Practice Routines

[Shenron]

Splitting an hour into tiny chunks and forcing yourself to follow fixed amounts of minutes on each topic is wasting your time.

With only an hour, I choose one topic (which doesn't mean a single exercise) and just focus on that. If I really feel I practiced enough before the end of the hour, or if otherwise I am not really getting into the topic at all, maybe a choose a second topic.

In no case I stop an exercise after a predetermined amounts of minutes. I stop when I get the feeling I have been doing the exercise well and long enough so that something remains.

 

[JonathanPDX]

Aren't there dozens of threads that already answer this exact question?

 

[Shenron]

Aren't there dozens of threads that already answer this exact question?

Is there ever a possible definitive answer?

 

[JonathanPDX]

Is there ever a possible definitive answer?

There are lots of approaches, which have been discussed in threads just like this one going all the way back to the alt.bass newsgroup back in the 90's!

 

[nonohmic]

30 min working on developing language over various chord changes and jazz standards
30 min instagram/talkbass/reddit

Not necessarily continuous for each section

 

[logdrum]

At least once in your life, you do need to go in woodshed mode - a few days of only playing with pee breaks and no electronic or digital distractions, a musical retreat if you may .

You can do better than 1 hour a day . or at least some days in a week you want to put in more than 1 hour

You have a lot of good advice above. But if there is one singular thing that you have to keep up with is time.

 

[bherman]

I think that it depends on a few things, where you are skills-wise as a player, and what your goals are. the answer that I would give to a beginner vs intermediate vs advanced player would be different. Similarly, if you are just a weekend warrior playing for fun, bar gigs, etc your needs would be different than someone looking to dig deeply into jazz and improvisation.