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Effective Practice

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Practice doesn't make perfect, practice makes permanent! Learn how to take the best out of your practice sessions and learn to play guitar faster. :)

14 Lessons

1 hour 33 mins

Set Your Guitar Goals

Set Your Guitar Goals

In this lesson, we explore how and why you should set guitar goals. An essential part of practicing effectively and staying inspired! :)

Decide What To Practice

Decide What To Practice

Deciding what to practice is extremely important, you really don't want to end up wasting a lot of time working on stuff you won't use (I'm speaking from experience!)

Keep A Practice Schedule

Keep A Practice Schedule

There are many benefits to keeping a practice schedule, and that's what this vid is all about! I know it might seem excessively regimented but done right it can really ac...

Use A Timer

Use A Timer

When it was first suggested to me that I start using a timer when I practised I thought it was a real joke. Didn't make any sense to me at all, seemed too technical and t...

Practice Makes Permanent

Practice makes perfect is a perfect blunder. It's just not true! Practice makes permanent, not perfect and this lesson explains the importance of getting it right - I do...

Always Start Slow

This is most commonly a problem for teenage players (was for me too!). There are some real dangers in trying to play things too fast, it can lead to bad habits and proble...

Observe Your Mistakes

I first read about this technique in a book called The Inner Game Of Music (Buy at Amazon.com) a very interesting book about the psychology of practice, well worth a read...

Use Visualisation

Understanding that there are two quite distinct sides to practice is very useful for the serious musician. There are physical mechanical skills which must be practiced on...

Practice Without An Instrument

As well as using visualisation (the previous lesson in the module!) there are a number of things you can work on without a guitar which can really help your development! ...

Beginners Practice Routine

What I give you here is a rough practice schedule for a complete beginner - a rough guide to what I give to private students and have developed over many years. The big p...

Intermediate Practice Routine

Making the most of your precious practice time is very important. What I will outline here is the way I divide all my student's practice times. I would strongly recommend...

My Thoughts On Learning

My teaching philosophy is to teach a student how to learn forever. To guide and show them the available paths toward expression of emotion through music. It is easily pos...

5 Tips To Make THIS Year Your Best Guitar Year!

Here are my Top 5 tips for making this year your best ever

Pick N Mix Practice

There gets to a point where you just have too many things to practice them every day, so I use Pick N Mix!

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