Slow or fast?

[faa2010]

How much time do you take to finish learning a piece?

[3htohn]

Hi Faa2010

For me, it depends on how difficult the piece is and the different techniques required to play that piece. I am not happy even to go to the next page of any piece until I have learnt ninety percent from memory.

Fortunately for me, because I am not constrained to any music school or exams (except for my weekly lesson), I do not think in terms of time when learning or finishing a piece, rather, when I am "satisfied" that I can no longer draw anything else out of the music. But I am never satisfied that I have finished any piece.

All the Best,

Энтони.

[pianisten1989]

Always exactly 1½ month! It doesn't matter if it's Hammarklavier or a 30 sec long czerny etude! ...

[dss62467]

Depends on the piece, of course.  I learned a song from New Moon for my daughter in 10 minutes.  I'm still polishing some Mozart sonatas I've been learning for months.   Reminds me, I should revisit that Haydn piece and work out a passage.   

[3htohn]

Depends on the piece, of course.  I learned a song from New Moon for my daughter in 10 minutes.  I'm still polishing some Mozart sonatas I've been learning for months.   Reminds me, I should revisit that Haydn piece and work out a passage.   

What's this New Moon song?... is that the Dvorak piece?

Энтони.

[dss62467]

LOL - no.  It's "The Meadow" from the Twilight New Moon soundtrack.  Very simple piece, which is why it took 10 minutes for me to learn.

[proftom]

Depends on the piece but about 2 weeks to play from memory and then another week and a half to perfect it. 

[agapi1]

LOL - no.  It's "The Meadow" from the Twilight New Moon soundtrack.  Very simple piece, which is why it took 10 minutes for me to learn.

Where did you find the sheet of "The Meadow - from the Twilight Saga : New Moon"   
dss62467 
I love iiit! 

[vlh1992]

it depends on the piece. I have to learn to difficult pieces from memory per semester of school, These pieces I usually start at the beginning of the semester and work on them until the performance. I also learn pieces that are a little easier during the semester, these pieces take less time, usually about a month or so. If the song is easy it might only take a week or so but if it is a difficult piece that you are learning for performance it will take musch longer.

[ingunite]

How long is a piece of string?