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Practice time
Hello everyone. I have a question about how much time you spend on practice each day. As for myself, I find that about 30 minutes at a time is my limit. Sometimes I do this once a day, sometimes two or three times, depending on how much time is available, how much energy I have, and how good my mental attitude is. I rarely have a day’s lesson down pat before it’s time to move on to the next lesson so I wonder if I’m practicing enough. I should say that I consider myself somewhere between beginner and intermediate. So how much practice time do you all consider to be adequate for yourself?
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I’m probably 30 minutes a day, with some days more. I’ll also incorporate some other lessons from YouTube that I find interesting ….maybe 10 minutes of that. I’m also trying to learn the notes on the fretboard, but often that is without the guitar.
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This reply was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by gmhendersonme-com.
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It varies a lot for me, but I would say I average about 45 – 50 minutes a day, split up into 2 or 3 sessions. Some days I’ll do 1 session and other days I’ll do 5 or 6. I’m not logging my daily sessions so this is just what I think I’ve been doing, roughly 2-3 playing sessions a day. I’ve started another course so I’ll probably be stepping things up this year.
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Same as Pete, at least three 20 minutes sessions on Practice. But I do pick and noodle much more than that on a daily basis.
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Pete what other course did you start and how do you like it?
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I probably average an hour a day, BUT, I wouldn’t get too caught up in comparing yourself to others. Everybody on here is in their own life circumstance (retired vs working vs work from home, vs kids/no kids, etc). I’m currently unemployed, and I’m not sure if my practice time would be as abundant if I was working.
Be okay with whatever amount of time you’re able to give. It is reiterated over and over on this site… showing up is a win! There are days that I only get in a quick 10-minute practice and struggle through the challenge, but it still helps in the long run.
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I watch the lesson and then practice it 10 minutes. That usually comes out to 20-25 minutes. At that point, it is what it is and I go on. Done and complete, my compulsive habit is satisfied. My commitment to myself and my guitar journey is met.
BUT I often (and usually) voluntarily come back later in the day and review or work on a quarterly task or play a song that is on my heart and that might be from a few minutes to over an hour. Some days because of life’s overhead it doesn’t happen. That time has no comparison thinking and is a free will effort and fun and annoys my wife because it is usually in her way. I do keep multiple guitars out of the case in habited spaces to facilitate this free will effort.
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