Practice Time

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Practice Time

Half an hour (every day)

2% (1)

1 hour (every day)

20% (7)

2 hours (every day)

29% (10)

3 hours (every day)

20% (7)

Every 2 days

5% (2)

Every 3 days

0% (0)

Once in a week

2% (1)

Twice in a week

2% (1)

As long as I need to get a result

2% (1)

When I have free time

11% (4)

Total Votes : 34

(last vote on : Feb. 21 2011 16:05:12)

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gounaro

Posts: 875
Joined: Sep. 28 2008
From: Athens, Hellas

Practice Time

I wonder how much time do you spend every day generally for practicing ...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2011 16:54:34

sean65

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Joined: Jan. 4 2010
From: London

RE: Practice Time (in reply to gounaro)

This subject came up recently and it seems that the quality of practice is just as important as the time.

One hour of well targeted practice time is better than two or three hours of noodling around.

It's just keeping the discipline going, sometimes it's nice to just piss around with all the tune you know.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2011 17:58:39

Haydn

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Joined: Jan. 29 2011

RE: Practice Time (in reply to gounaro)

I always try to put in four focused hours a day, but occasionally I can't because of work or laziness, but I would guess it evens out about 3 a day. I guess I'm still in that honeymoon period of flamenco guitar, as I haven't been playing that long

Sometimes it can feel a chore, but no pain, no gain!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2011 18:30:31

Doitsujin

Posts: 5078
Joined: Apr. 10 2005

RE: Practice Time (in reply to gounaro)

yep..old topic.. sean is right.

Well,.. I practice only on Sunday for 1- max 2 hours... thats it. Seems to be enough for me..

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2011 18:41:41

ralexander

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Joined: Jun. 1 2010
From: Halifax, Nova Scotia

RE: Practice Time (in reply to gounaro)

Minimum 1hr a day through the week, but I try for at least 2. I'd really love to be practicing 3-4hrs+ a day, but it's hard to find that time except on weekends.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2011 18:47:30

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2011 18:58:31

Marco de Rueil

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From: France

RE: Practice Time (in reply to gounaro)

Hey gounaro, why wouldn't you put options like : 4 hours, 5 hours or more in your poll lol

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2011 19:36:08

Leendert

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Joined: May 27 2010
From: WI, USA

RE: Practice Time (in reply to gounaro)

I would like to practice for an hour to several hours a day, but it is very rare that that happens. Don't have the time, and when sometimes I DO have time I seem to be too tired from doing all mandatory things all day to put any serious' focussed' practice in...it sucks!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2011 21:42:40

vuduchyld

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Joined: Feb. 20 2011

RE: Practice Time (in reply to gounaro)

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.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2011 4:05:21

avimuno

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Joined: Feb. 9 2007
From: Paris, France

RE: Practice Time (in reply to gounaro)

I used to be on at least 4-5 hours a day + playing at the dance studio for sessions of 5-6 hours twice a week.
Unfortunately since I left school, I don't have that much time to dedicate to practicing... but I still try for a good 1h30 daily.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2011 6:53:07

John O.

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Joined: Dec. 16 2005
From: Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany

RE: Practice Time (in reply to gounaro)

About a half hour to an hour of straight technique then 3 hours of repertoire. Too much straight technique makes my joints sore.

For me "noodling around" is more important than technique, it trains musicality - being able to shake out one falseta after the other at any given time. "Jamming" is a better word. I regularly spend hours with all the falsetas of all the palos I know and varying compás tracks. Otherwise it could be I get together with a percussionist and after playing that one really difficult falseta I've been working on for days I start thinking "Huh? That can't be the only one I know???..." And it's even worse if that one falseta didn't work the first time with a live percussionist

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2011 14:37:30