Weekly Practice Routine Examples

4 min. Electric bass warm up (specify individual exercises if you prefer)

3 min. Articulation workout
5 min. Major scale (specify additional area of focus if you like)
3 min. Shifting exercise
5 min. Arpeggios workout (maybe choose a song to use as a guide)
10 min. Walking bass line practice
10 min. Musical Piece

40 min Total time – Try to complete this routine twice daily for best/quickest results!

5 min. Electric bass warm up (specify individual exercises if you prefer)

2 min. Articulation workout – C maj scale
3 min. Intonation practice – B maj scale, 2 octaves
3 min. Rhythm exercise
4 min. Shifting workout with minor triad arpeggios
5 min. Music theory practice (memorize chord tones, new scales, key signatures, etc.)
8 min. Walking bass line practice/chord progression memorization (pick a tune)
15 min. Musical Piece (pick a tune and learn the melody, for example)

45 min Total time

These are index cards I actually used to help guide my practice while I was in high school (the
last one was while I was in college; I practiced once a day rather than twice a day then, hence
the longer routine). I would punch a hole in the card and add them each week to a little binder
where I kept all the musical resources I would get during my private lessons. I practiced like this
for years!