Practice program for beginner

[23jim]

I have looked at past posts and know I should start with the interval identification and then move on the other areas concurrently, but wonder if anybody has a more specific sample program of practice.

When should I be moving on to the next lesson, what correct percentage, etc.

I have read a lot about deliberate practice (i.e. Talent is Overrated,etc. and feel that this program is a perfect platform for this in the realm of developing my ear.

After a pretty much 20 year lay off from the guitar (and I was never really that good, even though I could rip through scales), I have decided that Gibson's Learn and Master the Guitar program for :40 a day plus another :20 of ear training with this program could result in being a pretty good guitar player in 6 months to a year. Any advice on how to set up a training program to help me develop the ear that ALWAYS held me back now that I have a deadly serious level of determination.

Thanks :pirate:

[Quentin]

All exercise areas are relevant for your practice, but the most fundamental ones are interval comparison and interval ID. Start with those two and add Chord ID as soon as you feel ready (lesson 13 of both interval exercises should be fine). Add scales, chord inversions and chord progressions later on, and practice with the melodic dictation exercise as much as possible as long as the lessons include scales and progressions that you have trained with in scales ID and Chord Progression ID.

The rhythmic part is not linked with the rest, so you can use it independently, and ultimately add rhythm to customized melodic dictations to combine your skills in pitch recognition with rhythm.