1.) Tune- This is very important. You should tune your guitar before EVERY practice. Playing in tune is very important in the process of developing a good ear.
2.) Scales(5 Min)- Learning scales is very helpful in transposing music and making your own music.(For some scales look in the "Scales" section")
3.) Chord Inversions(5 Min)- it is so important to learn chord inversions for a number of different reasons: When writing you own music, when transcribing other artist's music, to create interesting solos and many other reasons.
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4.) Note Reading(15-20 Min)- there are several good books for note reading. I
recommend the Berkeley Books for note reading. Another thing you can do is buy a book with the melodies written for popular songs(Like a Beatles music book). Not the tab, the melody. Most tab books I've seen have the melody in it also.
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5.) Current Pieces(30 Min)- I think that the "five times a measure" method(repeating each measure 5 times) is a good method to use for this. My guitar teacher recommends it and it has been working great for him over the past 30 years. I think you should try it if you aren't using it already.
6.) Improvisation(NO LIMIT)- ideas from songs you've been working on, or anything that you have in your mind. It's just free form playing with no boundaries.
*****This is a general schedule. None of this is carved in stone. You may feel like spending less time on scales and more time on note reading and current pieces. This is just to guide you in the right direction
**************Also it is essential to determine your length of focus.
Over Practicing can cause confusion, burnout, or tendentious. This achieves fatigue and minimal results.
Under practicing will achieve little or no results.
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