Weekly Warm Up No. 62

Greetings WWUs,

Other than trying to keep warm this week my main objective has been observing patterns in my practice.

Have you tracked these things in your own journey on the guitar? What have you noticed?

Here are a couple of themes that come up for me:

Do the most important things first: I have to do all my heavy work early in the day. By early I mean before 9am. One of my colleagues said to me: “You have weather man hours.” It’s true. That’s what works best for me. It’s when I am most clear and alert.
What keeps me from practicing: Not prioritizing my day/organizing my schedule. There’s that saying “What gets scheduled gets done.” Every time I miss a day it’s always, always, always, because I didn’t schedule my day effectively. Ouch, it hurts to admit that one.
What creates a successful practice plan: This one is comprised of two elements a. Scheduling the session. b. Creating incredibly specific goals for each and every practice session. This means creating a detailed plan of what I’m going to do before I take the guitar out of the case. If I “wing it” and just start working, the practice time is often aimless and unproductive. Also important: setting incredibly realistic goals for the session. Sometimes, for me, that means only putting two things on the agenda for that practice session.

Give it a try this week – get a little curious about your patterns and see what you discover.

Tempo:

Quarter note set @ 80 BPM.

Right Hand Arpeggios:
(Based on this A Major Chord Progression )

Left Hand Slurs:

Scales:

Based on the Major Pattern Outlined Below (in the key of C)

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