ONE HOUR GUITAR PRACTICE ROUTINE FOR INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS

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One hour guitar practice routine!

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[christianmccoy-maker]

1. Major Scale Flash Cards 1:48
2. Gallop Picking 6:20
3. Down Picking 7:10
4. All Modes One Position 8:02
5. All Modes One Key 9:25
6. Interval Flash Cards 10:53

Made this for me to navigate the next time i watch this video 😅 good stuff!

[CorumBryant]

Music theory is incredibly interesting once that first bit of information clicks. It just keeps clicking together like a Lego set and before you know it you know how music works. Don’t sleep on it!

[werck]

Solid advice & routine. I practice as much as possible standing up. Composing, sitting at first, then standing. Metronome or drum track, & recording myself as well.🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻

[robflores]

8:20

The Keys and Associated modal tonalities Xander is playing here are as follows:
A Major(Ionian)
G Major(A Dorian)
F Major(A Phrygian)
E Major(A Lydian)
D Major(A Mixolydian)
C Major(A Aeolian or minor)
Bb Major(A Locrian)

For those inclined to follow the first part of his routine, Modes are not Scales. They are a description of the sound and or vibe created by playing a particular Scale over particular harmonic backing.

For example. If you play A Major over an A Major chord it will sound like Ionian, but if you play A Major over a B minor chord it will sound Dorian.

It is a common misconception that the starting pitch matters in terms of utilizing modes. For example. If you start on B which is the second note of A Major and you are playing over an A Major chord, it will not sound Dorian.

It’s deeper than this as far as implying tonality as you would want to emphasize the notes that give any particular modal character its mojo, but the fundamental understanding is critical first.

A good practice tool for starting to understand how modes are implied over a harmonic context is to find a drone of a particular note, I suggest a drone of the note A because you’re already here and Xander has shown you some fingerings. Play these fingers over an A drone to begin to hear what the vibe of each Mode is. Do this while referring to this comment to know what Scale you are actually playing over the A drone.

Hope this helps! ❤

[BIGFUPES]

I’ve been playing guitar for a lot of years and still found a lot of useful things from this video 🤘🤘

[seanmetal]

This is the kind of structure I've been looking for since I started playing guitar again. Keep up the great work.

[yeeyee]

I’ve played for a year and a half and the best advice I could give anybody is to just play and not put it down. Learn until you can play barrechords comfortably, and then start seeking out any and all difficult chord shapes

[KarateShrimp]

Dude, just wanna say I’ve been neglecting both my guitar playing and fitness for years and I’ve made a serious commitment to both again, the way you put this down has motivated me in both. I’ve picked up the guitar again and not known where to really begin past noodling about. This video is exactly what I needed and I’m so ready for this shit now! Thank you buddy you’re a massive help!

[Xenthara]

After hearing your first exercise, it makes me realise how extremely lucky I am that I played piano and sax growing up, and memorised every major/minor/harmonic scale (plus many many more) before I was 10. It’s always been second nature, I don’t even think about it when applying it, and I’m so grateful for that

[djfuzzystump]

I’ve been playing for about 5 years now and have recently decided to become more focused and diligent with my practice. This is a good roadmap and has some things I haven’t learned yet (such as modes). One key thing I don’t recall hearing is fretboard fluency - or note recognition everywhere. This is something that I think too many overlook or don’t pay sufficient attention to.

[mrbungledisco]

I've been powerlifting for a couple of years now, so the gym reference totally clicked with me. I've never really looked at guitar practice the same way as I do my gym routine, but it totally makes sense. Great video man, thank you

[dannc]

I've played guitar since I was 8. I'm now 68. I struggled to physically play for many years probably because I'm left handed and as a child I was given a right handed guitar to learn on. But in any event, I always focused on physically playing and not learning music theory. Well I eventually got better at playing and decided only about 3 years ago to study music theory. It was then I realized I had made a huge mistake! I should have started learning theory 60 years ago! It has helped my playing tremendously even with my physical drawbacks. Xander is so right when he implores us to learn music theory because when it comes to music theory, you can describe it in one word. Essential.

[suranperera]

Thanks so much for this video, been really stuck with guitar for the last two years - feel like a practical next step. I take care with my gym and and running programming, the sets and reps approach really resonated. Absolutely no idea why I didn't join the dots here, trying to fit it all in work and family. Thanks for your work here, liked and subscribed.

[Backinthedase]

music theory is so simple, i just learned the basics in like 20 minutes, lol all major scales and minor scales, each major scale shares the same whole step and half step amount, and same for minor.

Correct me if i'm wrong, all major scales follow Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half. Minor scales follow Whole Half Whole Whole Half Whole Whole. Then all you need to know is the order of the notes on the piano except B & E dont have sharps. So it goes A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A. So with this info, you can just use the Whole/Half step understanding to count/name each note in any given scale. I'm excited this was so easy to learn lmao.

[WayCoolStudios]

Thank you brother for opening your keys to becoming a better player.

[troymiller]

I started playing gtr in 1984 and you made alot more sense than alot of the gtr teacher's i had when i was younger. Great job. 😊

[jasonwojcik]

This has EVERYTHING I neglect in my guitar journey: internalize the keys and intervals and using a metronome.

Platinum level stuff here! The dark YouTube overlord algorithm brought me here.

Thank you for the awesome video!

[crankmyamp]

I've never thought about doing practice the same way I work out at gym or crossfit. That is a great idea, and the flash cards too. Going to start today. Thanks for the tips

[Worran]

Thanks for tips and awesome content, I’m still learning a lot, and always will, your content and others content helped me a lot to push myself to do what I love to do, is to play, your previous video about making living of music, pushed me to atleast post my first album on YT, while I am aware it’s far from perfect, it unlocked inspiration to push through and improve. I know I’ll absolutely will push myself to learn more theory, cause I do need more keys to unlock my creativity.

[yanis]

New subscriber here. This is very valuable to me. I’m starting over the guitar at 50, with tons of motivation and time on my hands. Made lots of progress since January and the comparison you made with workout really clicked. And since I was practicing scales this morning, your video could not come at a better time!