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Steve Vai's 10-Hour Guitar Workout!

Posted:
Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:15 am
by tgchan
At the moment I am learning song "Truth" + I wanna start with this Vei's workout
This is how my guitar practice looks like.
What are your opinions about Steve Vai's 10-Hour Guitar Workout ?
Re: Steve Vai's 10-Hour Guitar Workout!

Posted:
Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:01 pm
by djskrimp
I remember when he wrote this, what? 15 years ago? 20? It was a heck of a routine to commit to. It shows in his playing, but I couldn't do something like that.
Re: Steve Vai's 10-Hour Guitar Workout!

Posted:
Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:58 am
by tgchan
I have started doing this exercise yesterday, not the whole thing as I am just a beginner
I really like it because I feel like it will give me more control over my guitar

Re: Steve Vai's 10-Hour Guitar Workout!

Posted:
Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:24 pm
by daneulephus
tgchan wrote:I have started doing this exercise yesterday, not the whole thing as I am just a beginner
I really like it because I feel like it will give me more control over my guitar 
Why is it called the "10 hour" guitar workout? Do you do it every ten hours? I don't understand.
Re: Steve Vai's 10-Hour Guitar Workout!

Posted:
Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:38 am
by mxtrav
You do it for 10 hours a day.
Re: Steve Vai's 10-Hour Guitar Workout!

Posted:
Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:57 am
by daneulephus
That sounds insane. I tried it...just reading along with the tab. Pretty intense man.

But, who the hell has ten hours to devote only to guitar?

Re: Steve Vai's 10-Hour Guitar Workout!

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Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:22 am
by Abydost
daneulephus wrote:That sounds insane. I tried it...just reading along with the tab. Pretty intense man. 
But, who the hell has ten hours to devote only to guitar? 
John Petrucci? No wait, that was 6 hours.
Re: Steve Vai's 10-Hour Guitar Workout!

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Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:38 pm
by tgchan
I am doing it everyday for like 1h but only till part 8 (since 2 weeks so far, I am starting further parts tomorrow )
and btw it is 30hours workout lol divided into 3x 10h I will upload pdf links with full tabs from some magazine.
Re: Steve Vai's 10-Hour Guitar Workout!

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Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:38 pm
by Rational Gaze
I've been doing this 2 hours a day max for the past week. I realized my playing really wasn't as optimal as it should be and dug this up from an old guitar magazine I had lying around. It's fantastic if a bit strenuous to commit to. I'd love to spend hours every day practicing this stuff.....but it's a bit unrealistic.
Re: Steve Vai's 10-Hour Guitar Workout!

Posted:
Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:28 pm
by jleclaire
Chris Letchford from Scale the Summit just released an instructional book and it has a ton of very good exercises in it, I would check that out too.