Kent

I would really benefit from a rhythm course! I can always improve my timing!

Nicely done, Sara!

Nicely done, Sara!

Nicely done, Sara!

Hi, I am sharing one of the things I have been working on - it is a solo arrangement of HP’s original song and things I learned from the lessons:  "Spanish Guitar Improvisation" and "Guitar Secrets:  Crazy Arpeggio Licks".  It is not improvised but based on ideas from improvisation.  I really love this song.

Greeting's Y'all,
Over the years I've become more and more passionate about Guitar, actually music in general.  I used to pick up my guitar and just play, maybe look at some charts and practice for a few minutes then go off on the few things I learned and thought I'd just move on.  This was, In My Case, A mistake.  There are those that music comes so naturally to they can almost just pick up any instrument and play it like they've been playing all their lives.  I am not one of those.  I have to work at it pretty hard.  With my passion for music this is not a burden, it's an adventure, that is the beauty of it for me as I really feel accomplishment over simple things.
Now I've come up with my plan.  In the end it actually makes it easier for me to practice and more and more things just seem to stick.  So when HP says, don't skip this step... I don't.  I work that part harder than the rest and, Yeah, he is right. 
I used to only play music that I wrote.  I think Until 10/11 years ago, I only knew 2 covers.  House of the rising sun (I learned that when I was 6) and Heart of Gold.  Everything else I played I had written.  Well that's great but then I found myself in this impossible rut... My point is we can all learn from all music.  If you like it.  Learn how to play it.  Then Ask yourself,  What did I learn?
My Practice plan includes Three Tiers... Theory, Technique and Creativity.  I'm pretty sure I heard HP say something about that like a decade ago.  The key to a good practice session is to 1. have a dedicated place for focused practice.  2. Have all the tools you need to practice, i.e. Pencil, Paper, Metronome, whatever it is you need to achieve that session to it's fullest, in that place.  3. how much time are you willing/able to practice. and how many days a week.  It's been my experience that taking a day or two off a week is very healthy.  My days off are still musically oriented as I own a Internet Radio Station.  so I'm always in there one way or the other to create mood or just what I'm feeling for that day.
What's your Practice Plan?  Can we share and maybe we can all benefit from each other.  The purpose of a good practice plan that works for you, is to remove the stumbling blocks we create for ourselves...  In My Humble Opinion, this Academy is a great place to help with that.

I would really benefit from a rhythm course! I can always improve my timing!

Hey guys,
I wanted to do a longer rhythm course with like 10 or more lessons to get you guys to better timing and rhythm education. Let me know if you are interested in such course. Of course it's then important that somebody controls your progress and if you are doing it right.
So let me know what you guys thing about this. I will also add a poll here.