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#232 - How to build an effective PRACTICE ROUTINE! (Patreon)

Published:
2022-07-15 14:31:00
Imported:
2022-07

Content

My friends, you voted for the topic of practice routines on this month's wishlist - so I took some extra time to make an in-depth video about this exciting topic :) I also talk a lot about what not to do, hope this helps!

I think it was about time to summarize everything in one video. I took the most frequent and most important questions you send me daily concerning practice routines and answered them all in detail, really hope you can use this on your journey :)

This is the link I talked about, you can find over 16 guitar courses here: https://www.patreon.com/bernth?filters[tag]=Patreon%20Online%20Courses

The technique courses (and even some theory courses) come with 30-day routines and that is a great start for all new members. I especially recommend the Alternate Picking Masterclass and the 30-Day Legato Workout/Challenge!

Hope you all have an amazing weekend!!

Files

Patreon Exclusive Practice Routine Lesson

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Comments

Anonymous

Thank you Bernth, this was very helpful. I try to practice after work and shortly before bed, around 8pm-9pm. I try to give myself time for just noodling and applying techniques I am working on. My biggest challenge is finding or making time to actually work on songs. I also play acoustic and sing lots of classic country tunes, but that has taken a backseat to getting to how I could play 10 years ago. Sometimes you just gotta play through some Metallica or Slayer and drive your wife crazy :)

Anonymous

Thank you - this is super helpful and answers so many questions!

Anonymous

Hey Bernth, I'm a nurse at a very busy trauma hospital. I only work 3 days a week, but I'm there 13 hours on the days I work. All day long at work I think about guitar, but after my shift I'm so beat I just can't get into playing/practicing, so 3 days a week I don't play at all. Have you ever been in a situation where you have days when you are just dog tired, and what do you do to get past it? I'm getting way better working on your lessons, but not playing 3 days a week seems like it's really holding me back.

bernth
>>87723601

Thanks for sharing this David! I'm currently recovering from COVID and could barely play these past days, so I definitely feel you - today was the first session again and I'm happy to be back on track :) I don't have experience with this type of work environment/schedule but I think there's definitely a solution that will work for you as well. The most motivating thing to me is placing the fun stuff last, as mentioned in the video - that somehow tricks my brain into wanting to do this over and over again, I usually don't have to motivate or push myself to practice :)

Anonymous
>>87723601

Yuck. We had that stuff last year and it wasn't fun. Hope you feel better soon. I think the biggest surprise was the stomach issues. Definitely not recommended.

Anonymous

Hi Bernth, there's just a question left that you haven't already answered in the video (thank you for all the other answers, btw). I know from others disciplines that focusing on certain topics works really well to see results, and one hour a day is a realistic time I can put in every day. Problem is, I have too much to much I'm willing to work on... 🤣🤣🤣definitely more than four topics... and I have no doubt that I need to work on all of them... so here's my question: would you suggest an alternate schedule (like working every day on the worst things and alternate every two days the easiest), or would you work on just four for a month and the just reschedule? Big hugs from italy

Anonymous

Hi Bernth, In the video you talked about spending 15 minutes on an exercise (4*15 = 1 hour). I tend to fall into an exercise and suddenly a whole hour has passed of me doing the same thing, usually focussing on accuracy, so never really pushing the speed, is this a bad habit (and why I don't feel I'm making the progress I want/should), am I just ending up spending 45 minutes reinforcing bad technique?

Anonymous

Oh yeah... to get used to different time schedules for practicing is really hard to impossible for me, too... That is why I didn't do anything the last couple of about 6 weeks actually... cause I had different working times and couldn't practice to my usual timeline (which is like yours early in the morning before going to work). I really didn't get the right "feeling" or the mood to practice after work on a different time setting (and also with much more diversion) ... so yea... I totally didn't practice, sadly... now that I am on vacation it is pretty much the same - I want to sleep a little longer than usal for example. So I guess I will start my practice routine next week again at earliest when I have to work again and under my common schedules.

bernth
>>87741071

Hey Martin, 15 minutes on a topic, not just on one exercise :) Yes, if you would like to play faster, you should focus on pushing the speed beyond your comfort zone! I tried summarizing this here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/167-extreme-in-5-50839230

bernth
>>87736514

Yes, you can definitely give that a try! I swap exercises often and also change the structure of the routine to keep it interesting as well :)

Anonymous

I think the content from Bernth is great, but to be honest, I think the platform (patreon) is not the right one, it is super hard to find content to work on. In my opinion, the platform should allow categorizing topics, so one could maybe search for legato or sweep picking, and even within that category maybe subdivide the topics into theory, exercises, courses, etc. At the moment I just keep randomly looking for the next topic to tackle, without any consistency. This makes it super confusing.

Anonymous
>>88013060

I assume Bernth is aware of this and is why he decided to put together the various packages.

bernth
>>88013060

Hello Castulo, here is the link to all the courses with included practice plans - all the techniques you mentioned are covered here in extreme detail and you also get 30-day routines (and a workout challenge at the end): https://www.patreon.com/bernth?filters[tag]=Patreon%20Online%20Courses Just download the packages and you are ready to go! I only provide the content here, if you have helpful feedback for Patreon please make sure to send it over here: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000465611

Anonymous

simple question: practice while standing or sitting?

Anonymous
>>88013060

I understand where he's coming from. I think Bernth could migrate to his own platform in the future (you know how, for example, Steve Stine does Guitar Zoom and it's laid out pretty effectively and everything's easy to find rather than in a blog post style - the GZ site has hideous loading times though and their marketing is the most annoying I've ever encountered, plus expensive). Of course, how to migrate over all the subscribers here would be an issue but I'm sure it's been done. Alternatively, what would help me personally as a beginner is a pathway through the content. Like: in your first year here, what should you work through? What's a well-rounded curriculum? Even a spreadsheet showing this stuff would be great. 'In year 1/month 1/[whatever block of time], choose one from each column' - or indeed 'work through everything in this section.' Or a video explaining your possible pathways depending on your level and focus. This may have already been done and I could have missed it. This isn't a criticism, more just a 'I'm dazzled by all the brilliant stuff here and want to work through it systematically' kind of thing!

Anonymous

The link to the courses brings me back up to the original page

Anonymous

Fantastic information Bernth. Much appreciated.

Anonymous
>>88732798

Yes the link should be https://www.patreon.com/bernth/posts?filters[tag]=Patreon%20Online%20Courses

Anonymous

The link is not working

Anonymous

Amazing, I have my daily routine also in the morning, from 5.30 to 6.30. It works for me, no one bothers me, I can focus, relax, After that, I go to work and I retur in the evening when if I have time, I play some songs, learn some new parts, 2-3 licks, play on some backing tracks for another 30-60 minutes. In the weekend I get time to play more, sometimes for 2-3 hours in one session.