how much time?

[nervous_wreck]

what are your personal quota's like? how much time does your teacher or yourself give you to learn a piece. i feel sometimes that my teacher has me do a ridicoulas amount in a very short amount of time, for instance she had me learn my first concerto (bach D minor) in 1 month and 3 weeks, is that reasonable? cause it felt very rushed.

[qwerty quaver]

spam

[le_poete_mourant]

If it feels rushed to you, it's too fast.  You shouldn't worry too much about time limits.  Set goals for yourself that you know you'll be able to meet.  Beyond that, don't focus on deadlines.  Say to yourself: "I know a piece of this difficulty took me so and so long to learn, so a piece of equal difficulty should take that same amount of time to learn."  Never force yourself to speed through the learning process and form bad habits.  Music is an individual art, go at your individual pace. 

[gruffalo]

Was the time limit for you to learn just the notes, or to prepare the whole thing to performance standard in a month and 3 weeks?

Gruff

[robert]

That is really short time for a concerto. Second point of having students play a lot in short time in a young age is to really play a lot different works and genres. Even though you do not really master everything and only browse through some pieces, it is of great value later in life as it is so much easier to pick up something you have already played, even though it was 20 years ago.

[pianistimo]

it must be a fine balance for genuis.  to not put too much pressure - and yet enough that the student progresses as their talent permits.

for me, it was never a case of 'you will have this learned by...'  it was more - well, give it enough time.  i am of the lackadazical approach that things learned as though one is swimming in a pool and becoming comfortable with the water at their own pace - will be thoroughly learned material.  and thoroughly enjoyable to play.  i mean, you don't worry so much.

but, the thing is that my repertoire -although much more extensive than it used to be - is still relatively sparse compared to my peers.  i tend to take a piece of music and treat it like a glass of wine.  sipping it here and there.  swirling it.  and just taking it in.  excepting the bach english suite that i learned in a relatively short time.  that was murder.  all those notes and the wierd turns it took.  i think with that one - i taped myself and listened to it over and over. it seemed to help 'set it.'  (and, i'd play with the tape at a slow speed).

[nervous_wreck]

that's strictly "just the text". the problem is i have these kinds of deadlines all over the place, i have to perform that concerto now about 4 times this next month so it had to be done when the deadline was set. my teacher usually does that it seems on purpose, she'll talk about goals and give me my repitiore maybe 2-3 months in advance. my concerto wasn't the only thing i had to do that on, i had to also do my own solo repitiore at the same time and that got done farely fast. my practice times depend on my deadlines, no less than 4 hours, but this time of year i have to start stretching that to 6 or i just can't keep up.