how many pieces

[BoliverAllmon]

this may have been asked before, but I am asking again. How many pieces should one work on at a time? or is it better to think on how much total time (all the pieces added together) to work on at one time. I know nearly all concert pianists (whether full-time or not) work on at least an hours worth of work at a time. Should I do that or would 30 min. be agood place to start with?

boliver

[whynot]

Hmm, no replies!  Well, I don't know how old you are or what your upcoming goals are:  exams, a recital, just practicing in general... I'm always working on a specific program for a recital, plus whatever else I have going.  As soon as I have music chosen and a date scheduled, I get out my calendar and make a practice plan, learning the hardest movements of everything first--or technically simple but artistically difficult, I learn those right away too-- and in the plan I focus on only one or two pieces at a time.  That's the PLAN.  What I actually DO is get twitchy after a few days and start pulling out the other pieces.  I won't drop anything from the schedule, but I also work on other things when I feel like it.  Strike while the iron's hot.     

[BoliverAllmon]

yeah odd that no one replied. I don't have  a recital planned right now, but I am just trying to expand my repertoire.

boliver

[SDL]

I think I might try another plan.  I tried saying I will learn 1 chopin etude and 1 Prokofiev sonata + a recital number I have for September.  But this has already fallen by the wayside because I dont have much time to practice in the week. (1.5 hrs a day and maybe 2-6 hrs at the weekend).  I like to learn lots of pieces too but found myself concentrating on 1 chopin etude and a Prokofiev Sonata (recital piece).  Im on a technique drive at the moment as well - trying to radicalise my practice and work on speed and relaxation alot more.

I usually learn HT slowly from the start, but Im now doing HS quite a bit now.  Does learning sections of pieces speed up the process?  I always thought you need to get used to going through a piece to pace it.  And that practicing sections leads to joining problems.

[BoliverAllmon]

yeah it speeds up the process quite a bit.

boliver

[Tash]

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,6613.0.html

[BoliverAllmon]

thanks