I do 30-40 minutes a day alternating between a "Technical Day" and a "Song Day". Technical Day - Warm up 5min: known chords and Scales -working scales and chords 10+min: scale or chords I'm currently working on -working technique 10+min: technique I'm currently working on -song 5min or less: all known parts of the song I'm working on Song Day -Warmup 5min: all known Scales and chords - working song 20+min: song I'm currently working on -cool down 5min: working technique (everything I can remember)
I used to practice a minimum of 2 hours a day (split up), that was the amount of time required to see visible progress. Then I had kids. I told my wife it’s not worth it for me to even pick up the guitar unless I can play that much. She told me I should appreciate the opportunity to even play for 5 minutes. As angry as that made me, she was right. Since then I’ve learned a love for the guitar I never had and I made really surprising progress. Play whenever you can and love every chance you get.
@@xchino0427I don’t practice like I used to, but I think I enjoy playing more. Sometimes my kids will ask me to learn a song so we can sing it together. Time well spent! Dreams sometimes change
I learned something very important from this: never have kids (I’m sorry, but that was too funny to not say). That being said, I never wanted to have them to begin with.
I like little videos like this. As someone who started to learn in their teens, but through poor health and lack of motivation I never got to anywhere substantial. I picked up the guitar again at the start of October after a 10 year hiatus and I'm muddling along. I don't really have any curriculum to follow so just winging it every day. I have always struggled with alternate picking arpeggios. No matter how much I practice I just cannot get to a stable place. So finding little "hints and tips" vids like this which is about where I am with guitaring is great.
I suppose that would depend on how one speaks. Just don’t try to do that using the micro machines guy or the monster truck rally commercial voiceover guy at first. Oh yeah and then there is the disclaimer or warnings read at the end of prescription adverts. Though the disclaimer guy would likely be easy as they are usually pretty monotone. 😁😁😁
Great video. Defining goals and planning what to practice is very important for growth and unlocking potential My Routine: Chromatic scale -> a little bit of Major/Minor scale -> Triads/Chord inversions on the neck -> anything I feel like to Goal: visualize any scale/chords on the neck with ease for playing chord melody (and to make sure i dont get rusty) I practice chromatic scale with diff root position (having my index/middle/pinky on the root), this helps visualize all the major/minor 2nd/3rd/6th/7th anywhere, which in turn allows me to play any scale all over the neck without memorizing a gazillion scale patterns as long as I know where's the root. I can also switch position seamlessly thanks to this. This is the backbone for practicing triads as it allows me to visualize what notes of a chord im fretting. Practicing triads allow me to play the same chords anywhere on the neck
Love your videos! I was an intermediate level guitarist back in the mid-90s, even playing in a crappy garage band. Then life got in the way and I dropped it for 28 years. Now I'm trying to get back into it and your videos are a fun way to remember and relearn all those skills and techniques. Keep it up!
That whole thing about trying to repeat a phrase on the guitar is actually brilliant. See, humans are kind of good at talking, to the point where we can kind of just make a sound without having to think about HOW to make the sound. We get to the point where we can instinctively create the right sound. And with that exercise, you are creating a connection between that process, and creating sound on the guitar. The idea is that you get to the point where you can focus on what sounds or notes you want to make next, with zero though put into HOW to make those sounds with the guitar.
I practiced spider exercises everyday for 4 months to build my bpm on 16th notes up to 120, but it made me want to quit playing. Helped tremendously with everything else though, even fingerstyle.
very true, you put in what you get and keeping a journal, I have a small one to write quick songs and chord progressions and you can track your progress with something tangible
This whole channel feels like it’s centered around the idea of how to keep your mental health while practicing guitar. It’s not serious or that academic, but you say things like “you will make progress when you enjoy yourself” Anyway, I think it’s pretty cool thanks for making videos.
"works wonders but doesnt sound fun". I respect Vai a ton and dont wanna be a hater but that phrase kinda perfectly sums his music up for me, too. You gonna sound how you practice and you should have a little bit of fun in practice sometimes I think. :D
Commit to just practicing without a strict time period. Just getting tour guitar out is half the challenge. Without a 30 or whatever time period to push back on you are more likely to just start. Then have a plan for what and how you spend your time.
when i got my first guitar i just thought it would be fun to learn. but then i realized i had no clue wtf i was doing. so kinda went to my grandpa and dad who..... can play basic chords and sing to them. but my grandpa taught me how to read tab which was a bonus. but that didnt really help me until i found a old hippy that was giving guitar lessons. and i kinda did that for a few years until it wasnt fun anymore. but during covid years later i was bored so put new strings on and tried to learn some songs from games i was playing to keep busy during what i thought would be a short lockdown. and it kinda brought back the fun. just remembering what little i remembered and applying it to something i wasnt told to do. i guess there isnt really a genera i like. its just kinda whatever im into at the moment.
Hi, nice video. I just found the channel and love the style of videos. Even though your channel is centered around guitar it’s helped me understand the ukelele (which is what I’m leaning) much better.
It’s an art and as an artist.. I can do what I want and master my own art form.. is that the basic lesson of this video Practice the way you want to play?
Hey, I just found your channel yesterday and I've watched a ton of videos now. I love your sense of humor -- and, uh, obviously you know a thing or two about guitar. Are you a Californian (kind of "are you a guitarist" vibes I know.)
I will say for majority of everyone learning to play should focus on fun, not work! I took lessons to read sheet music and be efficient. That was torture. Made me not interested in learning because it was boring. redlight Blue is correct have fun and passion. Also learn 5 popular easy songs to play for friends. Majority of non players cant tell whats a complicated piece to a easy one. They'll be happy from your art.
Jam tracks are fun, i think people forget to learn some basics of music though, which means theory... and ear training... most guitar players rely on shapes, which yes, its all movable, but not having the understanding why things sound off even if in key, or why your solos sound like scales rather than melodies... so it takes a combination of mental and physical training, speed is no good if its sloppy or out of key... random notes that are in key but dont folow the chord progression are not great.. or the tonal notes of said chords
Is it crazy to assume that you can still make very good progress with just doing each category of Steve Vai's workout for one hour each and combine it with a couple hours of learning a new piece, thus doing a 5 hours a day schedule? 🤔
When I press guitar string perpendicular my fingerbed touches the fretboard first so i need to angle it non perpendicular but then my fingerflesh touches the bottom string. Am i physically incapable of olaying guitar?
yeah but... wheres the routine of daily exercises? i thought you were going to give us limit breaking licks, scales or some shit PLEASE do a video of this for intermidiate players
He read books for us. Thank you for your sacrifice
What's a book?
I do 30-40 minutes a day alternating between a "Technical Day" and a "Song Day".
Technical Day
- Warm up 5min: known chords and Scales
-working scales and chords 10+min: scale or chords I'm currently working on
-working technique 10+min: technique I'm currently working on
-song 5min or less: all known parts of the song I'm working on
Song Day
-Warmup 5min: all known Scales and chords
- working song 20+min: song I'm currently working on
-cool down 5min: working technique (everything I can remember)
I used to practice a minimum of 2 hours a day (split up), that was the amount of time required to see visible progress. Then I had kids. I told my wife it’s not worth it for me to even pick up the guitar unless I can play that much. She told me I should appreciate the opportunity to even play for 5 minutes. As angry as that made me, she was right. Since then I’ve learned a love for the guitar I never had and I made really surprising progress. Play whenever you can and love every chance you get.
So we're you able to practice with having kids? That's my fear. I wamt kids but I also dont want to be very limited to practice guitar
You are lucky to have a wife like that. Enjoy small things and have fun :)
@@xchino0427I don’t practice like I used to, but I think I enjoy playing more. Sometimes my kids will ask me to learn a song so we can sing it together. Time well spent! Dreams sometimes change
I learned something very important from this: never have kids (I’m sorry, but that was too funny to not say). That being said, I never wanted to have them to begin with.
I like little videos like this.
As someone who started to learn in their teens, but through poor health and lack of motivation I never got to anywhere substantial. I picked up the guitar again at the start of October after a 10 year hiatus and I'm muddling along. I don't really have any curriculum to follow so just winging it every day.
I have always struggled with alternate picking arpeggios. No matter how much I practice I just cannot get to a stable place. So finding little "hints and tips" vids like this which is about where I am with guitaring is great.
I would like to hear examples of phrases converted into guitar
I suppose that would depend on how one speaks. Just don’t try to do that using the micro machines guy or the monster truck rally commercial voiceover guy at first. Oh yeah and then there is the disclaimer or warnings read at the end of prescription adverts. Though the disclaimer guy would likely be easy as they are usually pretty monotone.
😁😁😁
Great video. Defining goals and planning what to practice is very important for growth and unlocking potential
My Routine: Chromatic scale -> a little bit of Major/Minor scale -> Triads/Chord inversions on the neck -> anything I feel like to
Goal: visualize any scale/chords on the neck with ease for playing chord melody (and to make sure i dont get rusty)
I practice chromatic scale with diff root position (having my index/middle/pinky on the root), this helps visualize all the major/minor 2nd/3rd/6th/7th anywhere, which in turn allows me to play any scale all over the neck without memorizing a gazillion scale patterns as long as I know where's the root. I can also switch position seamlessly thanks to this.
This is the backbone for practicing triads as it allows me to visualize what notes of a chord im fretting. Practicing triads allow me to play the same chords anywhere on the neck
Thanks for sharing, I’ll use some of this in my routine
Yo I just got back into watching this guy, I forgot how hilarious he is, very cool guy
Love your videos! I was an intermediate level guitarist back in the mid-90s, even playing in a crappy garage band. Then life got in the way and I dropped it for 28 years. Now I'm trying to get back into it and your videos are a fun way to remember and relearn all those skills and techniques. Keep it up!
Hi!! I just got an acoustic guitar for Christmas and these videos are so cool! I hope you’re doing well!
That whole thing about trying to repeat a phrase on the guitar is actually brilliant. See, humans are kind of good at talking, to the point where we can kind of just make a sound without having to think about HOW to make the sound. We get to the point where we can instinctively create the right sound. And with that exercise, you are creating a connection between that process, and creating sound on the guitar. The idea is that you get to the point where you can focus on what sounds or notes you want to make next, with zero though put into HOW to make those sounds with the guitar.
New skill unlocked upon finding this channel.
"Wonderwall... again" 😂
I practiced spider exercises everyday for 4 months to build my bpm on 16th notes up to 120, but it made me want to quit playing. Helped tremendously with everything else though, even fingerstyle.
I practiced those enough times to the point where I enjoy them now
That's true. I've found having fun with it and learning is much better than boring yourself to death everyday
The channel is funny and informal. That's the way I study!
this was motivating
woa, this is what I was thinking of starting to look into, you keep reading my minddd mannnn
very true, you put in what you get and keeping a journal, I have a small one to write quick songs and chord progressions and you can track your progress with something tangible
This whole channel feels like it’s centered around the idea of how to keep your mental health while practicing guitar. It’s not serious or that academic, but you say things like “you will make progress when you enjoy yourself”
Anyway, I think it’s pretty cool thanks for making videos.
Please make video on which guitar is good for beginners also how they are different from one another
"works wonders but doesnt sound fun". I respect Vai a ton and dont wanna be a hater but that phrase kinda perfectly sums his music up for me, too. You gonna sound how you practice and you should have a little bit of fun in practice sometimes I think. :D
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Commit to just practicing without a strict time period. Just getting tour guitar out is half the challenge. Without a 30 or whatever time period to push back on you are more likely to just start. Then have a plan for what and how you spend your time.
when i got my first guitar i just thought it would be fun to learn. but then i realized i had no clue wtf i was doing. so kinda went to my grandpa and dad who..... can play basic chords and sing to them. but my grandpa taught me how to read tab which was a bonus. but that didnt really help me until i found a old hippy that was giving guitar lessons. and i kinda did that for a few years until it wasnt fun anymore.
but during covid years later i was bored so put new strings on and tried to learn some songs from games i was playing to keep busy during what i thought would be a short lockdown. and it kinda brought back the fun. just remembering what little i remembered and applying it to something i wasnt told to do. i guess there isnt really a genera i like. its just kinda whatever im into at the moment.
My practice is saying I’m going to practice but I have not in six months
Hi, nice video. I just found the channel and love the style of videos. Even though your channel is centered around guitar it’s helped me understand the ukelele (which is what I’m leaning) much better.
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My goals are beyond your understanding. My goal is…
To play guitar…
glad i suscribed, thanks for the content
It’s an art and as an artist..
I can do what I want and master my own art form..
is that the basic lesson of this video
Practice the way you want to play?
"The guy who likes walking, is gonna walk further than the guy who likes the destination." - Sam Sulek
so me noodling around while watching youtube doesn't count?
Thank you
Hey, I just found your channel yesterday and I've watched a ton of videos now. I love your sense of humor -- and, uh, obviously you know a thing or two about guitar. Are you a Californian (kind of "are you a guitarist" vibes I know.)
I am from Canada! Close in spelling, far in geography
That is too bad. Because, you know, if you lived down here in America, we could like jam and stuff.
A genius
*PASSION*
I will say for majority of everyone learning to play should focus on fun, not work! I took lessons to read sheet music and be efficient. That was torture. Made me not interested in learning because it was boring. redlight Blue is correct have fun and passion. Also learn 5 popular easy songs to play for friends. Majority of non players cant tell whats a complicated piece to a easy one. They'll be happy from your art.
Jam tracks are fun, i think people forget to learn some basics of music though, which means theory... and ear training... most guitar players rely on shapes, which yes, its all movable, but not having the understanding why things sound off even if in key, or why your solos sound like scales rather than melodies... so it takes a combination of mental and physical training, speed is no good if its sloppy or out of key... random notes that are in key but dont folow the chord progression are not great.. or the tonal notes of said chords
What guitar does this magnificent young man have?
It looks so nice😏
*YES*
Lol love your channel!
Is it crazy to assume that you can still make very good progress with just doing each category of Steve Vai's workout for one hour each and combine it with a couple hours of learning a new piece, thus doing a 5 hours a day schedule? 🤔
The rush is I’m 45 and should’ve done this a long time ago!
When I press guitar string perpendicular my fingerbed touches the fretboard first
so i need to angle it non perpendicular but then my fingerflesh touches the bottom string. Am i physically incapable of olaying guitar?
miss you dad pls post more
Do you have a discord? If not can please make one I love you
Someone helped me make one a few years ago but I haven’t been on it in a long time… what to people do on discord?
@@RedlightBluethey… disco?
@@RedlightBlue socialize i guess
I keep it fun by alternating between things I do well, and things I struggle with. But don't listen to me....I suck.
Guitar balls
Bro reading scales as a left handed person is the worst 🤣😦
yeah but... wheres the routine of daily exercises? i thought you were going to give us limit breaking licks, scales or some shit
PLEASE do a video of this for intermidiate players
lizard scales
i have a feeling you aren't good at guitar. still...
I think scales are dumb
play music instead
Realy 'not funny'