Q. How do you practice/play alone?
A. I shoo everyone else out of the room.
But seriously, at home I'll listen to the piece on my stereo in the living room and maybe ascertain the key and tuning and any really weird chord positions. I'll aurally commit the guitar part to memory then I go up to my little guitar studio and work it out with a guitar.
I got started in the early '70s dropping the needle on a record over and over and just developed the skill set that allows me to (mostly) work out pop, rock, and folk by ear. Oh, every once and again I'll pull it up on my iPhone in the guitar studio if necessary.
Bob
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Frodo Baggins to Gildor Inglorion, The Fellowship of the Ring
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