Richard Wood
10 posts
Mar 05, 2021
6:40 AM
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Hi Guys I am very need to harp and am working through an on line (not interactive course).
Is there a trick to splitting up your practice time?
I try put in at least an hour a day (some days I can get in 2 and a bit split across the day)
I currently split my practice up like this
1) Scales
2) Tongue block exercises
3) Practice my current lesson tune - currently about 3/4 way through having it down.
4) This week I started on Bending - trying to do about 15 mins a day on this if my mouth can hold out.
5) Practice on 5 short riff lines - eventually want to string them together.
On 5)I normally only do if I can put in more than an hour.
Am I missing something obvious that will help ?
Is an hour a day enough?
Should I rather split the week up to do each of these things? or is splitting each days session to cover the top 4 the best bet?!
Look forward to hearing what you guys are doing, and did when you 1st started.
cheers
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Spderyak
379 posts
Mar 05, 2021
12:49 PM
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Yours looks better than mine does nowadays.
Usually there is one day a week where I can practice for 2+ hrs. Other days I usually put in about an hr a day. I usually break things down to 20 min segments. Most all my practice is on songs or riffs I am learning.
Some songs need different technique so that forces me to learn various methods of playing anyway.
I find that I often do better during practice by myself and more apt to fall apart when I starting playing with my partner. So playing consistently is a big consideration for me.
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Richard Wood
11 posts
Mar 08, 2021
10:37 PM
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Hi Superbee, thanks for the feedback. - you clearly not only know your thing but are someone who gives a lot of thought to what they say. Thanks.
Anyone ( newbie or oldie) can learn a lot from this and using a structured practice plan. I have done this type of thing with most new things I have tried to learn in my life whether its new instrument, sport or other skill.
The one area I have been struggling with is improvisation - which I know is key in the blues - to help with with this I have started to ONLY listen to any blues music I can find at the moment rather than all the other music styles I have in my collection. It is starting to help. At the moment I feel I am definitely making weekly progress and sometimes even daily.
Thanks again - I find it great to be able to bounce ideas off of people on sites like this- Living in South Africa Harmonica and Blues are not that popular so its hard to find people of like interests, and resources are basically non existent.
cheers for now
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