Guitar/Music Instrument Practice Challenge-15 minute Intervals
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Gutcutter500 wrote: »March 8 - Piano 15 minutes
March 9 - Piano 15 minutes
Keep it up!! Find some enjoyment!!
I play piano too, and haven't played for awhile because I wanted to focus on learning guitar. I am going to find 15 today to play piano...I have been wanting to do this for awhile...your post encouraged me!! Thank you!! 0 -
Ha! I just found that thread and really like it! I just picked up piano again after playing as a kid for a little while; I got myself an E-piano I can play in the flat and my husband had my grandma's piano renovated as a Christmas present for me. (It sits at my parents' place for now.) I am having my 5th lesson next week and it really makes me happy to play! 15 min a day is what I do about 5 times a week and I can see a lot of progress. I would like to join here to make sure the enthusiasm doesn't slow down too quickly. I also played the accordion for a while but stopped when I had an evening class and was running out of time and energy.1
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Ha! I just found that thread and really like it! I just picked up piano again after playing as a kid for a little while; I got myself an E-piano I can play in the flat and my husband had my grandma's piano renovated as a Christmas present for me. (It sits at my parents' place for now.) I am having my 5th lesson next week and it really makes me happy to play! 15 min a day is what I do about 5 times a week and I can see a lot of progress. I would like to join here to make sure the enthusiasm doesn't slow down too quickly. I also played the accordion for a while but stopped when I had an evening class and was running out of time and energy.
Awesome! Isn't it funny how just 15 minutes a day can bring such happiness and progress in life! Enjoy your piano!! I am working on adding to my guitar 15min/day.....adding piano and then harmonica....it is crazy to me how it is so difficult to do that...when it is just 15 min ---such a small amount of time....I also am working on exercise...going to put up a 10 minute/day exercise...music and exercise is what I want to accomplish daily...Both make me feel happy!
Enjoy your week and will look for your comments! 1 -
I did my 15 minutes....actually quite a few...I lost count as I was immersed and took breaks. I am learning so much and finding that it is bringing me so much pleasure...I have learned that the journey is most of the fun...and I am enjoying the journey of learning and playing guitar.2
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Hey! I'm in!! My beautiful guitar is collecting dust as well. I started taking lessons at age 40 (bucket list), played a lot with friends for the first 5/6 years. Then life happened, and our little "band" lost out to family obligations, etc. I'm now turning 50 and it's time to get back at it!3
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When I was 28, (51 now), I bought an acoustic guitar on a whim. I ended up taking lessons for three years, then played it off and on over the next 10 years or so. It's been probably almost ten years since I played it. I've been getting an urge this last year to pick it back up and now I've stumbled across this thread. I'm in!
First step order a tuner and new strings..........
Tuner and strings showed up today. Re-stringing guitar and first 15 minute practice tonight.
Got the strings on and 15+ minutes of practicing Mon, Tue, and today. Made the mistake of ordering medium gauge strings though. Should have gone with light gauge until my fingers are back into guitar shape. I can only hold the chords for a couple minutes of practice at a time. That's ok though I spend the rest of the time practicing finger patterns.1 -
I'm about to do my 15 mins as I re-learn an old Satriani tune that I've been humming all day. Bronchitis has stolen my voice (again) so I'm hoping with some Vitamin C boosters that'll clean out soon too!
Keep playing everyone!1 -
I did my 15 minutes of guitar...I also added some JamStix exercises when watching tv.1
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I'm about to do my 15 mins as I re-learn an old Satriani tune that I've been humming all day. Bronchitis has stolen my voice (again) so I'm hoping with some Vitamin C boosters that'll clean out soon too!
Keep playing everyone!
Hope your feeling better! Take care of yourself. Zinc is also good.1 -
Since signing up I’ve played accordion every day! Now off for guitar practice1
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Hi everyone I am in going to set aside 7 minutes to strum my guitar or anything musical I have here at home, I want to get one of those roll up piano key pads, does anybody know if those work well or not?2
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I am also going to go look for someone to teach me how to play drums love the sound.2
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tristramtrent wrote: »Since signing up I’ve played accordion every day! Now off for guitar practice
WOW! So awesome!!! How do you feel?0 -
Hi everyone I am in going to set aside 7 minutes to strum my guitar or anything musical I have here at home, I want to get one of those roll up piano key pads, does anybody know if those work well or not?
Hi!! Have some fun playing!! I did have one of those roll ups... and sold it...I wish I would have kept it though, because it would have been nice in our motorhome. I sold it because in order to use it, you have to put it on a table and I didn't have our motorhome then.1 -
Jammed out for 90 minutes this morning re-learning the live version of Joe Satriani's "Ten Words". Didn't get it quite YouTube ready, but will see what I can do over the weekend! Keeping up the motivation!3
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15!4
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Did not have time to comment here but i got my 15min in ever since i joined. Tomorrow i have put "pyjama day" in the calender so i can practice longer. Yeah! There is an accordion festival in town where you can get your intstrument checked and fixed if there are minor problems. I am going to treat myself to new straps. But what I really want to keep is the few pieces of confetti in there that are still from my grandma when she played at a party, probably about 40 years ago.5
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tristramtrent wrote: »Since signing up I’ve played accordion every day! Now off for guitar practice
Great! I am getting mine fixed. What arr you playing? I am thinking of starting again eventually.3 -
Another 60 minutes of Jamming out to backing tracks through my headphones. Fingers are getting pretty sore!
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I've gotten a couple of 15s in, but need to do better. Planning to play for Easter. 2
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Hey there, Mary Beth. Just found this thread. I'm dusting off my keyboard. Haven't played in over a year! And I'm gonna look out my guitar as well. This is just the impetus I need for Spring.4
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One week into it now. I've gotten 15+ minutes of guitar practice in every day this week. My fingers are still pretty sore and I can't go for more than five minutes at a time. But I've been able to get five or six of those five minute sessions in per day. Just waiting for those darn calluses to hurry up and form 5
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Just did my accordion 25. Learning the waltz from The Long Day by Tariverdiev, quite a haunting tune2
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MaryBethHempel wrote: »
I haven't played my electrics in a while so the finger callouses aren't the same as needed for my acoustic strumming. They're coming back though. :-)2 -
Are we recording the minutes anywhere. I have not touched my guitar in 2 months This is the motivation I need PUSH ME!!!2
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So I came on here over an hour ago, and read your posts. I went up and found the lead for my keyboard, plugged it in, and have been practicing ever since. First hour's practice since I can't remember when! And boy! Do I need it! So I have been doing finger exercises and tried Greensleeves. Not good, but improving.
Also found my guitar, but my fingers are too stiff after the keyboard. I will stick with that for the minute. At least it's a start! Yee hay!
Week 1: Wednesday - 60 minute keyboard practice3 -
I'm in and I will give it a shot but I'm truly the kind of Guitar player who plays for the fun of it and if it becomes a chore I can see how it will be a drag. Did I mention I can be stubborn? I've been working on Bob Marley Redemption Song for what seems like months now!5
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Good week of practicing guitar, got in each day this week. Can still only go short stints because fingers are so sore. Medium gauge steel strings are a painfull way to break back into it. Hopefully in another week or so calluses will form...........5
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