Practice Tips - Part 6, Pieces

When working on a study song it's common for a student to start from the beginning and work their way through to the end of the song. Let's say that you have the first three choruses down and you're working on chorus four. Start your practice by playing the entire song once, then set your loop to the beginning of the fourth chorus. Ignore the first three choruses as you study the fourth. Work the fourth chorus one lick at a time. Before you finish your practice time play the entire song from beginning to the end again one more time.

A common practice mistake is to play from the beginning of a song each time, just to work on one more lick... this is inefficient use of practice time.