run the block
30 minutes, five blocks, a timer on each one. every block that needs a tool opens it right here — the fretboard maps, your songbook, this week’s shape. nothing to sign up for.
minor and major pentatonic, two octaves, one position per day. then walking: root, third, fifth, approach. play it over a ii-v-i until the approach note stops being a decision.
the block never changes. only the fretboard slot does — four weeks, then round again with a harder tune.
the tools are the routine
these aren’t separate apps you have to go find. each one is a block of the routine, and the runner above opens it when you get there.
this week's shape lit up on the neck, with the notes named
the tune you're learning, with its key, tempo and first-phrase tab
how to practice
most people don’t need more practice time. they need the time to count.
- 01
one variable at a time
change the tempo or change the notes. never both. if you cannot name the one thing you are working on right now, you are not practicing.
- 02
find the tempo ceiling
your real tempo is the fastest you can play it five times clean in a row. not four. drop the metronome ten bpm below that and live there.
- 03
isolate, do not run through
playing a song start to finish is performing. loop the two bars that break, at half speed, until they stop breaking.
- 04
record one take
phone mic, one take, listen back. you will hear timing and buzz that you cannot hear while your hands are busy.
- 05
log it or it did not happen
date, tempo, what broke. two lines. next session starts where the last one ended instead of starting over.