hannukah harry

so i've had a guitar for oh... i don't know, 8 years now... been an off and on player. didn't really touch it much the first two years i had it. didn't know where to start.

now, i'm a decent player. better than i'd need to be to play in a punk band, and barely good enough to play non-punk. my problem is that for the most part, i'd learn a little bit, practice taht a lot, screw around with songs (just the chords and singing it) but not really making much good use of my time, not learning nearly as much as i could.

i want to really start improving... i've got books that cover a lot of what i need to know, but i'm not sure necessarily where to start, how much time i should be spending on different things when i only have so much time a day/week, etc.

for example, i know i need to start working on scales... i'm going to start with the major and minor pentatonic, then move to the major, blues and minor (both) scales.

i've got a book called 'guitar fitness' that i plan on going over a bit of every day... it's for left/right hand coordination, string skipping, etc.

i want to work on rhythm and theory, but don't really know where to look for resources on those (online).

i'd like to spend time working on songs, but i'd rather set an hour aside a day for the technical stuff if i can and then work on songs i like when i have extra time, i think that'll be thebetter way for me in the long run.

what am i missing? where do you think i should start with these things? if i have only an hour a day to use, how should i break up my time between these starting out? am i forgetting anything? any tips or hints?

thanks!!!

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