There are many philosophies when it comes to practicing guitar. Some people don’t practice at all, others practice for 10+ hours per day! Steve Vai’s legendary 10-hour guitar workout comes to mind. But consider this…who do you think is the better guitar player? The person who hardly practices, or the person who practices on a regular basis? Of course it’s the person who practices regularly!
I’m a strong advocate of practicing on a regular basis because with good guitar technique, you can play anything! If you think about it, it makes perfect sense. If you can alternate pick most any any lick or picking pattern, then any time youre trying to learn something new youll be able to pick it up much more quickly then if you dont have good technique.
Obviously you want to practice things that you have difficulty playing, or create your own exercises that are similar to those things you struggle with. By focusing your practice time on these things, you will improve much quicker. Then in the future when you encounter things you previously used to struggle with, youll breeze right through it!
Think about itif all you practice are power...