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Ahhhh so do I ....so do I....
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Peter

Nowadays I practice around 1-1 1/2 hour a day. I usually break it up into 20-30 minute increments. I'm prone to carpal tunnel so I try to avoid abusing my hands. They do tire pretty quick, but maybe in time they'll build up more stamina

Thanks for sharing your practice times. I was getting worried that maybe I wasn't practicing enough. I also practice in intervals throughout the day. I totally agree with Monica Kern. I always dream about leaving work to practice piano. I always try to leave early. I have a terrific piano instructer and I am stating on scales hands together on C major. She also gave me sight reading exercises and a new song to learn every week. They are about four grand staffs in lenght with some repeat bars.

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Michael loogman

On a good day, practice goes for at least an hour, hopefully two. Some days are hit and miss with 1/2 hour sessions each focusing on something different. It also depends on how much theory work I have. I've tried logging my time and I guess it averages about 12-15 hrs. a week.

I wonder if the 4-6 hour practices aren't being done by the professional players...how cool would that be for piano practice to be part of your job!

Lynn

I practice 45 min to 1 hour on an acoustic before I start work, 1 hour lunchtime on an acoustic and most days, 1+ hours in the evening on my digital (except for Friday - reserved for spouse ). On the weekends, if I don't have social commitments I take frequent "piano" breaks between household chores....But I'm totally addicted and would practice even more if I could..... The more I learn, the more addicted I become.

I know the feeling.

I like to get 2 hours a day in. I work full time and go to school so in the fall and spring it gets tough. I like looking at my time over a week. I go for 10 hours a week at the minumum which is doable while I am in school if I stay focused.

I also like this time to be spread out; not 6 or 8 hours all on the weekend. I progress faster if it is spread out during the week.

I will start doing what Frycek is doing. Make some time before work to work on the technical stuff like chords, scales, and progressions and hanon. This takes 45 min. befor I even get to the music. Good idea!

I have a very eratic practice schedule. Sometimes I'm completely consumed by what I'm doing (school, work, etc) and I literally don't play for a couple of months. Other times I'll give it a good 2+ hours a day. I've only been playing for about 15 months though.

I've learned some basic theory and have picked up a lot of technique. Sightreading, scales, arpeggios, etc. have all taken the back seat. I've only worked on pieces of music up till now. I plan to change that this summer though, as I need some more theory if I want to start improvising.

I can decently play the following pieces (though I would say none are really polished, and many are still actually unfinished.... I have a small attention span):

Satie: Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes

Debussy: Clair de Lune (arpeggio section is not upto speed yet).
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata (easy part)

Beethoven: Fur elise (didn't really work on the interuptions)

Schubert Op 90 Impromptu No. 2 (only the first three pages are upto speed( well, decently upto speed, I've heard others play this very, very fast)

Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag (This one is quite fun to play)

hey, i didn't know Mozart composed 'Fur Elise' ?

Yeah, Beethoven must've swiped the manuscript when he was a kid that one time he visited Mozart.

I hate to say I hate a piece of music, but Fur Elise (I just recently learned that meant: For Elise [a woman's name)...duh]) is NOT one of my favorites, by any stretch of the imagination.

While a teenager my teacher made me memorize it before she would let me go on to a new piece. It took me about a month. Not suprisingly, I can still play about half from memory - about 50 years later.

But I never play it; I just can't stand it.

Heh, its kinda funny, I've made that mistake numerous times. I don't know why I always instinctively think that Mozart wrote that piece.

When I'm not working, I practice about 2 hours sometime 3 each day.

Just started work as a temp full time for about five weeks of phone registration at a university and at the end of the day I've had it. It's hard to come home from work and practice - I didn't realize the energy it takes, physical and mental. But what's that line from the Chorus Line, "what we do for love" - most times I manage to practce about 1 1/2 hours. Looking forward to the first week of June when this tour of duty will end. Next one will be around the end of August.

I'm good for 1 hour to 1-1/2 hours every week day with 2-3 hours spread out over the course of the day on weekends and days off. During the week, I come home from work with good intentions, but end up too brain dead to do any more then the hour's worth.

Usually I start off with some scales or other exercises to get the fingers into piano-mode. After that it's time spent working on various pieces I've assigned myself.

John