This is how much you should practice every day...

Hey everyone, today I talk about practice time on the piano:
how long should you practice for? 8 hours? 10 hours? or maybe just 1 hour?

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[PianoTechSupport]

New video is out on how to practice efficiently:

[SanAleksiusII]

I don't really keep track of time when practicing. I just do it until I get to the point where I'm satisfied with my progress .

[shalomromero]

I use to study about 3 hours per day, then I went to university, studied music, it was very rough, I use to study then about 8-10 hours a day, it was fun in retrospective. I wouldn't be able to study that much this days if I wanted haha. Overall I learned that quality over quantity is better all the way.

[jolenebear]

4am-6am and 9pm-11pm everyday. But lots of my piano time involves blunts and and bong rips so who knows

[bunnyhollowcrafts]

I find on those rare days when I have time to sit there for hours (6 recently) my hands become fluid and seem to hit “anything”. The feeling is incredible. Yes, I get up for several 10–5 breaks. I wish I had more time for that!

[joebloggs]

When I was learning piano, I practiced about an hour a day to start with, usually split into two half-hour sessions. By the time I reached intermediate level, I was generally having two practice sessions a day of about 2 hours apiece - not because I set out to practice that long, but because that was about as long as I could sustain my interest. And I think "interest" is a better word than "concentration" because the latter implies work when practice should be a pleasure. I did occasionally practice as much as 6 hours a day, but invariably found my practice deteriorated and my ear got "stale" so that I just started bashing the keys instead of playing musically. So I think this guy is right on the money when he suggests 3-4 hours a day as the ideal.

However, that would be my recommendation for piano only, not necessarily for other instruments. When I was learning classical guitar for example, I could play 10-12 hours a day without a problem. Because basically what would happen is that I would play for a couple of hours until I got sick of it and went and did something else for 15 minutes or half an hour, but would find those musical pieces just going through my head until I had to pick up the guitar again to have just "one more try" at a particular piece or section of a piece. And that "one more try" would almost invariably become another 2 hour session! But again, the point is, none of it ever felt like work, it was just something I enjoyed so much I simply couldn't put the instrument down for long!

[Phoenix_]

I've been playing consistently for about 1.5 years now (2 years since I started but couldn't practice for about 6 months due to health issues) and I have been practicing for 3-5 hours a day. I don't time my sessions but normally I do around 1 hour of technique (scales, short and long arpeggios, chords) and 2-3 hours of repertoire. My goal is to at least get to a semi-professional level and be able to play advanced repertoire well (my dream piece is chopin's first ballade!). But so far I'm just at an intermediate level (~ABRSM grade 6). I have noticed that breaking down and spacing practice sessions is most efficient, especially when learning new repertoire.

P.S. Love your videos!

[std]

Thanks so much for this. It's very helpful.

[josantonioalcantara]

I find this discussion extremely important. As you mentioned there are factors why the amount of hours you practice must be the best as possible.

How good you study is essential, i.e., the quality and effectiveness of the time you do so. Pedagogically speaking, there is a limit of continuous study. Then, you have to split the time in certain amount of sessions per day.

[MrJanKeys]

This is great advice. Especially part about multiple sessions.

[yudipitre]

I subscribed I needed this advice. Have not been practicing, sometimes I do for 10 minutes only. Due to concentration is on guitar. I really do love piano. This video is so on point . Thank you I will go back practicing.

[imdark]

Nice video. This also applies to everything. Math, science, language. Always study with sessions

[richardb]

Excellent. Best advice on how long to practice. Thank you!

[rogernichols]

Regular practice is essential and the advice given here is excellent. I am an amateur pianist (and composer) and, although entirely self-taught, have achieved at least level 8 of the UK graded exams system. I don't practice each day but I play, so I differentiate between pratice and playing purely for enjoyment. The result, of course, is very patchy, ad hoc progress, technically speaking. However, as a retired teacher of languages and, therefore, familiar with the theories of learning and motivation,

[rad-guidance]

I am a pianist and professor in France. I was practicing 6 -7 hours a day. I had so much repertoire to learn not only when I was a student but also for competitions and I needed to be more than sure of my performance abilities. I didn't want to have more stress than was necessary, and just enjoy playing, have trust that the work I had put in during practicing.

[SCRIABINIST]

Because I am in school and very busy, I practice half an hour a day on weekdays and 2 hours on weekends. Even though there isn't much time, I've learned ways to learn extremely efficiently and still have a little bit of time every session to work on the details of a piece (though obviously it's not much time and most of the time is spent on learning the notes). The fastest progress I did in this half an hour was learn half of the Mephisto Waltz.

[yukoval]

i dont really have time to practise piano because of high school and stuff but i REALLY enjoy it, have been playing for 9 months and can play pieces like cruel angel thesis (Ru's arrangement and the one i am most proud of), some pop songs and some classical pieces. my piano teacher seems very satisfied with my progress and i've been practising for atleast 30 minutes to up to 2 hours per day

[angreagach]

Thanks very much! I find your hints very encouraging. I'm now trying to get back to the piano after having gotten rusty. I want to bring my repertoire back up to snuff and learn some new pieces. I had been afraid it was a hopeless task, but you've made me see that it's doable.

[brog]

Always have goals when practicing to make the time for practicing more effective. Scales, arpeggios, sightreading repitriore etc

[ninovulkan]

I’ve been playing piano for 5 years now, I started when I was 50. For me, practicing 1 hour a day doesn’t allow me to make any progress, it’s just maintenance. Two a quality hours in the morning is the golden rule, three being too much. I just want to continuously improve a tad without ever going back.