"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."
It is practice, however, that makes perfect, according to the sociologist whose books have become required reading within the Conservative party. The best way to achieve international stardom is to spend 10,000 hours honing your skills, says the new book by Malcolm Gladwell, author of the best-selling The Tipping Point.
“What’s really interesting about this 10,000-hour rule is that it applies virtually everywhere,” Gladwell told a conference held by The New Yorker magazine. “You can’t become a chess grand master unless you spend 10,000 hours on practice.
leedy2 wrote:45 min a day is good practice on any instrument excessive practice just going to hurt hands.
bongosnotbombs wrote:
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.
leedy2 wrote:45 min a day is good practice on any instrument excessive practice just going to hurt hands.
OLSONGO wrote: And the learning wasn't only dedicated to congas thoug it was the main instrument, there where also the bongos, timbales, djembe, all of the Brazilian battery , Pandeiro ( play and juggle ), surdo, tamborim, cuica, berimbau, agogos etc. So after having spent many hours of learning the technique with a martial arts mentality and all of the many rhythms at grasp...you hit the streets to play with the cats and what you find out is that the guitarist, sax players, set drummers DON'T know half the s--t you know. So you end up playing the most basic of tumbaos, sambas ,bossas, and what most are playing.. any rhythm in 4/4, To most clave is the 2 rosewood sticks. Today I rehearse only what is needed. The good paying gigs sad to say the smooth jazz and pop gigs,( what is selling ) do not require half of the virtuosity and work that the real music does.But all those hours do come in handy for that killer solo and the youtube video.
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.
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