FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS
Goals
skills
HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION
PRACTICE DENSITY
MUSIC STRUCTURE
PLAY SONGS
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping .. later 🙂
What can you find here ..
The steps to more productive practice time:
Specifically .. Define your Goals .. Identify Fundamental skills to learn .. Establish a practice session design .. visual charts to learn scales and chords at your fingertips .. Keep a notebook; a journal of your ideas, focus on rhythm, and learn some songs. These things get you started.
GOALS
Goals: Anthing we practice implies we perform. What do you want to perform? Maybe a 12 Bar Blues. A song. Campfire songs. Various forms forms of music span a wide set of skills. So choose. What type of music. What techniques and skills are use in that type of music. You can construct a practice routine that incorporates these goals, so you learn something specific, tangible, sequential. Go to the GOALS TAB here to build out your GOALS definition.
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HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONS
PDF PAGES THAT ARE EASY TO READ
PRACTICE DENSITY
HOW FOCUSED CAN YOU BE DURING THE 45 MIN; WHAT CAN YOU DO TO GUIDE AND STEADY THIS FOCUS.
MUSIC STRUCTURE - THEORY
KEYS, INTERVALS, MAJOR, MINOR
PLAY SONGS
Playing Songs from start to finish will lead you to the skills you want to learn. And performing is the goal, of course.
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- Intuitive, high quality, fretboard diagrams in pdf format (downloadable).
- A focused set of 20 skills that you need to master to assume you know the fundamentals.
- Practice session designs: specific to your needs, goals, and current skill set.
SMART PRACTICE
You have limited time to practice .. say 45 minutes .. If you can focus your time and effort, your playing will improve faster. Here's how ..
SMART PRACTICE: Using the time you have to drill on real skills. To memorize. To connect the dots ..
I need practice materials that are a click away. That provide the detail required. Like this ..
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For a fundamental skill set consider working on the following:
scales      arpeggios
chords      fretboard notes
MAKING MELODY
AN EXAMPLE OF YOUR PRACTICE SESSION
Check out these simple to use guided images of the fretboard, that you can easily locate and begin to improve.  Set your goals, and move ahead.
