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How much do you play?

Posted: 20 Jul 2011, 11:52
by Syysysyd
And when you do play do you practice exercises and scales/technique/improvisation or work on songs or just mess around? If it's both then what's the ratio of good practicing to just noodling?



When I first picked up the guitar I didn't really have any direction and messed around aimlessly for a couple of years. After a while my playing kind of plateaued and only in the last few months did I start practicing seriously and daily and for the first time in years my playing is improving. :greenie:

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 00:32
by Hugo.
I play for about an hour a day. Mostly working on songs, but i practise the pentatonic blues scale with a metronome for about ten mins also.

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 01:18
by LAVAGOD
usually my routine is, warmup (usually play along to Dominate and summoning redemption because ones fast and the other is slow) warming up really makes a difference. so usually a song with easy rhythm and then one more challenging as well as the same for easy and hard leads.

if i wanna jam along to some songs then i will. really focus on improvising and writing riffs of my own as well.

work on sweeps and arpeggios. scales. alternate picking. legato. then after that do whatever I want.

generally between 3-5 hours of just chilling and playing. ive played up to 8 hours a day and to be honest you dont need to. even if its 30 min to an hour of concentrated picking,scales,and exercises. that much a day will definitely help.

for you i'd say if you want the discipline. make a week schedule. each day is something different. and its played seriously. that will definitely help

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 01:24
by Abzu
About an hour or two a day. I used to practice techniques and scales but I just fuck around in this period. I should restart drills.

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 02:12
by Mr. P
Last two months I think I have played total of 15 minutes.

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 03:45
by vO)))id
Every fucking day, I'm an incredible wanker :xx:





....Oh, you meant an instrument?

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 04:02
by LAVAGOD
wankage in this period

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 08:24
by Syysysyd
[quote name="Void"]Every fucking day, I'm an incredible wanker :xx:





....Oh, you meant an instrument?[/quote]



no I meant WoW

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 08:52
by Olden Polynice
Used to play hours every day but over the past few months I just fuck around for 20 mins or so.My rythem technique is slowly going downhill. :oldryan:

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 09:31
by jawn galliano
maybe 30-60 minutes a day lately. not playing much in this period since i got rid of my amplifier almost immediately after i bought it, plus i seriously need to get my guitar fixed.

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 09:47
by Abzu
[quote name="Void"]Every fucking day, I'm an incredible wanker :xx:





....Oh, you meant an instrument?[/quote]

:lol:

Oh right. Twice a day, then. :redneck:

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 21:19
by M.Bison
Not enough.

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 16:01
by Spirits of the Deep Waters
I'm not working for the moment so about 5-6 hours a day. When I work it's probably 3 hours or something.

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 07 Aug 2011, 04:48
by deckard
45 minutes at the most, if i play at all.

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 07 Aug 2011, 07:01
by zim
not nearly as much as i used to



all the stress has been killing my motivation lately but I still get some good jams in every few days

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 07 Aug 2011, 07:52
by Olden Polynice
Playing stoned :idea:

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 07 Aug 2011, 09:05
by Shredlord
About two hours a day when I'm not teaching, and maybe 30 minutes a day when I am. Rarely is there a day when my fingers aren't racing all over a long, hard piece of wood. :grin:

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 07 Aug 2011, 09:14
by LAVAGOD
[quote name="mabb_"]Playing stoned :idea:[/quote]

:idea:

Re: How much do you play?

Posted: 09 Aug 2011, 09:44
by PrismAndGate
[quote name="LAVAGOD"]
[quote name="mabb_"]Playing stoned :idea:[/quote]

:idea:[/quote] :xx: