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Hey @DrBob , I really like @That_Guy ‘s comment. However, I wouldn’t accuse you of over thinking because some of us think a lot, That’s not bad in and of itself. So, yes, anything that is part of your guitar journey, anything that is part of your practice, anything that is part of your playing, it all counts.
All that having been said, sometimes life gets busy and we really can’t spend anymore time than 10 minutes. That’s when this guitar routine saves our guitar journey. We still pick up the guitar everyday.
Now there’s the rub. If you really only have 10 minutes, and you choose to spend it working on tabs or organizing your binder, is that the best use of your precious 10 minutes?
All in all, I’m gonna have to get back to what That_Guy said. It’s not about keeping track of your time like it’s a chore that you can check off your list. If you really only have 10 minutes, then yeah, you’re gonna keep track of the time. But then, you better get straight to the lesson and spend your time doing that. You don’t need to waste time printing out the tabs or remembering lessons. If you simply spend 10 minutes everyday working on whatever the daily lesson is, you will see improvement in your guitar skills and you will be better at whatever you do with the guitar. You’ll play songs you’ve known for a long time cleaner and you’ll know how to add more variety to them.
But if you have the time to print out lesson tabs and organize them into a binder, why worry about how much time you are spending. The whole idea here is to get the guitar into your hands if possible. Sometimes, we need a break from the gutiar for a variety of reasons. Then, it’s a great idea to find something else to do that will contribute to your guitar journey.
One last thing; if you are asking what’s acceptable to mark a lesson complete, the suggestion is to spend a minimum of 10 minutes. No matter how well you did or didn’t do the lesson, no matter if you couldn’t even get all the way through it. But even the 10 minutes is not a rule, but a suggestion. The intent is to start the lesson and do what you can. If you logged in and put in what effort you could then you completed the lesson for that day.
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