how much do you practice x day?
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dhoenisch
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My practice time is sporadic since I am not home very much at times. My music teacher always tells his students that the minimum should be 15 minutes twice a day for at least 5 days a week. Sometimes, I go home just to sleep, so I can't always follow his schedule (I am learning Mandolin), but I do try to get practice in as much as I can.
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Pippin
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I don't practice at all.... been playing for over forty years.
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I try to play for a couple of hours every day; in reality it's probably more than that, I don't really time it.
UncleElvis
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Minimum of an hour a day, but usually more like two or three on average. Weekends, more like 5 or six.
I'd say I play a lot. Several hours a day. Mostly in the evenings after work.
But I don't really practise at all. I'm sorry to say I'm a bit of a slacker when it comes to learning and practising, I just sit and jam out to myself.
In my warped world, I suppose "playing" and "practising" are nothing like the same thing
But I don't really practise at all. I'm sorry to say I'm a bit of a slacker when it comes to learning and practising, I just sit and jam out to myself.
In my warped world, I suppose "playing" and "practising" are nothing like the same thing
roxhum
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Ummm the difference between playing and practicing..... I play anywhere from 30 minutes to 2-3 hours a day. Mostly I am playing, which is making me a better player. Actually practice of barr chords or the evil Bb a few minutes here and there, most every day. Using a lesson book, very sporadic. Practicing tabs and playing melodies sporadically, at least three times a week, sometimes daily for 15 minutes or so. My first objective is to have fun. My second is to improve but without any pressure or deadlines, I have enough of that at work.
RawrGazzawrs
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I play until i get frustrated...
or until i feel like ive been sitting down too long :3
or until i feel like ive been sitting down too long :3
I get in a couple of hours a day along with about an hour of guitar and sometimes an hour or so of mandolin. Being fairly new to the ukulele, I have been putting in more time on it. Once the "newness" wears off I suspect I'll even out the guitar and the uke for playing time. Not sure where I am headed on the mando right now.
TheOnlyUkeThatMatters
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I play "for fun" for an hour or two each day, usually not all at once.
For "serious" practice, I try to work on new material (and requisite new abilities) for an hour or so. In a good week, I'll have about five serious practice sessions mixed in with all that play, but most weeks I end up with two or three.
Of course, I have lots of fun during "practice", and I'm getting practice when I "play". Whee, ukulele!
For "serious" practice, I try to work on new material (and requisite new abilities) for an hour or so. In a good week, I'll have about five serious practice sessions mixed in with all that play, but most weeks I end up with two or three.
Of course, I have lots of fun during "practice", and I'm getting practice when I "play". Whee, ukulele!
It's great to see that Jane & Uncle play more than an hour a day but more like 3 to 4!! I average about 2 hours a day but that's because I just started. Once I get half good, I'll play 3 to 4!!! Only wishful thinking having two kids under 7...
ItsMrPitchy
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I practice for half hour to an hour a day. Then i play for about the same.
Jnobianchi
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I tend to run through several tunes that I know and I'm trying to keep in shape for about 30-40 minutes a day. Then I work on new tunes for about another half-hour to an hour. Since every new tune I learn tends to need an arrangement, I generally am creating those as I work on learning the new tunes. So maybe 90 minutes a day, nearly every day of the week, but I miss one now and then when traveling or working.
TCK
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I really practice about 1/2 a day (meaning working on a new skill), but I play all day long (often working on fingerpicking melodies I knew really well- I would say equal to two hours a day), whenever the mood strikes. So far I have not missed a day yet.
Uke Whisperer
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Usually 2 or 3 times a day for 2 hours each (sometimes a little more). Includes playing and "formalized" practice.
I need to practice. I just play songs about 1-2 hours a night. I have to get disciplined to learn new things.
Foinnse
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Not sure how long I spend practising. I probably spend 1-2 hours playing per day. Its generally in reach so I play a bit whenever the urge grabs me. I'm not really much good for actually practising skills etc., I generally just play through the songs I know, old and new. I guess you could specify between practising and just playing but it seems to me that its pretty much the same thing..... I improve through playing and singing songs I know, and learning new ones, so it seems to me its the same thing.
Cheers -F
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Most days, two hours of scales, progressions, strumming and picking practice, followed by 1-2 hours of "playing". One day a week off. One day of about 5 hours playing music for my wife's art group at a studio. One to two jam sessions per week, 2-3 hours. Nice to be retired.
me too... like 2-3 hrs/day with some strings on my hands. usually uku, uke or guitar.
i'd say that there's no difference (my opinion) in playing/practising skills, everything you play is very valuable. even if it's a 2 chord song. it helps in ways we are not eve aware of... ex defining your style, smoothing changes, n so.
so let's keep ukeing all day long !!
i'd say that there's no difference (my opinion) in playing/practising skills, everything you play is very valuable. even if it's a 2 chord song. it helps in ways we are not eve aware of... ex defining your style, smoothing changes, n so.
so let's keep ukeing all day long !!
