Keeping a Guitar Journal
Or bass, ukulele… really, whatever you want to keep track of your effort on.
One way that I know to stay on top of your practice and keep it moving in the right direction is to keep a practice journal. It’s very handy! You can use it to track your practice dates, length and frequency; use it to note any questions you might have that you can bring up later with your teacher or jot down some interesting lyrics or chord changes, tunes you might want to add to your repertoire. Make notes about your instrument like when you change your strings and what brand and gauge they are. It’s pretty valuable to keep personal notes for yourself about your playing and practicing all in one place!
I use a loose-leaf binder and 3 hole punch, but many guitar students just keep notes on their tablet or phone. Whatever physical method you use, there’s real value to tracking and noting your progress!
Here are a couple of pages to get you started, Blank chord sheets and tab sheets for uke and guitar both, a “circle of fifths” sheet and a page on strumming patterns:
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