The routine is where you learn new techniques and refine those you already know. Repetition is the key to practice. A lot of the routine is spent building muscle memory through repetition. Use proper technique. Remember, it is easier to do somethig right the first time, than to have to come back and correct poor technique later.

Practice chords until you've built up muscle memory and are able to fret chords without thinking too much about where your fingers should land.

Bounces

Practice chords until you've built up muscle memory and are able to fret chords without thinking too much about where your fingers should land.

Fret a chord

Strum and pick the strings

Remove your hand (keep the shape or shake it out)

Repeat at leave 5 times for each chord

Changes

But, knowing how to fret a chord isn't everything. You need to be able to move from one chord to the next in time, no matter the tempo.

Select 2 or more chords to work on

Set timer for 1 minute

Play the chords, one after another, until the timer runs out

Note the number of changes

Relax, take a couple of deep breaths and shake out your arms and hands. Tension is the enemy of playing guitar, and never more true than when strumming.

Make sure to keep your strum hand moving down and up, consistently

Pracitce strumming with a pick and without a pick

For downstrums, angle the pick tip up and slightly tipped forward

Use a metronome to make sure you stay in time

Practicing scales is important for developing musicianship and improvising. It can also help you increase your dexterity, understanding of the fretboard, and performance on the guitar.

Break down the scale into more manageable pieces (octaves)

Slow down and focus on accuracy

Use a metronome, to improve your hand synchronization and accuracy

Cycle the scale, playing ascending and descending

Try changing direction, adding random notes, or playing in sequences

Pick a 5 note pattern and play ascending and descending

Use a progression and play constant 8th notes within the scale

Have patience and persistence, mastering scales takes time

Use a pick for this part of the routine. These picking exercises require accuracy. A lot of these use alternate picking, which is a required skill if you plan on playing faster. Go slow and only speed up when you are completely comfortable, and accurate.

Fingerstyle guitar is all about the coordination between your left and right hands. Fingers are assigned to strings and bare the responsibility of plucking those strings as needed.

Thumb plays the 6th, 5th and 4th strings

Index finger plays the 3rd string

Middle finger is responsible for the 2nd string

Ring finger plucks the 1st string

The pinky finger is rarely used for fingerstyle guitar. It's good to start with using these fingers on these strings, but down the line you might develop a different fingering. You'll see a lot of fingerstyle players using just the thumb, index and middle fingers, or just the thumb and index finger. That's fine for down the line, but it better to begin learning with these fingers.