Why Most Practice Doesn’t Work (And How to Fix It)

About this episode

Steve discusses how to create effective guitar practice routines that lead to real progress.

Send Steve a Text Message Noodling feels like practice until you realize you’re getting the same results month after month. We sit down and get blunt about what actually creates progress on guitar: a plan that matches your real schedule, plus the discipline to practice with intention and focus. We walk through how we think about a guitar practice routine when time is limited. The big shift is moving from “I should practice scales” to specific targets you can measure, like learning one scale ...

People in this episode

Host: Steve Stine

Topics covered

• guitar practice
• progress
• discipline
• practice routine
• intention
• focus

Keywords

• guitar
• practice
• scales
• progress
• routine
• intention
• focus

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