Warming up on my guitar makes it a more pleasing practice session (pleasing...should read...distorted guitar, with lots of shred & chunk). I've found if I can do a 40 minute warmup in the daytime, I get a great day of guitar playing. Who has 40 minutes?
This is what I try to do;
Some simple exercises on the guitar. A couple fingers on every string with alternate picking.
Then I go to scales. Depending on the day I make them different...but one scale type across the neck...all 5 forms with a steady time and sometimes with a metronome. I also like to do 3 note or 4 note patterns with those scales. The whole "back and forth" over the scale notes really helps my hands (and brain) to remember them when I'm trying to get them out at lightning speeds. (it's the most fun to play FAST)
I also like to try some chord discovery. I usually take a song I wrote and change the chords to sound "cooler" for the song. Sometimes, open chords work, sometimes power chords or little 2 or 3 string chords. Not every part of the song needs power chords (wait...did I really just say that?)
I hope this starts your practice days off right.
TIP: need more hours in a day to practice....quit something else...because guitar is awesome!
Happy New Year!
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