Your One Best Bit of Practice Advice

**raylinds** · 08-03-2024, 08:39 AM

I had always read that you should always practice with a metronome, but didn't bother as I thought I didn't need to. I recently decided to try and was amazed at the effort it took to remain precisely in time! Not only did I learn about keeping in time, but it forced me to slow down to a tempo that allowed me to play the melody without pausing.

**princeplanet** · 08-03-2024, 10:03 AM

Narrow your focus on the precise jazz style or stylists that turn you on.
Tune everything else out. Don't be afraid to ignore 99.9% of all the advice you will read about (including this post!).

**Bobby Timmons** · 08-07-2024, 11:36 AM

Always make sure to be mad at theory. This will make you more musical.

**Christian Miller** · 08-07-2024, 01:02 PM

Spend less time practicing and more time arguing on JGO, obviously.

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**pauln** · 08-07-2024, 01:16 PM

#1 Most Important - Confidence And Playing with Others
Don't wait or worry thinking you need to be "good enough" to practice, rehearse, play with, or perform with others - that's missing the fastest way to learning what is most important; get doing those things now.

#2 Practice Focus On Your Ear
Listen to tunes, remember how they go, recognize the sounds of their chord types and progression changes, and melodies, then play them... not being able to do this now is irrelevant; practice means you keep trying until you learn how.
Develop the habit of practicing until you hear the discovery of something new, then explore ways to make it musically useful, remember that, experiment with application in other tunes.

#3 Theory
Always make sure to be mad at theory.

**John A.** · 08-07-2024, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by raylinds

I had always read that you should always practice with a metronome, but didn't bother as I thought I didn't need to. I recently decided to try and was amazed at the effort it took to remain precisely in time! Not only did I learn about keeping in time, but it forced me to slow down to a tempo that allowed me to play the melody without pausing.

If you get bored or annoyed by the metronome, iRealpro and drumgenius are good alternatives.

**raylinds** · 08-07-2024, 01:23 PM

To steal a tagline from Nike- Just do it! I have never been a morning person. No matter what time I go to bed or how much sleep I get, I hate getting out of bed in the morning. I finally realized the hard part was getting out of bed. Once I did, I was fine and ready to go.

Sometimes I do not feel like practicing, so I just pick up my guitar. Once it is in my hand, I am ready to play. Even if it is just a half an hour, it helps!

**raylinds** · 08-07-2024, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by John A.

If you get bored or annoyed by the metronome, iRealpro and drumgenius are good alternatives.

I am looking into those- thanks!

**AJLo** · 08-17-2024, 10:03 AM

Record yourself, and listen back to it.

**benhatchins** · 08-20-2024, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by AJLo

Record yourself, and listen back to it.

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**GuyBoden** · 09-13-2024, 01:23 PM

**pingu** · 09-13-2024, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by raylinds

To steal a tagline from Nike- Just do it! I have never been a morning person. No matter what time I go to bed or how much sleep I get, I hate getting out of bed in the morning. I finally realized the hard part was getting out of bed. Once I did, I was fine and ready to go.

Sometimes I do not feel like practicing, so I just pick up my guitar. Once it is in my hand, I am ready to play. Even if it is just a half an hour, it helps!

yes !
and keep the guitar out and ready
(not in a case)