Good idea for a thread, man!

Ok, here's my $0.02... My practice regime is a bit flexible (i.e. depends on my mood!)... but it usually involves:

30 seconds finger/wrist stretches
5-10 minutes chromatics
30-45 minutes of whatever technique or passage I'm currently working on
2 minutes winding down
+on weekends, practising my song repertoire

Sad to say, I only started practising chromatics recently. I used to look down on it because I couldn't figure out how I could use it in a practical scenario, like in a song or improvising etc... plus it pissed me off that I could only play it slow!

But now I realise that it's a very useful thing to practice just for the sake of building finger independence... and if played slow, it works well as a warming up exercise too!



I hate the pinky! I use to play with only 3 fingers for like 5-6 years coz my pinky was so bloody recalcitrant... but unfortunately without the pinky, I can't play anything below 9th fret without busting my wrist!

Edit:
...whoops, was typing my reply before I saw ReeveX's reply... my bad...

This post has been edited by RustReaver4D1: Mar 6 2007, 05:10 PM