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Rune_7s · Post by **Rune_7s** » Sun Aug 27, 2023 8:50 pm

Something that I do every single day regardless of how much time I have to practice is to use a random note picker like my favorite one here: https://random.bretpimentel.com, and focus on playing every possible note on each string. After spending a couple of minutes on every string one at a time, I do this for the entire fretboard. This routine usually takes about 15 minutes.

After that, I work on chord melody. I pick a song and learn the melody and then the chords, then I work on creating a simple arrangement. Been doing this with The Beatles tunes recently and it's both thoroughly enjoyable and very useful for improving my fretboard knowledge and coordination.

If I have a good amount of time available then I'll usually put on a spotify playlist and play along to the vocal melodies in order to improve my ability to recognize intervals.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Aug 28, 2023 10:07 pm

It looks like a great start for twelve tone composition. Have you ever thought of moving deeper into 12 tone music Like Mundell Lowe?
Famously he wrote many scores for TV Shows, Commercials and Movies.

I have the concept for soloing in place but I could never effectively write chord progressions that support the melodic structure.
Here's the crash course from the man himself.

Jump to 419 second mark.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Aug 28, 2023 10:28 pm

As for myself there comes a point in time where you wash or sculp away that which does not speak to you and what you are left is truth. I sound nothing like Charlie Parker though I used to regularly warm up with Blues for Alice and Donna Lee in all 12 keys. Between that and coping melodies for both as a context to key without regard for chord movement and in justification to the harmonic movement my own "style" was born. Not that it may be especially interesting to others but it satiates my needs.

Now as I move on to the linnstrument I treat it as both a functional supporting instrument (bass, rhythm keys) and as a soloist instrument but do so separately. I find too much joy in focused stylized "piano-esque" accompaniment to dilute it with shell chords and melody (Jeff Moen) or functional bass and chords.

pough · Post by **pough** » Fri Sep 01, 2023 3:34 am

Someone once said to me, "you know Einstein said that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity?" Now I don't practice and it's because I trust a physicist to be an expert in psychology.

lfm · Post by **lfm** » Fri Sep 01, 2023 10:12 am

pough wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 3:34 am Someone once said to me, "you know Einstein said that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity?"

No room for improvement, could be a good thing - fully learned

harryupbabble · Post by **harryupbabble** » Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:22 pm

i keep eating over and over expecting to not poop but the result is always the same... wasted money on toilet paper, and time

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:52 pm

Practice? We're supposed to practice? That explains why I suck at guitar......

I'm with Vurt. Get high, play.......

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Fri Sep 01, 2023 5:19 pm

I'm too much of a wanker to do anything more than a 5 second wrist exercise.

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Sat Sep 02, 2023 5:11 pm

harryupbabble wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:22 pm i keep eating over and over expecting to not poop but the result is always the same... wasted money on toilet paper, and time

Wasted? Not at all. Just put your work on Etsy!
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/wim-delvoye-cloaca
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/piero-man ... e-dartiste

What Is Your Practice Routine?