Practice Routines
General approach is to pick 2 styles per session from Rhthym Acoustic, General & Classical / Fingerstyle. Then, for each style: - Warmups & Technique (10 min max) - Current song/item (15 min max) - Repetoire (10 min max) (play through 2 songs in that style rotating)
It works out to about an hour or so of practice. Ideally it's broken into 2 sessions in the day. Also, on the current song / item, breaking it up and spiraling back to it is likely more useful (at least for me). As an example, spend 5-7 minutes on a trouble spot. Move on to repetoire & do 1 song. Come back and spend 5-7 minutes again (same spot or a different spot). Back to repetoire and do a different song. Come back for the final time and play the song/item through end to end regardless of trouble spots.
Rhythm Acoustic
Generally rhythm acoustic after an initial warmup always needs to be played against a metronome. The key for rhythm is always being on time (or a little behind or ahead if appropriate). So always work against a click. Will rarely need to go above 120 with 1/8 notes.
Strumming
- 1/8 note strums at 80, 100, 120 (can combine w/ chord patterns below)
- Strumming patterns
- 4/4
- 6/8
- More to follow here
Chords
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G (G, Am, Bm, C, D, Em, F#dim)
- G,
- D, Dsus4
- Em, Em7
- C, C2
- Am, Am7
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D (D, Em, F#m, G, A, Bm, Cdim)
- D
- G, G2
- A, A7
- Bm, Bm7
- Em, Em7
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C (Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim)
- C
- Em, Em7
- F
- G, G2
- Am, Am7
Chord changes
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G
- Em, Am, D, G
- G, D, C, Em, D
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D
- D, A, Bm, G
- G, Bm, D
General
Warmups & Technique
- String changes
- Play down from 12th fret
- Chromatic scales
- Hammer ons
- Pull offs
- Spider
Knowledge
- Major scale pattern
- Minor scale patterns
- Pentatonic scale patterns
Classical / Fingerstyle
Warmups & Technique
- String changes
- Play down from 12th fret
- Chromatic scales
- Thumb scale (6th string - E, F, G; 5th string - A, B, C; 4th string - D, E, F; 3rd string - D, A)
- Other warmup :-)
Arpeggio drills from Noed book
