All about guitar practice

When you decided to become a guitar player you thought it would be fun, right? But you have discovered that the process of learning to play guitar involves climbing a mountain or two. If you have persisted in your efforts to learn guitar you might have just decided to grit your teeth and knuckle down to solid hard work. Hours of it. Hours on end. The reward is in the future. Well, the work is necessary but if there is no fun then much of the work is wasted.
If your aim is to do one hour of guitar practice per day it would be good to focus a little on getting value for money out of all that sweating. One hour’s guitar practice is not one hour’s continuous playing without a break. It is a process of rethinking your aims and constantly renewing your view of the guitar and of yourself. If you are the type of person who has trouble getting down to work, make a set time to practice and make yourself stick to it.
It is true that constant playing makes you a guitarist, but constantly trying to play scales and chords your hands are not ready for just makes you grumpy. If you find yourself thinking about how your speed is not improving or you are just not getting the chord change you have been working on then you need to take a step back and have more fun while you practice.
Maybe you can start by having several things to practice on any given day so that when you get sick of practicing one thing you can move onto something else.
Or you could simply rest for a few minutes after a grueling practice session. An ideal way to break up practice time is to be always making sure your guitar is in tune.
Divide your guitar practice time into portions, say 10 minutes arpeggios, 5 minute tuning break, 15 minutes scales, 5 minutes on a tricky chord change. If it is natural for you to sit down to practice regularly you should spice up your routine as much as you can because your biggest danger is going stale.
Every guitarist should work out a practice regime that helps develop technique, widening repertoire, performing a variety of music, and in getting your songs into your memory.
You need to have an aim or two every time you sit down to practice.
Some goals would be in these areas:
Warming up your hands
Working on technique
Learning new songs
Memorizing songs
Improving technique using music you are already familiar with.
Take time to work on musical interpretation
If you have lessons with a teacher or occasionally play for friends and family, prepare in advance as though you were preparing for a formal performance. You need to see what you need to work on to sound your best.
When you sit down to practice, allow your problems to drop away. Take a holiday from your life.
At least once a week make a point of playing the songs you really enjoy playing. Then find songs or pieces that you dislike or have trouble with.