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Ok here is what should be a practice schedule for beginners to intermediate guitar players.

1. Tune the instrument

2. Warm up mechanically. Play three notes per string in these common combinations :

(inde !1"middle!2"ring!#"pinky!$% so the permutations are (1"2"#%"(1"2"$%"(1"#"$%"(2"#"$%.Whereeach finger spans one fret from inde to pinky. These are &OT musical as you play them one'ery string across the fretboard. Then try $ notes a string with (1"2"#"$%.Play them e'enly andslowly either alternate pick or economy pick"gradually picking up tempo.

#. Take &) scale and warm up by playing the scale tones ** o'er the fretboard. This is easier done by + ,-& your own fretboard diagram for that scale.Preferably start with the ma/orscale.0o not o'erestimate yourself" - ha'e heard teachers fumble badly with this.0o thisdeliberately playing all the inter'als #rds"$ths etc.

$.*earn the scale on e'ery single string.Then play it in a combination of 2 strings (consecuti'eand with space between the strings%"to generate diads ( 2 note sounds%. tend this to # notes(triads% and then chords. rpeggiate some notes to create some fluid sounds across the fretboard.

3.4-& e'ery note you play. -ts imperati'e you burn the sound of the fretboard into yourconscious mind.This way you can de'elop relati'e pitch without any added e penditure.

5.&ow start forming short musical phrases from the scale you ha'e /ust analy6ed.Play purely onthe scale tones and use inter'als to generate melodies and small motifs.Play these notes singingthem as you go and insert some small chordal patterns from the fretboard diagram. +ake surethat these little chords follow the melody you are playing. -f they are from that fretboard diagramthey will always be correct . -ts up to you to make them musical. 4oon you will be playing singlenotes and chords together to support the idea in your head.

7.0edicate a small portion of your practice time to playing anything "switch your analytical mindO88. 9amble through mechanical combinations and arbit melodies"/ump ideas and 0Oe'erything you can imagine. One at a time and all at once. 4cales that you know may /ust creepin because of familiarity and some unknown parts may /ust happen. se your memory to log niceideas and add them to your lick library.

;. 0o this for as long as you li'e. dd le'els of comple ity in your routine but ne'er forget thefoundation.Play slowly and don t act o'er smart. This is a fatal error.

<. fter you finish please clean your instrument"wipe your strings and put it back in the case.Ourclimate forces us to take care of our instrument.

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+ake a copy of this and paste it in front of you"- promise it will help you.- ne'er had the benefitof any of this"not e'en a guitar growing up so /ust put your egos aside and 0O it.

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