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How many hours do you practice a day?

(0) Practice? What practice! I can play the Hammerklavier in my sleep.
< 1 -- Have a busy schedule, by I do what I can
1 to 3 -- Playing the piano is more important than watching TV.
3 to 5 -- Outside of playing the piano, I have no life.
5 to 10 -- I am a professional pianist (or aspiring to be), I have no choice.
10 to 18 --  This is all I know, this is all I do.
18 to 24 -- Sleep? what sleep?
24 to 36 -- I live on martian time!
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Topic: Practice makes perfect!  (Read 1976 times)

Offline asyncopated

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Practice makes perfect!
on: June 17, 2005, 06:21:01 AM
I just wanted to try making a poll, and finally found a topic! Just for fun.
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Offline Bouter Boogie

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Re: Practice makes perfect!
Reply #1 on: June 17, 2005, 06:35:19 PM
Oops  :-\ I made a poll just like yours  :( Didn't saw this one! I'm terribly sorry  ???
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Offline Goldberg

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Re: Practice makes perfect!
Reply #2 on: June 17, 2005, 06:42:30 PM
I fall under the "no life" category easily. I actually usually put in more than 5, but that's mostly improvisation as opposed to "practice-practice" whatever that means...
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Offline bernhard

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Re: Practice makes perfect!
Reply #3 on: June 17, 2005, 07:00:02 PM
Practice does not make perfect.
Practice makes permanent.
Perfect practice makes perfect. :D
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Offline Dazzer

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Re: Practice makes perfect!
Reply #4 on: June 18, 2005, 02:02:53 AM
and painful fingers. as my left hand is finding out. funny though, i haven't touched a piano in 3 days, and my hand still hurts...
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Offline Mozartian

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Re: Practice makes perfect!
Reply #5 on: June 18, 2005, 02:20:54 AM
I'm going to totally clobber the next person who tells me practice makes perfect.
 ::)
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[lau] 10:01 pm: like in 10/4 i think those little slurs everywhere are pointless for the music, but I understand if it was for improving technique

Offline Bob

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Re: Practice makes perfect!
Reply #6 on: June 18, 2005, 04:47:36 AM
Quote from: Mozartian on June 18, 2005, 02:20:54 AM
I'm going to totally clobber the next person who tells me practice makes perfect.
 ::)
Good grief!  ;)
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Offline pianonut

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Re: Practice makes perfect!
Reply #7 on: June 18, 2005, 05:22:01 PM
practice makes perfect.  hahaha you can't get me.

(feeling strange after bicycling)  don't ask me. i haven't practiced for days.  think it started with breaking up too many fights with my kids, milld depression, binge ice-cream eating, laying in the sun, watching daytime tv, and then it progressed from there to overwatering the lawn and now forum posting.  i just don't have the motivation right now. 

ps  but a piano concerto was going through my head when i was cycling.  unfortunately, i was wracking my brain trying to figure which one it was.  
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Offline Siberian Husky

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Re: Practice makes perfect!
Reply #8 on: June 18, 2005, 05:30:08 PM
i only practice maybe about 2-3 hours a day..because i have a life..


now..i want all the people who practice around the 5+ area to come at me as to how ignorant i am..and that piano is their lives...and how high the magnitude of importance piano and music is to them...etc etc..you know this goes people...
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Offline BoliverAllmon

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Re: Practice makes perfect!
Reply #9 on: June 18, 2005, 07:35:53 PM
Quote from: Bernhard on June 17, 2005, 07:00:02 PM
Practice does not make perfect.
Practice makes permanent.
Perfect practice makes perfect. :D

always out to make sure we know the truth LOL
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Offline danyal

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Re: Practice makes perfect!
Reply #10 on: June 18, 2005, 10:26:06 PM
Quote from: Dazzer on June 18, 2005, 02:02:53 AM
and painful fingers. as my left hand is finding out. funny though, i haven't touched a piano in 3 days, and my hand still hurts...

What did you do to the poor thing??? You did something really wrong if it hurts like that... Skryabin permanently damaged his hand trying to write a harder piece than Balakirev's Islamey. Dunno how he got that right. Obviously was trying some technique that wasnt meant to be tried.

Dont kill the piano, or your hand!
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Re: Perfect practice makes perfect!
Reply #11 on: June 19, 2005, 05:46:50 AM
Quote from: bouter boogie on June 17, 2005, 06:35:19 PM
Oops?:-\ I made a poll just like yours?:( Didn't saw this one! I'm terribly sorry????
No worries!

Quote from: Bernhard on June 17, 2005, 07:00:02 PM
Practice does not make perfect.
Practice makes permanent.
Perfect practice makes perfect. :D

Yes, I beg your pardon!  Unfortunately, I don't know how to change the title!
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