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Practice Time
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Practice Time
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Half an hour (every day) |
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1 hour (every day) |
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2 hours (every day) |
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3 hours (every day) |
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Every 2 days |
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Every 3 days |
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Once in a week |
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Twice in a week |
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As long as I need to get a result |
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When I have free time |
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Total Votes : 34
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(last vote on : Feb. 21 2011 16:05:12)
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vuduchyld
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Joined: Feb. 20 2011
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RE: Practice Time (in reply to gounaro)
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I've been practicing a lot lately. On average, 2 hours/day, I'm guessing. On weekends, it's not unlikely that I'll play 4-6. I have a related question, which is to ask how your practices are structured? It's easy enough just to bang out the repertoire, which is most of what I do. I play back pieces I've learned or constructed (couldn't say that I've actually written anything...I'm just biting off pieces I can chew and sticking them together). I've got more-or-less complete Alegrias and Malaguena pieces, a more-or-less complete tangos piece and a farruca, as well. I'm toying around with more pieces and parts for a second tangos piece and also a solea. But I can run through that stuff in 30 minutes pretty easily. I've also got a tientos that I do with my wife singing...and we also do a version of Como El Agua. Each week, lately, I've been trying to learn 3-5 minutes of new material. That's a struggle for me because 1) when you get to your 40's, learning is a bit slower, I think, and 2) I'm a big 4/4 time guy...lots of bluegrass, especially in the last few years. It's hard to learn some of the 12's stuff for me. So if I'm lucky, I'll learn my 3-5 minutes every OTHER week and then spend a week or more halfway solidifying in, mentally, anyway, if not physically and muscle-memory-wise. I'm really hoping for some advice on technique practice. I use a metronome...not as often as I should, though. Sometimes I'll play the Ravenna Flamenco Alegrias compas and play along with that. Occasionally I'll just do rageuos to a metronome...and less often, picado (although I'm sure I SHOULD). Can anybody tell me what they do for technique practice that seems to help? One other thing...my p-p-m-p-p-m rasgueo is WAY ahead of my fan rasgeuos. It's so easy to fall back on that, but I know I need some exercises for the old-school stuff.
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