami ng ginagawa...

[hubristenebris]

Yup I did start with 40 and let me tell you, it wasnt easy!    I wanted to throw my guitar out of the window. And I wanted to watch tv at the same time but it wouldnt be desame because you need full focus. Thats the thing, its really really hard at the start but once you get used to it you will have that "I need to play guitar before anything else" feeling.  

[kawayan_strat]

ako naman.before family and responsibility.
mga 4-8hrs.lahat na yan in no order.scales ,noodling,play along,the works.

pero ngayon ala na pero i'm a full time musician.nag eensayo nalang pag
may practice ang banda.

[higad]

buti pa kayo may panahon. ako nauubos oras sa gf sa sobrang pagkamiss. yung gitara ko di ko na nahahalikan puro gf nalang. lol. pero pag may time minimum ko 2 hrs. at pag nagjajam ung banda 2 hrs din.

[Phil]

I practice when I play and record....thats when I practice.

[Letour]

Here is my schedule:

1. Check if wife is out. - Practice
2. If wife is present - kiss and kiss para payagan - Practice
3. If son is present - jam kami

[sbalbaguio2006]

mwf
6:00 - 6:10 warm-up exercises
6:10 - 7:00 chromatic scale using metronome
7:00 - 8:00 play along with my guitar pro tabs
8:00 - 9:00 practice and study scales
9:00 - 10:00 songwriting
10:00 - 11:00 improvisation
11:00 -11:50 free for all
11:50 -12:00 cooldown
12:00 - logtu

tth,sat, sun
2:00 - 2:10 warm-up exercises
2:10 - 3:00 chromatic scale using metronome
3:00 - 4:00 play along with my guitar pro tabs
4:00 - 5:00 practice and study scales
5:00 - 6:00 songwriting
6:00 - 7:00 improvisation
7:00 -7:50 free for all
7:50 -8:00 cooldown
8:00 - DOTA!

[extra-slinky]

stretching
chromatic
alternate picking
string skipping
legato
tapping
sweeping

wala akong definite na tagal ng pagpractice saka kung anong oras. basta ginagawa ko isang lick binibigyan ko ng time. paulit ulit. lets say 5 mins. kong naisipang gawin paulit ulit lang yun. iba iba ang speed. marami ring break para hindi ako mabore saka nakakapagod din eh.. hehehe

[higad]

mwf
6:00 - 6:10 warm-up exercises
6:10 - 7:00 chromatic scale using metronome
7:00 - 8:00 play along with my guitar pro tabs
8:00 - 9:00 practice and study scales
9:00 - 10:00 songwriting
10:00 - 11:00 improvisation
11:00 -11:50 free for all
11:50 -12:00 cooldown
12:00 - logtu

tth,sat, sun
2:00 - 2:10 warm-up exercises
2:10 - 3:00 chromatic scale using metronome
3:00 - 4:00 play along with my guitar pro tabs
4:00 - 5:00 practice and study scales
5:00 - 6:00 songwriting
6:00 - 7:00 improvisation
7:00 -7:50 free for all
7:50 -8:00 cooldown
8:00 - DOTA!

wow u must be really really close to perfection lol

[hubristenebris]

mwf
6:00 - 6:10 warm-up exercises
6:10 - 7:00 chromatic scale using metronome
7:00 - 8:00 play along with my guitar pro tabs
8:00 - 9:00 practice and study scales
9:00 - 10:00 songwriting
10:00 - 11:00 improvisation
11:00 -11:50 free for all
11:50 -12:00 cooldown
12:00 - logtu

tth,sat, sun
2:00 - 2:10 warm-up exercises
2:10 - 3:00 chromatic scale using metronome
3:00 - 4:00 play along with my guitar pro tabs
4:00 - 5:00 practice and study scales
5:00 - 6:00 songwriting
6:00 - 7:00 improvisation
7:00 -7:50 free for all
7:50 -8:00 cooldown
8:00 - DOTA!

WOW I must see you play!  

[pallas]

WOW  you guys are so disciplined. I just fiddle away, kalikot mga knobs, change and mix pedals, Em power chord chug chug chug and next thing i know its 9pm

[lawrence]

oo nga sir pallas. nanliliit tuloy ako, grabe ako naman, dati practice pero wala akong scheduling.. kaya pala walang pinupuntahan ang aking playing.. all the same. puro wanking lang!

kagaya ni sir phil nakakapagpractice lang ako when i do songs or kung may live na tutugtugan(church): once a week.

honestly. nawala na yung dating passion ko sa gitara yung tipong pag gising gitara agad ang atupag ika nga eh ."jingle lang ang pahinga." hahaha! naghahanap pa din ako ng pampagana.. hay.

balak ko ngayon magstart from scratch. kasi bagong musika ang balak kong pasukin ngayon eh.. and sa 3-4 months na hindi ako nagigitara (except church/making songs)... naging avid jazz listener ako.. Wes Montgomery to name a few. Ngayon, I'd like to learn yung jazz approach tapos icocombine sa rock, fusion na... etc. hehe! balak pa lang. naghahanap pa din ng pam paenganyo tumugtog!

[pallas]

oo nga sir pallas. nanliliit tuloy ako, grabe ako naman, dati practice pero wala akong scheduling.. kaya pala walang pinupuntahan ang aking playing.. all the same. puro wanking lang!

kagaya ni sir phil nakakapagpractice lang ako when i do songs or kung may live na tutugtugan(church): once a week.

honestly. nawala na yung dating passion ko sa gitara yung tipong pag gising gitara agad ang atupag ika nga eh ."jingle lang ang pahinga." hahaha! naghahanap pa din ako ng pampagana.. hay.

balak ko ngayon magstart from scratch. kasi bagong musika ang balak kong pasukin ngayon eh.. and sa 3-4 months na hindi ako nagigitara (except church/making songs)... naging avid jazz listener ako.. Wes Montgomery to name a few. Ngayon, I'd like to learn yung jazz approach tapos icocombine sa rock, fusion na... etc. hehe! balak pa lang. naghahanap pa din ng pam paenganyo tumugtog!

+1 man, I envy you guys with time on your hands and the commitment but Im just stuck here with planning for the future and the desire to be an awesome guitar player is so out the window for me. Most times I just wanna have fun, crank the amps, dial some cool sounds on the stomps.
I try to play the notes clearly but thats about it.

[ronnie james jeremy]

whenever time permits

1. Put on any M*A*S*H* or any Elegant Angel DVD
2. nOODLE aWAY til end of program
3. take 10 min break
4. noodle away again
5. play along to my favorite recordings

[Extremist777]

Buti pa kayo may time mag practice. Ako mostly sa band rehearsals and sa gigs na lang nakakapag gitara. Panay improvisation na lang ginagawa ko. When I have time.. usually about 10-20 minutes.. I play with my acoustic.. Pag electric kasi ginamit ko.. setup pa lang ubos na oras ko.  

Before I used to practice for about 2 hours..

Chromatics
Scales
Improvisation
Song Writing

[nathanmanansala]

gone are the days when i had a strict practice regimen (mine wasnt very strict though). now, i may not have a set schedule for vibrato, legato, picking, improv and all the other stuff pero i'm always playing. i mean when i'm at home and i'm not really doing anything, i always have an electric strapped up. my fingers are just moving on it and its usually not even plugged in.

these days, wala na, i just try to get in at least an hour of "plugged in" practice everyday. "try" pero madalas it never happens. my first electric, retired from gigging duties, is always plugged into an amp and just sitting on a stand (when i'm not walking around with it). i just noodle while watching tv or something. or pag nagising ng maaga, i pick it up and plunk away till its time to go to work.

yung real serious practice comes when its time to learn new songs to cover. dun i work on whatever i need to make the songs bearable and some of those necessitate learning new techniques.

[fingertapper1]

play whatever stuff and hope a good sounding riff or lick comes out of it... hehehe if not then i still had fun.

pero most of the time naka log in sa philmusic nag aabang ng effects or guitar... letseng gas yan mas napagtutuunan pa yun kesa my own playing/technique and whatnot... hay... hehe... thanks to philmusic

[jinno]

15 habitual minutes before bed.    <--pagod na sa work

[bluz_boi]

i dont practice much anymore, wala nko time sa dating 6 hr long practice regimen ko eh.. but what im doing right now is learning as many a songs sa ipod ko(abt 2-3x a week, dpende sa work load).. un mga nsa odd keys esp (ung mga nsa F#m or Eb or Gm or Bm), ung mga lihis sa comfort zones ko.. & i try 2 improvise over them melodically using fewer notes if possible(& try.. & try again )... nagsawa na ko sa mga Em/Am runs chromatic ascending/descending churvah eh(o sila ang nagsawa sa akin?! hehe)..

2 warm me up.. i play the police' "every breath u take" for a mild stretching & string skipping appetizer, followed by mr.big's green-tinted sixties mind.. play 2 songs  from start 2 finish & that gives u close 2 10min warm up

or if ur a shredder, warm up w/ satch/vai tunes (teka, parang di yta pang warm up 2)

[jun_gats]

i wish i have the time to even practice, i can only play when i can ... i'm even lucky if i play twice a week  

[blues2death]

i understand how you feel jun gats...had the same situation too...

lalo na nung nanganak ang misis ko.i have two baby girls. naykupo..whenever i tried to practice..magigising ang isa. pag napatulog ang isa, ung isa mag pupupo..

but then there's a saying, if you're really dedicated...you'll find a way no matter what.

may nabasa akong article ni steve morse....one tip to practicing when it seems like you have no time is to leave your guitar on a stand para ready to use when you have some idle time. now this might be a problem when you have pets or kids running around the place.

but just leaving it on a case on the floor might be suffice. ako ung amp ko ready to rumble na when i get done with my chores dito sa work--caregiver po ako. so what i do pag walang magawa, naghihintay na pumupupo si amo, gitara muna sandali--noodling, keeps your hands warm...kumbaga maintenance.

---tapos punas pupo ni amo... hehe

[kawayan_strat]

whenever time permits

1. Put on any M*A*S*H* or any Elegant Angel DVD

man,+100000 sa M.A.S.H!hilarious!