How often do you practice?

[The Ozzman]

I'm between don't practice and an hour a week most of the time

 

[viewerfromnihil]

i vary in my practice regiments...

i used to practice 2 hours a day

now either don't practice much more than 15 minutes a day or 2 hours depending on my mood

 

[cannibal corpse]

I'm gonna say 2 hours, I'm not sure the exact time I practice though.

 

[Acey Jendell]

I don't time my practice sessions, but it differs every day. Some days i don't play, some days i play for like 8 hours.

I think another question could be... what is everybody's practice regimen? Do you practice tech exercises, scales, arpeggios, random fiddly bits, songs?

 

[Dj Bass]

After years of playing in a band, playing out, & giving lessons, I'm more or less retired. It's just a hobby now.

Whenever I feel like picking it up, I'll practice.

 

[Eligos]

I'm between an hour and 2 hours on most days.

 

[cannibal corpse]

I don't time my practice sessions, but it differs every day. Some days i don't play, some days i play for like 8 hours.

I think another question could be... what is everybody's practice regimen? Do you practice tech exercises, scales, arpeggios, random fiddly bits, songs?

I just play songs and stuff most of the time, but I practice chromatic exercises and sweep picking cause I still need to master sweep picking.

 

[Eligos]

I wish I could find some exercises for bass sweeps. I'm getting frustrated looking. Everyone's like, "All you gotta do is move your hand like this."

 

[waif]

Over the school year I'll practice probably an average of an hour a day, but over the summer between 2 and 4 hours, definitely. However, my "practicing" isn't so much practice as it is jamming. I just keep trying to write new material or work on existing material rather than practicing scales or stuff. I'm not particularly in playing lead guitar, so I feel this is a better use of my time, and more fun. Once I start composing leads for my stuff I'll probably practice scales and stuff more, but I feel like I'm improving at a rate that's fine; the material I write is generally getting more complex and technical but I don't really try to make it that way.

 

[razoredge]

Irratic anymore, I am also guilty of pretty much setting it down for a combined total of 25 years over the duration. At my most enthused periods 3-4 hours was not uncommon.

 

[tagradh]

Never 'practiced' and given the amount of time I've been playing I think I'm doing fine. ;>

 

[panzerfaust666]

well, i used to do 6-8 hours a day, on a normal day.And now, sadly I dont have the time anymore because of work.

 

[HaTeMaN]

1:30-2:30 a day

 

[DanLights]

I cant say I practice over 2 hours every day, but it can range from 30 minutes to 3-4 hours depending on how busy am I (work, college). When on vacations I practice at least 2 hours and sometimes all afternoon cause my girlfriend gets out of work late so Im free all day

 

[xeperu]

Over two hours a day, time just passes so fast that it's actually annoying. But I have a real devotion to keeping up my playing so nothing really gets in my way, even if I have to stay up late, I will practice my ass off.

Though, I think its good to take a day off every once in awhile.

 

[Admiral Awesome]

I don't really "practice" but I play for around 3 hours on school nights and for ages on any other night.And for the guy wondering about bass sweeps, i don't know what hand your having trouble with, but for down sweeps i use my nails to strum and for up I use my fingertips.

 

[BlackMetalWhiteGuy]

I just write something new on the computer every two or three days but I can't play any of it

 

[cannibal corpse]

^ Same here.

I'm going to try and write something I can actually play.

 

[waif]

I just write something new on the computer every two or three days but I can't play any of it

I write stuff in my head and then force myself to play it.
Although a lot of the stuff I write winds up being a stylistic rip-off of another band. I prefer to think of it as a "tribute"

 

[BlackMetalWhiteGuy]

^ Same here.

I'm going to try and write something I can actually play.

Actually, I half lied. I can't sweep, tap, use harmonics, or play a chord with more than three strings, but aside from that, guitar is pretty easy

I write stuff in my head and then force myself to play it.
Although a lot of the stuff I write winds up being a stylistic rip-off of another band. I prefer to think of it as a "tribute"

A lot of the music that I write is influenced by other music, but oddly enough, it generally ends up sounding nothing like what inspired it by the time I'm finished. Actually, a few people have told me that my style is pretty distinct. One kid even told me that he laughed out loud while listening to a collab that I did with someone else, because it was so easy to tell which parts I wrote.