in my band, if we don't practice twice a day then we usually practice once a day.... other than that, i occasionally practice on my own. and every week i have private lessons(i'm still taking em' but this dude is soooo good).
insomnia is what allows all of this.

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Usually, 2-5 hours a day.

hey i dont wanna chew u out like some of the others will, but this is a old thread. it pisses people off when u write in old threads like this and bring them back up, just to let u know.

I have been playing 3 hours a day for the last month or so, and my playing has improved dramatically. I doubt it will last too much longer.


Yea, people don't ususlly like old threads dug up, but this one may slide, I dunno.

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haha yea, its like from 9 months ago or some shit

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what i ment by when i practice is, i play when i watch T.v and i try and play along while im listening to a cd(ear practice). just doing that i have some of jason beckers altitudes. i have fun and mix it up all the time. specially with my gay as drum machine on blitzkieg(malmsteen) that really gets the blood and juices pumping. DAMN I LOVE THAT SONG. u just gotta rip it up even more than before or atleast the solo

This was an OK revival in my book.

Anyway, the last time I managed to sit down and practise was two weeks ago and even then for only an hour and a half. Such is life, unfortunately.

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sometimes an hour, sometimes a day... sometimes not... all depends on what im doing otherwise...

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Depends on what kind of mood I'm in.I'll take a day off sometimes.

ok then

Same for me.
I'd say I play on average 10 hours a week in varying intervals.

probably an hour a day cause i have so much school shit to do. but in a few weeks it will be summer.... summer = 2 month practice session, cant wait.

I average prob an hour to an hour and half a day.

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At least an hour every day. Often more.

I play for about an hour a day in weekd-days.
In the weekends I play about 3-4-5 hours, most of them is either practicing or making up riffs or leads.

In the weekends I also practice playing with distortion, and practice playing with different effects. Most of my playing these days is on my acoustic guitar.



How do you guys feel about practicing, playing with distortion. I feel like it is also something you have to practice and learn. It is not the same as playing without.

I play 1-2 hours a day. mostly in the evening.

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ive got my good guitar and amp stored in our rehearsel room witch is actually an old garage and i play there like 1 or maybe 2 times every 2 weeks by myself butin the living room ive got my old stagg witch i always tockle a bit while watching TV and since i always watch like 3 hours of tv a day, well you know.

i play everyday the better i feel the more i playthe longest ive ever play was 6 hours

I practice every day, between 1 and 3 hours usually, but today was only an hour because its far too hot :'(

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I play for about 2 hours a day
I practise about 4-5 hours a day generally between 1am and 6am

Been doing this for the last 2 months or so and my playing has got a lot better.


My practise regime is like this:

Warm up exercises : accending and decending 1-2-3 2-3-4 etc until I am at about 170 bpm (then using 4 fingers, string skipping, different fingerings etc)
get speed up in my strict alternate picking playing plug in baby by muse.

Modes, Scales, Theory

Sweep picking ( i am truly awful)
4 note runs
Finger stretching Legato runs

Attempt to play the cool ravenous solo and fail (can play it all but not at speed apart from the last decending part)

Play some bodom stuff

Tremolo Picking

Two hand tapping


Go through it all again

Sleep


Until i have that ravenous solo nailed and my picking is exceeding 200 bpm in almost everything i do then i will calm it down a bit. I normally play clean so i can hear mistakes - distortion can hide them.

Maybe I am quite sad but of the few times i do go out to parties etc, I normally end up thinking i am wasting a night of sweep picking. Sad i know

I have no life