I had the opportunity to post this question on another site is also very well qualified and I could read some posts very interesting, although somewhat polemics. I would like to knowyour opinion.
I took the liberty of copying them to not make the mistake of wrongly convey the ideas:
"For the first few months or 30 minutes a day spread over three hours a week, is adequate to get to about 4 or 5 ABRSM grade. Extra team would help but on a sliding scale. The brain does not just grow more neural connections because you work longer. 60 minutes a day would not be twice the effective. Starting out at two hours a day may even inhibit long term progress and lead to burn out. There's a lot of physical and mental conditioning That has to take place.
About an hour a day or five - six hours per week would get you up to the grade six to eight bracket and two hours a day / ten hours a week is enough to reach degree.
Gradually building up to two hours a day Mon - Fri and four hours a day at weekends will see you hitting 10.000 in about ten years. It will mean Sacrifices in Other areas of your life. If the potential is there to reach the concert platform enthusiastic and determined an eight year old Could make it by Their twenties. If the potential is there.
One hour a day, carefully managed and Involvement with teacher, will be working fine for the average adult to reach grade eight (final) in around eight years and diploma in about ten. The hour beginners will be fairly relaxed. In the years team it would be more rigorous and Concentrated. "
Another placement of another experienced pianist, he said:
"You question is indicative of what I Consider a common misconception with Those new to learning how to play piano.
That and that is the amount of Time spent Practicing Relates directly to the level of skill attained.
There is so much more to it than that. The spectrum ranges from Those Who Almost all of the practice time with little to show for it to Those Who Rarely practice and sound like concert pianists (not many of Those).
Also, by Practicing long hours you may be setting yourself up for disappointment along the way. You may do that for a month or two or three and find That you are not the Becoming skilled as you thought You Were Going to Be. That may cause you to decide to chuck it all and quit. That is the danger of high expectations.
Learning to play the piano is something to enjoy along the way and without demanding That You Achieve a particular level, at least for a few years while you gain an correct understanding of the process. You will then have a better idea of what it takes and try Whether you wish to Accelerating the process with longer practice sessions. "
Acctually, I never thought in this respect of "brain saturation" when it comes to learning music. In fact when I knew (my own by logical deduction, or not) that there was a direct relationship and quantitative investment entity qualitaivo and response in the final result of the product. That is, the more you study consistently better your results will be ... 2, 3, 4 .. 6 hours until the day after this report and those who walked and reached dexterity.
I believe without a shadow of doubt, said that as "dmd" there is the illusion of ... I want my money back lol, but like the long way and we must be careful to choose the best paths. The idea of studying 30 minutes a day for 1 or 2 years makes me apprehensive because the end of this period can have the feeling that was missing and I lost time and should have invested more, and know how?
On the other side as said dmd own, I know the end of 10 years I have lived very fond of this because the wonder is not on goal but the journey.
Topic: how to practice, how to become better?