Pamela Frank | VC Masterclass | How Many Hours Should One Practice Every Day?
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- čas přidán 14. 03. 2014
- Violinist and respected pedagogue Pamela Frank, from the Curtis Institute of Music, in Philadelphia, addresses the age old question 'How Many Hours Should I Practice Everyday?'
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I love this "practice less , think more " thank u , its really motivate me.
Really good. Recently, I cut my practice time. Not only that, reordered and re-prioritized it also. Now I spend 1hr on songwriting (30 min analysis, 30 min writing), 30 min on business and then alternate days for singing, piano, synthesis & visual arts. Before, I was doing 20 minute intervals but now they're 15 min. I allow myself to go over or under a few minutes also - usually over. Either way, I get my stuff done, always work on my top priority, and have time for leaving comments on CZcams. Most importantly, I avoid burnout; having a finish line is very important.
Bravo for saying what I've been telling my students.
This is a concentrated assessment of what we should all do! YES!
Such applicable wisdom
Thank you...I will definitely return to this video
i practice 1 hour a day. with complete focus then another 2 hours with the TV and computer on.
Totally agree Pam! We do have lives outside of our art.
In business, "The person that works hard, works dumb!" Its better to make a game of finger exercises and then throw your emotions into actual playing, the two are completely separate. Good technique makes lyrical playing effortless and sustains your playing over decades. Worked for me on violin and to this day, 38 years later, on electric guitar! :o)
Great, quality over quantity
So, how are you supposed to accumulate the stamina to withstand a day when you will do any (or several) of the following: chamber music, a solo recital, a concerto with orchestra, or an orchestra rehearsal? If your muscles and tendons aren't completely warmed up before a 2 hour rehearsal or performance, you could hurt yourself, a lot. A typical orchestra workday contains at least 4 1/2 or 5 hours of playing time; six in some (New Zealand, including teatime). Once, including overtime, I rehearsed for 10 hours (Kennedy Center) in one day. Nobody minded; they cheered. It's a good idea to review some passages in advance of many such days. Would you not at least practice some things the morning of a solo recital? We are athletes of a certain kind, and these are very demanding situations. Don't you ever wake up in the morning and find that the notes are not exactly where you left them last night? That your vibrato is…wobbly, tight, or yucky? Maybe this isn't "practice"? What is it then, flossing? (joke)
Hmm. I played in an orchestra in nz and rehearsals were 2.5 hours. Also had fri until Sunday off. You do not sound like a prof sorry. Most orchestras rehearse for 3 tops with a 15 min break
You are so right,it took me years to figure this out,Could have spent millions on lessons...Quality notQuanity......thanks for sharing
very good advice
Amen to that!
If you truly do something you love, and you truly are engaged in it, it’s no question you can stay max focused for more than two hours. Just look at the greatest people in any profession... Some people work 14 hours a day and therefore are the greatest in the world in their specific areas. They wouldn’t have come that far if they hadn’t put down the hours.
Not that it isn’t of importance to stay focused while practicing, but it simply isn’t true that two hours a day is enough.
Zyrak303 , i agree.
That's it!
1000% yes.
I don't think it is entirely like that. Of course you need to practice concentrated producing the "quality" practice she is talking about, but you also need to improve the finger memory, and that is based on repetition - THAT takes a lot of time. I am sure in her youth she killed the violin quite a few hours a day. I am now 42 and I practice very little and efficient, however, today I am a mature player and I can not compare myself with the young version of me, when I needed loads of hours a day to pursue the instrument. Without those hours then I could not affourd only 1-2 hours a day now. Pure and simple.
Remus Azoitei, i completely agree with you coz i did the same.
well to be honest it really depends-i am a student at chethams school of music in manchester u.k. and i find it impossible to practice more than 2 hours on a weekday-this is so that i can have a life for the rest of the day, and so i can get enough sleep. I’ve learnt to work extremely efficiently through that limited time i have, and i don’t think practicing more than that would really change the benefit i got from it-it doesn’t matter if you practice 6 hours-if you’re tired, your brain and muscles won’t absorb everything you’re training yourself to do.
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10 minutes 6 times a day is better than 60 minutes once a day.
Ed Flaspoehler, i agree...
10 minutes once a day is better than 10 minutes 6 times a day
great advice.was looking for piano, but this applies to piano too
She's wearing a green lantern ring
hear hear
One hour a day guarantees you are going to be an amateur
Leonardo Iglesias she wasn’t saying 1 hour a day is enough- she was saying that less time and more focused work within that time is much more valuable than playing through the piece for 8 hours a day.
If you have talent do two hours. If you are a little stupid try three hours. If you need more try another profession.
Leopold von Auer(1845---1930)
Say that to Charlie Parker who pacticed 14 hours a day, to Paul Chambers (8-13 hours), to John Coltrane ..... (all fucking day)!!.
Ya but Parker only did that for a few years. Beyond that, it isn't sustainable. Plus, he picked up a nasty drug habit. Over-practicing will drive you to substance abuse. Besides, he died when he was 34. Go ahead and practice 14 hours a day and let us know how well that's going in five years.
Lol. A person who had to stop performing on stage due to a horribly wrong way of practice which ruined her left hand giving an advice? Ridiculous. Is there any famous student from her studio?
Can I have an insight on what happened exactly?