swleary Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Here is a question I'd love to know about everyone. I try to practice a minimum of 45 minutes a day but often play 1-3 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 During the school year 1-3 hours In the summer I never put it down, upwards of 5 hours a day then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevef Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 1-3.. Depends if I can find someplace to hide.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Much like now... 9:30 AM CT is known at the ChanMan home as "Guitar thirty". An hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon most days. Some days I get another hour in at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I practice about an 1-2 hour a day - scale, chords, stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Schedule permitting, I generally practice bass for an hour or two per day. I try to sneak another hour, more or less, on guitar when I can and when my hands will let me. But I don't practice for anything other than my own pleasure, no band commitments anymore, so the motivation is often sporadic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevef Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 so the motivation is often sporadic. Unless you're waiting on a new bass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Unless you're waiting on a new bass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Other: I don't actually practice, I just play and that's a total of maybe a half an hour to an hour every other day or so during commercials on TV. I live in a small apartment with my girlfriend and, even though I could play in the bedroom, I like to hang in the living room with her. I'm no guitar god though and I'm sure it's due to not having any kind of formal practice routine. I do have band practice one night per week for three hours if that counts for anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevef Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Sorry... Didn't mean to "tweak" things...Just meant it as you have more time to practice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Rarely ever practice, though like Rich I'm far from a guitar god. I just play when I can - sometimes weeks pass by and my guitars stay put away. If I'm gonna play a set with friends at a gig, I'll get in front of the stereo and run thru as many songs as I can. Otherwise, I just play to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Im 46. I dont practice anymore....I noodle. Sitting watching tv, or anytime at all really. Most times im not even plugged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Sorry... Didn't mean to "tweak" things...Just meant it as you have more time to practice.. LOL! No worries' date=' mon. I was ready for that thing yesterday. Now I'm back in waiting mode. It's all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Man Band Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Id say I practice both my Bass and my Electric Guitar about an hour each everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Depends on what my wife is doing. Sad, I know. On nights where it's just me and the kids, I play for at least 2 hours after they go to bed. 3 hrs band rehersals on Saturdays, 2 hours on Thurs, it amounts to about 1-3/day. Before marriage and kids, it was at least 3 on weekdays and well over 3 on weekend. Man, I miss my college days of no friday classes. I would play from about 8pm Thurs night well into the wee hrs of Friday morning (5-6am). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingarmadillo Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Im 46. I dont practice anymore....I noodle. Sitting watching tv' date=' or anytime at all really. Most times im not even plugged in.[/quote'] About the same here too (except I'm 12 years older), I have noticed that it tends to reinforce bad habits so I do try to do some sort of formal practice (scales and stuff) for at least 2 hours a week just to keep from getting too sloppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I try to practice but I end up noodling and trying to come up with riffs, even learning a song bores me sometimes. I put on a backing track or drum loop and hack away. My wife is a nurse and she works nights, 3 times a week I have the opportunity to plug up and turn it up enough not to bother the neighbors and yet I do not take full advantage of that. I have been playing my Stratocaster a lot lately, somehow it got me out of a rut. last night I plugged up my LP and it was soul soothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Can't practice every day, don't have the time. But when I do, it's usually 1-3 hours and sometimes longer. BTW it actually more playing than practicing, if you can see a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy60 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 i don't practice enough lately that's fer sure. as a beginner, i used to practice all day everyday it seems. nowadays, i fit in an average of a half-hour a day just noodling around or playing certain riffs or tunes. sometimes if i'm inspired or i hear something in my head that needs to get out, it'll go for an hour or more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Sporadically throughout the day and evening. And Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I'm sporadic (sp?). Some weeks I practice a lot, and others hardly at all. The last two weeks have been "hardly at all" weeks. That's not good since I have a gig this Saturday, but oh well. I'll have to cram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzep59 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I play at least 2 solid hours a day. I usually walk around with my R9 when its not plugged in and play for around 3-4, but right now I've been playing my strat and 2 hours of that is enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 7-4 hours aday. I get to play guitar before school, in school and after school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swleary Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 DemOOn 7-4 hours aday must be nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 The summer of 1989 I was wood shedding for about 8 hours a day, although my Mom swears it was more like 14 hours a day. Now it's about 2-3 hours a day 5-6 days a week including Band Practice, which is Twice a week for 3 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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