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30 Pushups and Squats, three times a week.
Seriously, I've been playing 40 years, and I still play exercises, based on what I think I need work on at the time.
Right now, I'm doing the warmup exercises from Scott Tennant's "Pumping Nylon", but on an archtop acoustic with a pick, not classical.
And I found an Allen Hanlon book of Kreutzer Violin Studies for guitar - I'm working on #3. It's great for moving around the neck and there's actually some potential for lines based on the patterns.
I'm doing both of these daily right now.
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With the exception of a few rare musicians, technique is an ongoing pursuit in a serious musicians life. Maestro Segovia was known to practice 5 hours a day while in his 80's. Coltrane was known to practice and gig all day, every day. Do you think they knew something? Here's a great list of practice tips by Wynton Marsalis. Good playing . . . Marinero
Wynton Marsalis' 12 Tips on How to Practice: For Musicians ..
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For disciplined 8th note studies (which I'm very remiss about doing, but I'm making myself now), and to master the fingerboard in a practical jazz-usage way I love Barry Galbraith's Fingerboard Workbook. It's not boring like scale/arpeggio drills, but incorporates them in common jazz phrases, and it's all 8th notes, so good for your chops.
When I studied with Barry, ca '81-82, I wanted something to help my right hand. He had an interesting comment: he was getting feedback that it helped the left hand. I can see why: there's a lot of 1st and 4th finger shifting, and you can take the studies in many positions.
I'm also interested in his Bach 2-part Inventions that he arranged in guitar-friendly keys.
The publisher years ago was Weybridge. I'm sure they're in print, probably with a different publisher...
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