Practice Regiment Questions
I practiced the open and closed versions of the G, C, and D chords first, so I could go to the bluegrass jams right away, and not stink up the place too bad.
I thought this would be a much better starting strategy than just sitting at home practicing on my own without any real regimented productive practice other than scales, chords, and backup chucking to songs.
This strategy has been working better than I could have ever expected! I have been getting out and meeting the other bluegrass pickers in my area each weekend. I am having the time of my life trying keep up with the chord/key changes, and learning all these new songs I never knew how to play before.
Anyway, I really want to get a good practice regiment going, so I can start doing breaks someday.
Right now I practice all my major and minor chords.
All of my major 7th chords.
I practice a few different boom-chuck strum patterns getting to and from the chords.
I practice the G scale, and I am starting to incorporate the other keys in.
I practice a finger stretching scale.
I boom-chuck with recorded tunes on youtube a little.
I go to jams each weekend. At least two, sometimes 3 or 4.
So how do I turn all of this stuff into a productive practice regiment?
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