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Make Your Practice Time More Effective

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Af Byron Marks

Guitar players generally fit into one of the following categories:

  1. Guitar players that do not practice
  2. Guitar players that practice but do not plan out their practices
  3. Guitar players that plan out all of their practices

Which category do you fit in to?

If you chose either 1 or 2 you are not alone. There are many guitar players who have chosen the same path that you have. The good news for you is that you have made the choice to get out of that holding pattern and find a way to make your practice time more productive.

In this article I am going to go over methods that are going to help you instantly improve your practice time and also get much more out of your practicing than you do right now.

Before we get started there are a few questions you need to think about and then answer.

- Do you have a plan for when you practice or do you just wing it?
- Do you know how much more you will benefit from having your practice planned out in advance?
- Do you know the pitfalls of not having your practice planned out in advance?

Mindset:

Before you sit down to practice, what things are usually on your mind? Are you focused on how you are going to use your time to improve your guitar playing? Are you excited about the process of improving your guitar playing?

If you answered no to one of both of those questions, you will need to change the way that you think about practicing. If you are pumped up to improve any aspect(s) of your guitar playing, you will be more focused and dedicated to reaching your goal, even if it is harder than you anticipated it being.

If you approach practice (from a mental standpoint) like it is a chore or think of it as boring, you won’t get nearly as much from your practice time. You will be too focused on other things - like “how long do I have to do this for?” or “I don’t even know why I’m doing this.”

Can you see how thinking that way can be damaging to your practice?

Results / Goals:

What is it that you want to get out of your practice session? You want a result but what result is it that you want? This is the time to be very specific. Each day that you practice, you need to have a goal, it doesn’t have to be a huge goal, it can be part of a smaller goal that gets you to a bigger goal.

The easiest way to start is to figure out what your big goals are and then work backwards to find the smaller goals along the way. The goals can be anything that you want them to be but you do need to set them.

Byron Marks is a guitar teacher who teaches guitar lessons for kids and adults in Manchester, NH

He can also be seen playing with local cover bands around the Southern, NH and Boston areas.