As I've got 2 young kids (age 3 and 6), I have to sneak my practice time in whenever I can get it. That pretty much means that I'm practicing late at night.
I'm committing right now to 30 minutes a day, which turns into an hour most nights. I've started working through A Modern Method For Guitar, which focuses on correctly learning to read. I'm able to read music fluently, but rarely on guitar. This is one of those things I really wanted to "correct" about my playing, so this book is invaluable. I'm not using the linked volume exactly; I'm using a standalone volume 1 that has been typeset in a more modern style. At the rate I'm progressing through the book, it should take me around 3 months to complete it (I'm already pretty solid, as I've mentioned).
edit: 3 months later, I see that this was a ridiculous objective. The Leavitt method is not a 3-month workout. This is a serious book for college-level players; a textbook, if you will. I'll be fortunate to finish in a year. When I'm done, though, my chops will be lightyears away from where I started.
Soon I'll pick up the companion book on sight-reading, so that I can go even farther. Most guitar tutors tend to encourage students to work exclusively on scales. Scale-work is only one part of the battle, however. For me to get where I really want to be, I need to be able to read stuff cold.
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