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Technical Drills 20%
Repertoire 80%
Listening to music Priceless
For everything else, there's...
Amateur Pianist and raconteur.
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Competition pieces: 90% Sightreading/Fun Pieces: 10% Technical Exercises: 0%
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Another 100% repertoire person here. Though I'd also toss in more specific stuff...
Almost 100% hands together; I practice LH or RH by voicing them differently.
About 50% without pedal. When working through passagework and learning notes I'm pretty much playing dry.
Working on: Chopin - Nocturne op. 48 no.1 Debussy - Images Book II
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Technical exercises - 25 % Etudes - 35% Repertoire - 40%
That's typical, but for some reason it has been kind of unpredictable for a couple of weeks. Strange phases happen now and again.
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Repertoire - 50% Etudes - 40% Sightreading/Fun Pieces - 10%
"You are the music while the music lasts" - T.S. Eliot
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I think the best answer depends completely on the pianist's goals, time available, ability, and teacher.
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I think the best answer depends completely on the pianist's goals, time available, ability, and teacher. Well then Pogo's answer covers all that ground for josuff247.
"And if we look at the works of J.S. Bach — a benevolent god to which all musicians should offer a prayer to defend themselves against mediocrity... -Debussy
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100 percent repertoire.
Funny, because I was certain I was some kind of pianistic criminal in avoiding exercises like the proverbial plague...
Right or wrong, at least I've a lot more company than I'd thought.
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Is it sad that i've been sitting here counting up everyone's percentages to see if they actually add up to 100?
All theory, dear friend, is grey, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
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Is it sad that i've been sitting here counting up everyone's percentages to see if they actually add up to 100? Mine don't! But I defy math.
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Mine don't! But I defy math. Hahaha! I noticed! Congratulations on practising more than is physically possible!
All theory, dear friend, is grey, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
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Mine don't! But I defy math. Hahaha! I noticed! Congratulations on practising more than is physically possible! I spend 110% of my practicing time practicing. That way, I can squeeze an additional 10% more than everybody else. Why not call it 100% of my time? Well, it wouldn't be 110% now would it?
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Mine don't! But I defy math. Hahaha! I noticed! Congratulations on practising more than is physically possible! I spend 110% of my practicing time practicing. That way, I can squeeze an additional 10% more than everybody else. Why not call it 100% of my time? Well, it wouldn't be 110% now would it? This numeric logic would certainly be appreciated by Nigel Tufnel. -J
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I think the best answer depends completely on the pianist's goals, time available, ability, and teacher. Well then Pogo's answer covers all that ground for josuff247. If you mean it's the best answer for josuf then how would anyone else know without knowing his goals and ability? Even if one knows everything about a given pianist, there's not one best answer. Just because he said it's the best answer doesn't mean it is...for him or anyone else.
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I think the best answer depends completely on the pianist's goals, time available, ability, and teacher. Well then Pogo's answer covers all that ground for josuff247. If you mean it's the best answer for josuf then how would anyone else know without knowing his goals and ability? Even if one knows everything about a given pianist, there's not one best answer. Because he said it's the best answer.
"And if we look at the works of J.S. Bach — a benevolent god to which all musicians should offer a prayer to defend themselves against mediocrity... -Debussy
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Mine don't! But I defy math. Hahaha! I noticed! Congratulations on practising more than is physically possible! I spend 110% of my practicing time practicing. That way, I can squeeze an additional 10% more than everybody else. Why not call it 100% of my time? Well, it wouldn't be 110% now would it? This numeric logic would certainly be appreciated by Nigel Tufnel. -J good catch! i was going for that.
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hmm...all approximates, of course, but probably something like 90% repertoire and 10% sightreading/other stuff. On days where I have a lot of time to practice (aka weekends, holidays, etc) there's more sightreading and practicing non-repertoire pieces. On days where I don't, it's pretty much 100% repertoire. As for technique, there's not much. I enjoy doing contrary motion scales/arpeggios (because it's hard to find good practice for those in a piece - anyone know an etude that makes use of contrary motion?), but for almost everything else, I prefer just practicing an etude. And I agree that everyone's values will be very different - there's no golden number, here.
Currently playing: Saint-Saens Concerto No. 2 Mvmt 1 - Andante Sostenuto La Campanella - Liszt Sonata No. 6 - Beethoven Sonata No. 2 Scherzo & Trio - Brahms WTC Book I Prelude & Fugue XV - Bach Excursions #1 & 4 - Barber Sonata No. 2 Presto Assai - Kabalevsky
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Repertoire: 100%
I know I should be practicing my technique, but my pieces are just too hard to resist.
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