Guitar Practice Techniques - How To Save Time

Let’s look at things we should all be doing in our guitar practice time. This is regardless of whether we play acoustic or electric, pick or fingerstyle, whatever. You need a space where you can practice at any time of day or night. Your space should be free from noise that might distract you and it should be somewhere that you won’t disturb other people.

You need your guitar sitting on a stand, ready to play - not in a case that you need to drag out from under the bed and open and then put back again. This is all wasted time and effort. An alternative to a stand if you have an acoustic guitar is a piece of guitar string threaded through the headstock and hung on a picture hook on the wall.

You need a tuner. Your guitar should be in tune all the time, and when you are new, you need to practice tuning your guitar. It is part of learning. So if you have not bought a guitar tuner you should have your computer handy to your guitar practice space so you can make use of an online guitar tuner or one you have downloaded from the internet.

Same goes for a metronome. Have one on your computer or get one from a music store. Again, using the metronome is essential to practicing the guitar, and practicing using the metronome is a discipline in itself.

One thing that will hold you back in learning how to play guitar is neglecting these basic ideas on having your tools and your practice space ready. So if you recently bought your first guitar, instead of sitting down and practicing today, get your practice space ready with your guitar, tuner and metronome. It will make your life and your guitar learning more easy and enjoyable.

Here is an article from The Classical Guitar Blog on Goal Oriented Guitar Practice. Don’t be put off by the blog’s name - guitarists in any genre will benefit from these tips.

The video illustrates some guitar practice tips from betweenthelicks.com

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