Practice Routine Generator

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As guitar players we all want to get better! I know that our hectic lives and schedules cansometimes make it difficult to get in the practice time that we need in order to feel like we aremaking real progress on the guitar. This Practice Routine Generator is designed to help get themost out of your practice time even if you don’t have that much. It will help you build an efficientplaying schedule that will maximize your practices and achieve lasting results!

To get started, you will need to determine your short and long-term guitar goals. This mightinclude anything from learning a few of your favorite songs to memorizing scales and playingleads. It’s really up to you to determine how much time and energy you want to invest in yourabilities.

Below you will find four practice routine options. Make sure you consider your schedule andgoals in order to make a realistic selection from these four levels of commitment. It is better tostart with something you know you will be able to stick with, than to over commit and set yourselfup for failure. You can always change your mind in the future, and make adjustments if you needto.

Casual Practice Schedule20 minutes each day practicingfrom one sub-category below.

Dedicated Practice Schedule60 minutes each day practicing

from three sub-categories below.

Motivated Practice Schedule40 minutes each day practicingfrom two sub-categories below.

Virtuoso Practice Schedule2 hours or more each day practicing

from six or more sub-categories below.

Once you have selected a schedule, you can decide how you want to invest that time in the fivebasic core aspects of playing that are vital for any guitar player. These categories include:Musical Playing, Technical Playing, Styles, Theory Reading & Ear Training and Scales andChords. By faithfully spending time in each of these areas, you will become a well-roundedguitarist.

Each of these five categories contain five different ways you can improve your abilities. Feel freeto choose the sub-categories that best suit your own specific playing goals. Depending on yourguitar goals you may be able to completely ignore some of the sub-categories. Here are all of theoptions:

Practice Routine Categorieswww.GuitarLessons.com

This example schedule shows how planning your practice times can help you get the most out ofyour guitar playing. You can change it up however you like to make it personal. After day 5,you can chose to repeat the same routine, or pick different sub-categories from each maincategory.

Building your custom practice routine is as simple as dedicating 20 minutes a day to any of thesub-categories to fill up your schedule. If you chose the Casual Schedule, you would practice asingle sub-category each day, alternating between the five main categories from day to day.In other words, day one would start with something from Musical Playing, day two would build onsomething from Chords & Scales and day three would be spent working on your Technical Playing. When you get to day six you can choose to repeat the same schedule or picksomething new from each category.

If you have more than 20 minutes per day to practice you can either pick multiple sub-categoriesfrom each main category, or you can simply pick multiple sub-categories from two or more maincategories. On the next page, we will take a look at a sample practice routine to show you howyou might use the Motivated Practice Schedule option. Then, you can take and apply this systemto reach your own goals!

Musical Playing Chords & Scales Technical Playing Theory EarTraining & Reading Styles

Learn New Songs New Chords Strumming Building Scales Preferred StylePractice

Jam With Friends

Major &Minor Scales

Alternate Picking Building Chords Listen/WatchPreferred Styles

Play-Along Songs Pentatonic &Blues Scales

Legato & Bending Reading Notation

FavoritePlayer’s Licks

Learn New Riffs

Chord Progressions

Finger Picking Reading TABs Listen to NewStyles of Music

Jam Track Improv Modes Left HandExecises

Interval &Chord Recognition Learn New Songs

Example Schedulewww.GuitarLessons.com

This example schedule shows how planning your practice times can help you get the most out ofyour guitar playing. You can change it up however you like to make it personal. After day 5,you can chose to repeat the same routine, or pick different sub-categories from each maincategory.

You should be aware that you don’t have to pick two items to practice form the same category. You can mix an match any item from different category to fill your pre-determinedpractice time.

Now, it’s time to create your own Practice Routine! On the next sheet, you will find a blankchart for you to fill out your own schedule. You can print out as many as you wish!

Motivated Practice Schedule40 minutes each day practicingfrom two sub-categories below.

Musical Playing - Day 1Learn New Songs

Jam With FriendsPlay-Along SongsLearn New Riffs

Jam Track Improv

Chords & Scales - Day 2 Technical Playing - Day 3New Chords

Major & Minor Scales

Pentatonic & Blues Scales

Chord Progressions

Modes

Strumming

Alternate Picking

Legato & BendingFinger Picking

Left Hand Execises

Theory EarTraining & Reading - Day 4 Styles - Day 5

Building Scales

Building ChordsReading Notation

Reading TABsInterval & Chord Rec.

Preferred Style Practice

Listen/Watch StylesFavorite Players Licks

Listen to New Styles

Learn New Songs

The Practice Routine Generatorwww.GuitarLessons.com



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Chords Scales

Practice Routine GeneratorChord and Scale Library Index

This chart is a simple way to keep track of what chords and scales you have learned or are currently learning.Seeing just how many chords or scales that you have learned can be very encouraging. Filling this sheet out and keeping it current can also be a great reference tool for when you are trying to figure out songs or even write one of your own.

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