niallgregory wrote:joaozinho wrote:leedy2 wrote:45 min a day is good practice on any instrument excessive practice just going to hurt hands.
45m is good to warm your hands and skin.My opinion is that for a professional level you need 5 to 8 hours everyday,of cours if you're not a professional and have to hearn your live in another way its more complicated,but to see some improve less then 2hours day is not enough.
Bit of a catch 22 thing here .I make a living from drumming , sometimes a good living sometimes a pretty crap one .But i would find it almost impossible to put anywhere near 5 hours a day into the drum . Even if you are on tour its next to impossible to play that length of time .The newer practice congas have made life easier as you can have one with you almost all the time . I admire and envy anyone who puts in thoses kind of hours all the time !
bongosnotbombs wrote:I was talking with a pianist I play with the other day and he mentioned something one of his old teachers said regarding practice time.
It went something like this"If you only practice three hours a day, your going to get worse, if you do 5 hours a day you wil get a little better, to really get good and improve you need to 7 hours a day."
Sounds pretty extreme to me, it reminds me of something I read about tabla playing, a ritual called the chilla katna, where the musician isolates themselves and practice for 10-12 hours a day for 40 days.
In regards to congas, no way could I practice 7 hours straight, the most I've pulled of was 3 hours consecutively. But I think I've played/practiced 5 hours spread out throughout the day. Never 7 though.
RitmoBoricua wrote:I do not think practicing hours on end daily is feasible for most, no way Jose. Young cats, school age, yes they probably have the time to practice for hours every day. But one time you become an adult get married, have kids, a job, responsibilities etc it will be real hard to practice for hours every day. Even some professional drummers have to have a day job to make ends meet around here where I live; and I am quite sure they do not have the time to practice for hours every day. Now if you are one of the few fortunate ones that do not have to have a day job , stay home and have the time to do it more power to you.
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