Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Hello,

I have been a member for about a year. I do have some questions about how I should be learning from this website. These questions might come off as stupid, please bear with me. I will explain my story and then the questions.

My story: I joined a year ago from today. I finished the beginner series in the first week. I skipped the sight reading series. I then got to the first video of the next series, which is Music theory 1 Major scale.

I got to this video "Music theory 1 Major scale" and everyday for 30 minutes a day for the past year, I have been studying this one video. Each day my practice routine is. Play the chromatic scale. Play the major scale in a new key. Play the major scale in all 5 positions on the neck. Play a lick in all 5 positions on the neck (for example 3,4,7,2,1). Practice the lick with different variations of rhythm. This takes me 30 minutes to do as I practice a new lick each day.

Questions:

It has been a year now of me playing guitar, Is my practice routine actually helping me grow, or what do you recommend to change about the practice routine? Should I move on to a new video after I complete the key that the video is in? how do I know when I finish a video? Like I said, I've been on the Music theory 1 Major scale video for a year now, is that going too slow? also do we have to watch the sight reading series?

thank you!

My goal is to be able to improvise very well for hours on end.

Here is Tomo's comment:

"Thanks so much for subscribing to my Guitar Wisdom. I would like to share some general ideas that apply to everyone.

"The most important thing is to learn slowly and deeply, whether you are learning scales, intervals, triads, or arpeggios. Learning slowly and deeply will help you later, when you apply all the things you have learned to your soloing.

"Sight-reading is valuable for many reasons. The funny thing is that sight-reading is mostly about technique. If you practice and review the sight-reading lessons here, you will soon notice that your technique has improved! That is the main reason why the sight-reading series is a part of Guitar Wisdom.

"Major scales, triads and arpeggios are very important, but you should not get caught up in shapes! Think about intervals and ear training. Use the one-string approach.

"There is not a perfect practice routine. Your routine should change as you grow. I still practice three things every day: (1) chromatic scale exercise, (2) R 3 7 Swing Groove with a metronome, and (3) playing blues or a song. The good thing about number (3) is that, if you have difficulty, you will know that you need to review scales, triads, arpeggios, 7th chords and so on.

"Don't worry about how long you should practice. Even 5 - 10 minutes will help a lot, if you focus. Take your time, and be kind to yourself."