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It seems that alot of people think that practice is the main thing in learning how to play guitar is practice. It makes sense but with a little experience you might find that practice is only one of many parts of the guitar playing jigsaw. Other things you need to be a guitar player are the ability to plan ahead and the patience and persistence to put your plan into action. Too much philosophizing is not a good thing in a practical field like guitar playing but being able to plan and execute are important if you want to make real progress.

But if you are too patient maybe you never get anything done, and if you are too persistent you might possibly become a little rigid in your approach to your guitar practice. So a happy medium needs to be found between treating guitar practice as a discipline that must be followed relentlessly every day for exactly one hour and the opposite attitude that sees you only practicing when you get the urge.

To balance your natural qualities you need a plan. Your plan is a witness to your actions. It does not nag you, it just watches you and it knows when you have not done any guitar practice. Your plan will help you to modify your little character flaws by standing with you holding ready to give you a reality check. If you want to learn songs, you need to learn and practice some guitar chords. You also need to do some research into your repertoire. Listen to as much music as you can handle.

Your plan needs to be written down and kept somewhere safe but not so safe that you will never find it. If you occasionally forget to practice or work on getting a repertoire, you can always look at your plan.

Here is a video example of a guy with a guitar practice plan . . .

So you just jot down whatever you think is necessary to keep your guitar playing moving along down. Step one could be keeping your guitar in tune, so a tuner is called for. You can download them for free or some guitar sites have them online where you can get to them by bookmarking them. Another thing you need is sheet music and tabs for songs. Knowing where these guitar playing tools are is important and making the effort to download or bookmark them will help you get your guitar practice routine moving along. Setting an aim for each day or each week is also crucial. Maybe you want to learn a song or a chord progression this week so write your aim down.

Every week you write down a plan. Every week you check your progress. If you are not good at keeping to your plan, that is okay. Nobody is perfect. But if you keep planning, you will make progress.

Here is another video featuring a guitar chord practice routine . . .

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