an hour and a half each day

an hour a day, or wen im bored, but i havent got nethin 2 practise really

it varies greatly, some days (very rarely) not at all, and one day last week i spent a total of about 5 hours on the piano.

why's it raining so much? thought it was meant 2 b sunny

Half hour even an hour.. i played bits n bits today every 20 mins or so i was playing my piano hehe.. i rly enjoyed it expect the algertto molto. i fink it diffcult the last to bars on the first page going onto 1 line and the first second bar of the second page.. taking most of my energy out of me..

I still find contry in c minor diffcult do you guys have any tips?

i'll try to practise 3 hours a day at least...

I practice for as short or as long as I like...Average 45 minutes everyday.

i try to practise whenever i can

usually on weekends, if im not busy with homework, i can practise from 9am till night time but with in between breaks of course.

BUt if i do have homework, i just sometimes *nip in* to play the piano lol

but i do play after midnight sometimes lol!!!

I'm doing about half an hour a day at the moment.

I usually practice for around 5 or 6 hours a day.I sometimes do less,like around 1 1/2 or 2 hours if I have other things going on.I try to do as much as I can though.....

I need help desperately! I should be doing Grade 8 this December and when it comes to practise I'm not a very diciplined person! How much practise do you think I should be doing (a day) and has anyone got any tips. I know I should be practising everyday but I don't! Help!

ping-lee!

(You don't need to tell me that I should stop going on the Viva Network forums so often as an exuse not to practise! )

Someone always posts this somewhere. Anyway, I usually average 4-5 hours a day, but lately, it's been 1-2 hours on account of busybody-filled days. Also, I spend additional hours doing reading, more theory, composition, listening,etc.

now I have time in holidays I'm doing 3-4 hrs/day on average
the rest of the time I'm on these forums
or at the doctors I'm getting ill so much I have been to the doctors 7 times for different things in the last 2 weeks!!!

I practise about 1/2 hour a day . But most days i sit down play practise a peace for a short while. then i have a brake like something to eat or drink maybe a bit of Tv then i go back to the piano and practise and do a little bit longer than befor then i have a brake again then i go back to the piano
so if i actually added up the numbers of hours i would be doing about 3 or 4 hous a day but it does vary alot.
but now the summer is here it get hot in my conservatory where my piano is but shouldn't be i have to do it around dusk when the consevatory get cooler and easyer to practise.


Davé

about 3-4 hours a day

now as i'm enjoying my summer holiday...i'm playing the piano for at least 5 hours..

Like someone said on the viva strings network... it's probably more constructive if you don't really like practicing to aim for getting say... four bars perfectly right first... intonation, dynamics, gradation, pitch, rhythm, pulse.. everything, rather than how long you need to practice. Then when you achieve your aim you can congratulate yourself if you've spent quite long practicing it or you can improve on the next section if you've gotten it right pretty fast. That way seeing results will be cause for more satisfaction then counting the hours you put in without really getting much done.

30minutes at most!
I can practise 0 seconds a day!(quite many days indeed)
I spend time on other pieces on the same book(grade 8 exam pieces when I did my grade 8, and at that time I didn't spend much time on my proper grade 8 exam pieces) and other pieces downloaded from the internet or other pieces I found.

When I'm in the mood, so it never becomes a chore.

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I spend time on other pieces on the same book(grade 8 exam pieces when I did my grade 8, and at that time I didn't spend much time on my proper grade 8 exam pieces) and other pieces downloaded from the internet or other pieces I found.

I do that too!! I just can't help it!!

Had 18 hours a day once on the Classical Guitar. However, not to be recommended everyday.

4 Hours minimum on the piano is what I employ. Think of yourself as a time machine, the more you do in a day, the sooner you get "mission accomplished". Example, a Boy starts playing Piano at 10 - has 4-5 hours everyday minimum, and gets all grades by the time he is 12, gets is first piano recital at 13-14, and a fully fledged concert pinist at 16-17. easy!


Anthony

i do 2-3 hours a day

its a real drag,
but its worth it cos when i play in festivals i play really well!!

agree.....i love performing in concerts....

for me, about 2 - 3 hours everyday... but when i have more time, about 4 hours...

5 hours a day none on sunday

ive been shocking these holidays and hardly touched the piano, been pretty busy with work and helping my parents organise our local agricultural show (its a big event). But through term time when ive got something to work up to, ill be practicing at home anywhere between half an hour and 2 hours, and around 40 minutes at school each day.

This year im in 6th year and only doing 3 subjects so ill have half of each day free, so lots more time to get into the music dept, and also more time in school to do homework so i have more time to practice at home. sitting grade 8 so i need to!

I'm going to have more free time this year too because I'm only studying for 9 GCSEs at school (well, and an AS level outside of school) whereas most of my class are doing 10 GCSEs in school- but I took music this year so I don't need to...
So... more time to do homework at school and practise piano!!!
But I live in the music department anyway so no-one will notice the difference...