I was just wondering if anyone finds that at a certain time, their piano playing skills seem to improve, perhaps double? For me, it's at 4pm and 10pm that I play piano best, it's quite odd, not sure why it's those times!

Wobby

late at night. dont no why...............

middle of the night or early morning!

me too!

perfect hours for our family ey?!

Yes, I'd just love to play at night sometimes or even early in the morning. I don't think I'd be too popular though!

I like the calm quietness (and disturbing it) of about 2 or 3am when I finish work. It's nice to wind down. Can't play forte though.

Any time except for first thing in the morning! I hate having to play accompaniments first thing - I'm not usually awake until break-time!!

I find that if I go away for a week and don't play, I seem to be much better when I come back - sometimes I think you can get too much of a good thing.
David

I love playing for my personal pleasure from around 10pm onwards. Sometimes I play through to 2 or 3am.

I'm not a morning person.

I usually play best around midnight. Fortunately I own a digital piano, so that is not a problem

In the evening...I think...

Yeha if you have headphones it's no problem! Well and a digital piano to go with it!

QUOTE (dcmbarton @ May 2 2005, 09:49 PM)

I find that if I go away for a week and don't play, I seem to be much better when I come back - sometimes I think you can get too much of a good thing. David

I agree entirely

I dont really have a special time but if I dont practice for a day I'm usually better at it.

I can usually play better, after tea about 6 o clock. I can just concentrate more, also very early in the morning.

Sometime after 10pm---till the morning lol!

I am usually awake at these hours

Alot of extreme owls we have here, is anybody a lark? I just can't play in the morning, even after two cups of coffee - just too tired...

Wobby

When I'm all alone . Really !

QUOTE (Wobby @ May 3 2005, 11:12 PM)

Alot of extreme owls we have here, is anybody a lark? I just can't play in the morning, even after two cups of coffee - just too tired... Wobby

I'm a lark! After about 8pm my brain goes to sleep...

Well actually, I wouldn't mind playing in the morning, although I have to admit, when I have an 8.30am lesson, I do not play at my best. I cannot play too late though, I am too tired!

Probably at around 11am.

Car Expert

For me I've probably said..cant be bothered to check...but from about 9pm onwards..eeekk. Its because for some weird bezarre reason my hands are warmest then so i practise better.

weekends around 10:30 for an hour - as long as there's a good cup of coffee onboard, and a biscuit mainlined.
Evenings - 7:30 (as long as I get home from work) - again, and importantly, a cheese and biscuit down the hatch and half a gin and tonic (the first half relaxes, the second tends to impair so I leave it till I'm done playing...)

About 9am on a Saturday. I'm on a musical high at around 7pm as well.

AP is perpertually cold, until about 9pm in the evening - then she's fine....

i play best anytime except between 10am and 7pm. i love playing at night and in the morning!

Me too, when I am alone, I will play some romantic songs or songs by Richard Claderman.
When I am angry, I will play all the scales and also the Hanon without stopping...haha!
For practise....4~5p.m is the best time for me. I spend the whole morning in school, and take a nap for afternoon, and then do my homework...so the best time is 4~5p.m. I seldom play the piano at night because I have tuitions almost everyday. I can't play the piano after tuition because the time is too late(For Malaysia, 10p.m. is usually very late!).

Wow, it seems too late for this reply!

A friend of mine has to get up at like quarter to 6 to start her piano practice at 6. She has no other choice, her, her brother, and her sister all have to get in half an hour practice each morning before the bus comes (about 7:30). She wants to only do 5 subjects though this year so she can practice at school and then free up some time for the other two before school, so she is not in such a rush.

I'm a lark too! I can't wait to get up in the morning ! I don't have the chance to practise then, unfortunately - I usually play late afternoon/early evening, after work, so I'm never at my best then - it always surprises me when I play in the morning at weekends to notice how much better my playing is .

Late at night too.

Depends how much sleep I get, I can be a lark and be bright and perky at like 8am, or wake up at about 1pm and be right as rain

I can practise almost any time, just depending on how tired I feel, even at 3am I could practise

My best practising hours tend to be between 10 and 3, although I can practise other times of the day/evening too. I'm not really an early bird though, so don't tend to practise much before 10, plus the real chocolate dog needs her morning walk before I start!!