Vince,
I have a day job and a family so, I don't have many long periods of time where I am mentally fresh to really focus for hours at a time. That being said, I tend to practice in short, focused, episodes of 15-30 min. at a time. I've been playing for over 25 years, so I don't spend much time playing major scales, etc. Most of the time, I spend either working on really learning a tune inside and out, working out ideas for performances, or applying a specific technique to a particular tune. So in the course of a day, I might get in an 1 - 1.5 hours / day. On the weekends, that may get extended to 2-3 hours.
-- Mike V.
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--- In jazz_guitar@..., Vincent Villanueva <vevillanueva@...> wrote:
On 11/5/2010 9:28 AM, musicmaker1245 wrote:
In another thread the 10,000 hours was quoted, so for fun I just did
the maths. If you are dedicated and do 1 hour/day for 365 days then
after 5 years you will have done 1825 hours. To reach 10,000 hours it
will take 27 years. 2 hours a day 13 years. Maintaining that
consistency will be hard for most people, so a few more years probably
needs to be added on.
Divide by at least 6 to 10, at least if you are dealing with either me
or other serious musicians. You obviously don't kone what "shedding" means!
Bobby
I remember when 8 hours a day was the norm for me - but that certainly is no
longer the case.? I have family and other responsibilities now.? And the quality
of practice can suffer with so many things vying for attention - kids,
maintaining a house, even spending time reading?the posts to?this group.? But
that poses a good question.....
How many hours a day is everyone?on this group?typically practicing guitar?? (To
be clear, practice would be defined as focused, undivided attention on the
instrument - not that musicianship can't be developed in other ways, but that is
not the question)
Regards,
Vince
