Acoustic Guitar Lesson: “How To Practice”
Lately I have been getting this question from students a lot especially on their first acoustic guitar lesson. “How long should I practice?”
The answer to that is very objective and it all boils down to the following question. Are you learning guitar for fun or to master it? Guitar is the easiest instrument to learn and the most difficult to master or so they say.
So if you want to master the guitar then you would need 10000 hours at least and you can stop reading this column now and go back to your practice.
However if you’re just into guitar for recreation and you’re just about to start playing then you would need 48 hours. 48 hours? Yes that’s it. Let me explain. If you can practice 30 minutes a day for 6 days a week then after 4 months you would have practiced about 48 hours. Not just 48 hours of aimless jamming around but 48 hours of dedicated and focused practicing. Once you have kept that going for the 16 weeks you would arrive at base camp No.1.
You’ll be able to play a load of easy guitar songs, learned loads of chords and rhythms along with some essential theory and a bunch of other good stuff.
The frequency with which you practice guitar is way more important than the time you spend in one practice session. It’s better to keep the 30 minutes a day going as opposed to practicing 2 hours one day a week which is a sure recipe failure. We learn guitar through muscle memory and the only way to get that going is through repetition. That’s why it’s way better to practice regularly in short chunks of time as opposed to long sessions every now and then.
It’s really that simple!
Josh has developed, over the last two decades, a practice routine for his students that really works and the results are outstanding. Check it out for your self Acoustic Guitar Lesson. Learn these Easy Guitar Songs Free Videos.