How much do you practice?

falkbeer · Post by **falkbeer** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:03 pm

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:11 pm

Not nearly enough.

As made more than obvious at band practice this evening.

CRC · Post by **CRC** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:47 pm

anniemcu wrote:Not nearly enough.

Yup, good answer.

whistlin'fool · Post by **whistlin'fool** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:41 pm

i normally start off thinking i'm only going to play one or two songs, but then the sound of the whistle makes me play more, and more, to the point where i've played almost all the songs i know really well at present. Then i start trying to learn something new because the old songs are getting boring. So i wind up playing about an hour when i really only had ten minutes to spare. I LOVE my whistle

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arnie · Post by **arnie** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:32 am

I'm a beginner, that is, I started playing seriously last august. Before I played, especially folkballads, and just the plain notes. Now I've got a teacher who really tells me what and what not to do. I want to do it right and therefore I practise at least half an hour a day, if possible up to one hour. I take this time explicitely, however it's difficult sometimes with a family with 3 children and a fulltime job going on. I play in a folkband and slowly but surely we tend to put in a jig or reel now. I'm in love with the whistle and if there's nobody home I tend to pick it up inbetween and practise.

Tia · Post by **Tia** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:42 am

I used to practise more, but now becuase i'm not at home, I can only practise when i get a music room, which doesnt happen to often, but then I practise in little bits between other instruments.

Paul Reid · Post by **Paul Reid** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:49 am

I get a chance to practise with my son nowadays. It's very satisfying. Now that I have my new set of pipes, I'm at it quite a bit - as much as I can and still get some work done! Having said that, I answered "a little every day", and as Liam becomes better, so will I.

Cheers,

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:30 pm

About 1 1/2 hours a day would be normal but some of that time is spent playing tunes in front of the TV.

falkbeer · Post by **falkbeer** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:23 pm

I remember when I was very young. My goal was to be a professional classical guitarist. Me and my guitar were inseparable at that time. The competition to be accepted at the conservatoire (academy of music) was very stiff at that time, so I used to practice 5-6 hours every day!

Some time after I had been accepted at the academy I developed tendenitis (inflammation in the tendon, much like a tennis elbow) my elbow and had to give up playing at all for a couple of years. I was not a happy camper at that point in my life!

Perhaps to much practicing isn´t good at all!

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:30 pm

I play tunes a lot, I practice little.

I should do the opposite.

NoMattch · Post by **NoMattch** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:42 am

Not enough but I've been learning something new every week while continuing with what I know. The band helps make that happen.

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:55 am

falkbeer wrote:I remember when I was very young. My goal was to be a professional classical guitarist. Me and my guitar were inseparable at that time. The competition to be accepted at the conservatoire (academy of music) was very stiff at that time, so I used to practice 5-6 hours every day!

Some time after I had been accepted at the academy I developed tendenitis (inflammation in the tendon, much like a tennis elbow) my elbow and had to give up playing at all for a couple of years. I was not a happy camper at that point in my life!

Perhaps to much practicing isn´t good at all!

Sadly, this can be true, and I've recently had a similar experience: I really dedicated myself to Trad Flute practice in the spring of this year, finally going for lessons and practicing 2 hours a day, every day. The good news was, my playing improved dramatically. The bad news however, was that I developed wicked tendonitis after several months of this, and eventally had to stop playing the flute entirely for a number of months.

In the long run, I'd have made better progress by practicing less, in order to avoid the tendonitis, but then I had no way of knowing at the time.

Loren

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:29 am

Loren wrote:In the long run, I'd have made better progress by practicing less, in order to avoid the tendonitis, but then I had no way of knowing at the time.

Loren

I learned this same lesson during my 10-year fiddling fling.

Motto: don't just play on endlessly. Practice with a plan.

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:01 am

crookedtune wrote:Motto: don't just play on endlessly. Practice with a plan.

Oh I had a very specific practice plan for my two hours a day, and I stuck with it, unfortunately my left wrist couldn't handle it.

Good advice though.

Loren

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 3:40 pm

Hmmmm....practice...Nope, don't know if I've ever "practiced". I do play a lot though.

Doc

Warning:
Doc Jones is a bozo and really ought to "practice". New whistlers and serious musician wannabees are encouraged to ignore his comments entirely.

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