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Old 12-07-2010, 03:21 AM
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Just out of curiosity, for those of you who practice eight hours a day or more- what do you do? Is it mostly working on songs, improv. what? The most I've put in in one day is about four hours and being basically a newbie, most of that was scale work, finger exercises, etc. It still just kind of amazes me when I hear about playing for 12 hours a day, probably because I am still so fairly new to playing. Do you think the amount of playing time a day goes up with experience?
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Old 12-07-2010, 05:02 AM
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Built up to that much time spent practicing. To much too soon can lead to some physical troubles (read up on carpal tunnel). Also, you have to train your mind to pay attention for that period of time.... otherwise, its just a waste.

That said, scales (and there are a lot of them), knowledge of the fretboard, flexibility of left and right hand, as many different playing techniques as you can find (hear), learning songs... all styles from metal, rock, jazz, classical, ear training, and applying your knowledge of music theory to your bass (no sense in learning theory if you don't use it), and composing and improv.

Keep your goals simple. Having and creating goals you can't reach is just a way of dreaming (read: being lazy).
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Old 12-07-2010, 07:52 AM
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Well, I'm still mostly in dreaming mode...lol. My goal is to actually learn how to play, not just how to jam. Right now I'm trying to spend most of my time moving toward that goal-- just scratching the surface, but I keep digging a little deeper every day. Being unemployed leaves me with a lot of extra time to practice, so I put in as much time as I can stand, usually in blocks of about a half hour or so with short breaks in between. I can't wait till after the holidays are over so I can take some lessons to provide some better structure to my practice time.
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