Go over the set lists 3-4 times per week in random order using You Tube playlist. It keeps me loose the the notes under my fingers. 
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Poll: how many days a week do you practice?
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Where's the button for zero? 
I'm bad at consistent practicing habits. I've been making an album for the last year and when I get into that, bass practice and transcribing time go to almost zero.
I'm bad at consistent practicing habits. I've been making an album for the last year and when I get into that, bass practice and transcribing time go to almost zero.
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I'm trying REALLY hard to do better than talking about it....
Practice and exercise are the two things that would most improve my life.
i play every day. what i play varies, so actual practice time also varies. but i have to address an instrument daily...and for me, it's multiple times per day. the older i get the more i realize that i cannot take my abilities (music and other stuff! 
) for granted.
so i voted "7," but i might have to 'downgrade' the number if "practice" was defined differently than suggested in the OP. most of my stuff is for maintenance. very little is for getting ahead.
) for granted.so i voted "7," but i might have to 'downgrade' the number if "practice" was defined differently than suggested in the OP. most of my stuff is for maintenance. very little is for getting ahead.
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Holy cow, I don't practice nearly as often as many of you! Wish I had more time, I just don't. I'd fall somewhere between 0 and 2 days a week with a lot of weeks closer to zero.
I voted 5-6 as an average, the reality is anywhere from 4 to 7. Depends on what I have coming up. If there's a show or recording, or if I'm writing stuff, then I'll play (in a focused way) daily for anywhere from 45 minutes to a few hours. If there's nothing pressing, or if I have a ton of other work to do, I may wind up missing a couple days. I try to practice both bass and guitar in a day, but sometimes one of them needs to take the back seat.
I do two hours 3-5 times a week, and try to a half hour of maintenance work on the days I dont have much time to focus in on learning things.
Yeah, need a zero or once or twice a month option, for those of us who are busy gigging, working day jobs and have wives that want a bunch of stuff done around the house.
7 day and learn 1 song chord everyday in a week,......it tooks 2 hours a day i guess,..for some people,...musical instrument is like second wife (or first ?).....it wont be hurt to spent 2 hours practicing
playing several instruments / vocals / figuring out new PA crap / etc ...
all takes time , or ' practice ' ... life at 60-ish , is a little different than playing scales every night after dinner on the piano at age 6 ..!?!?
all takes time , or ' practice ' ... life at 60-ish , is a little different than playing scales every night after dinner on the piano at age 6 ..!?!?
3-4 days a week. And it's almost always learning/perfecting new songs for either my cover band or (once a month or so) my church.
I do 3 bands on bass and 1 smaller project on guitar. So I play Everyday, I always do 60 minutes as a minimum, more if time/schedule allows it. I never go over 2 hours, I feel I achieve nothing good after that much practice time. With a day job - since I'm no rock star - well it takes a bit of scheduling to get my music going. On weekends, I like to practice before 10 am, it's probably where I am most productive. I'm a morning guy.
