{"id":876,"date":"2020-05-07T20:47:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T01:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/?p=876"},"modified":"2020-05-07T20:47:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T01:47:16","slug":"is-one-hour-of-guitar-practice-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/is-one-hour-of-guitar-practice-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Is One Hour Of Guitar Practice Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’re anything like me, it’s kind of intimidating to hear about professional guitarists that practice for 6-10 hours a day. When you hear numbers like that, you may be wondering to yourself if one hour a day <\/strong>of practicing the guitar is actually enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Practicing the guitar for an hour a day is completely sufficient for most guitarists’ goals. More time is required if you have goals to be a master guitarist or if you are playing extremely challenging music in a band on a consistent basis.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, where is the line? When do you know if you are falling behind or if you’re ahead of the curve? When is one hour not enough practice time?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why One Hour Daily of Practicing the Guitar Is Plenty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Guitar is one of the most popular instruments<\/strong>. However, that doesn’t mean that most people who play guitar play in a band. Many people play the guitar just for fun or for their own personal enjoyment or to socialize and jam out with their friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that in mind, one hour of practicing the guitar everyday is more than enough <\/strong>to meet most people’s goals. If you don’t have aspirations to be a professional guitarist playing in several gigs a week then one hour of practice time should be more than sufficient to accelerate your learning into becoming very proficient in just a few years time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s right… years.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the reasons why I love the guitar is that it’s such a dynamic instrument. You can study the instrument your whole life and still have things to learn because it’s so versatile. Plus, even with a few months of practice, the guitar can be really fun to play.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If however, you want to be good enough where you can pick up most songs and be able to play the chords without a guitar tab or being able to improvise and make up your own melodies–then it’s going to take a few years of deliberate practice. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Far Can You Get With One Hour A Day<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I recently did an experiment where I tried to practice the guitar one hour a day for 30 days straight to see if I could really improve if I focused on the instrument. I was very pleasantly surprised to see how much I could improve with just a little bit of focused practice.<\/p>\n\n\n

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