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Author: KristinVanHorn
Date: 2007-02-06 15:24
Ok I don't plan on being a pro clarinet player just want to be good enough to play in a community band or somthing like that. I generally practice for about 1 to 1-1/2 hours a day. So is that enough practice time for community band proficiency? I ask because I recently took up flute so now I practice that for 1-2 hours after I'm finished practicing clarinet. Actually I practice clarinet duing the day and flute in the evening. I really love both instruments and it would be a tough choice if I had to give one up but I don't want one to suffer because of the other.
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2007-02-06 15:57
i think that you have to judge your practice time by the results of that work.
When you're satisfied with your ability to play what you want to play, you're doing enough practice.
To make this work, you have to control your expectations.
Bob Phillips
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2007-02-06 16:12
I wish every community band/orchestra player would practice 1 to 1 1/2 hours a day. You should see some improvement in your overall performance at that rate, but if not and you want to make progress in a specific area, you could add time to it.
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2007-02-06 16:41
Find a community band, and sit in on a rehearsal, and then after that rehearsal where you'll see the atmosphere and music they play, you'll KNOW whether you are ready. If the music is challenging, but you think you can play it after rehearsing it over and over again between concerts, then go for it. If the music is really above your head or you don't like the atmosphere, then it's not the one for you. Community groups come in all shapes/sizes/abilities. So even if one seems very hard to play with and you're not quite up to it right now, there's probably another one somewhere else that you would fit in quite nicely with.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: KristinVanHorn
Date: 2007-02-06 18:02
I wish every community band/orchestra player would practice 1 to 1 1/2 hours a day. You should see some improvement in your overall performance at that rate, but if not and you want to make progress in a specific area, you could add time to it.
Thanks, I think I will probably do just that. I have more time in the evening than during the day so I think I will do my regular routine on clarinet and then practice the flute for 1-2 hours in the evening and then back on the clarinet for an hour. Clarinet is my main instrument. I've been playing it for 10 months now. The flute I just started but I wasn't expecting to love so much.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-02-06 19:46
> 1 to 1-1/2 hours a day
Good grief! I consider myself lucky with half an hour!
(I sometimes wish I had a administrative job somewhere in a server room down in the basement)
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Ben
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Author: stevesklar
Date: 2007-02-06 19:59
30 minutes every other day it seems for me. that may exclude playtesting repair work, or giving lessons.
wish i could get back to a couple hours per day
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Author: Joel K.
Date: 2007-02-06 23:11
That's more than enough time to practice the band music. I play in a very good community band but from what I hear out of at least a few of the players, I would say that they practice once a week - at the rehearsal (not a good thing).
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Author: ginny
Date: 2007-02-06 23:41
45 min for clarinet is minimal when I'm busy, I sometime do several hours when I have more time. I also put in a similar amount learning to play Klezmer on the accordion each day.
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Author: shmuelyosef
Date: 2007-02-07 05:58
Another thing to pay attention to is how you use the time. How much time do you spend noodling? (i.e. just playing 'stuff'). How much time do you spend playing things that you already play quite well because it 'feels good'. If you have limited time, but want to keep up your chops and/or learn new instruments, then you have to be rigorous. You should always be pushing the edge of your skill set. There is plenty of time at gigs to play the stuff you know and do well. I have made a point to learn entirely new instrument classes at least once a decade. I have abandoned a few (I started out on brasswinds (after piano), but abandoned them in favor of guitar/bass in my 20s. I make choices and use my practice time to challenge my chops on whatever is in my hands at the time.
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Author: buedsma
Date: 2007-02-07 11:52
45 min to 1h 15 during the week ( 4 to 5 days )
When playing in the weekend , always 2hrs a day at minimum.
More then enough for nearly every community band - but i'm playing for over 30 years now .
I suppose the first three / four years you have enough with 30 to 45 minutes .
Even three times 15 minutes can be better ( very strict rehearsing with good quality is more important in the first stages then the amount of time ).
Later on ( also when getting older :-( ) you need a lot of time for warmup before you can really train all those small details in timbre , articulation, speed etc. IT takes me about 20/30 minutes for a complete warmup ( breath , tones , finger speed and perfect execution )
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Author: bill28099
Date: 2007-02-07 12:32
I try to play 3 hours a day but that includes 5 to 7 hours a week of group rehearsals. However, I find things like the Advanced Polatschek Studies and the higher numbered Kroepsch exercises very intense so will play for about 30 minutes and then take a break for an hour and come back to them. I also practice orchestra music with pitch adjusted and sometimes tempo reduced CDs. When learning a new piece I can get lost in the process and before I know it a whole morning has vanished. Then there are the hours consumed transposing bassoon parts to the bass clarinet using Sibelius, what a pain that is but I just cannot get used to the bass clef let alone transposing key changes on the fly.
All I want to be is as good at 65 as I was at 17 but given the learning curve in your 60s that goal will likely not be achieved. However, there are still two more years to go.
A great teacher gives you answers to questions
you don't even know you should ask.
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Author: claclaws
Date: 2007-02-07 12:46
30 minutes to 1 hour every other day, in my case.
I think the duration of practice varies according to circumstances: if some concert is around the corner I need to squeeze time during the week to practice. If not, I become more lenient. (not good).
Lucy Lee Jang
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Author: mk
Date: 2007-02-08 02:12
1 to 11/2 hours? Thats impressive to me....they should be paying you to put up with all those hacks (including myself) that practice little to none...
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Author: KristinVanHorn
Date: 2007-02-08 02:36
Wow! I was afraid I needed more practice. I guess I would though if I were going to major in music or make a carreer out of it.
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Author: stevesklar
Date: 2007-02-08 05:47
when i was majoring in music i was practicing probably 2-4 hours per day .. maybe less on the weekends. This excludes actual band /orchestra /marching band practice.
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Author: KristinVanHorn
Date: 2007-02-08 05:55
stevesklar wrote:
> when i was majoring in music i was practicing probably 2-4
> hours per day .. maybe less on the weekends. This excludes
> actual band /orchestra /marching band practice.
Oh I just realized i'm putting in over 3 hours of practice with flute and clarinet combined.
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