How long do you practice, and how?

How much do you practice every day and how do you structure the time? Do you practice for an hour straight? More? Shorter segments?

I count thirty minute practice sessions. I am now up to six, so, that’s three hours a day, if my math is correct, lol.

- KDS
- 7 hrs ago
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I practice in short snippets. I practice the scale and arpeggios for the piece to warm up. I practice in two measure increments. I record myself sometimes. (quite the eye opener). Due to physical reasons, I cannot practice for long stretches, however, I concentrate on focused practice and I memorize as I go along.
- Larry_K
  
  6 hrs ago
  
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  How long are your sessions?
- KDS
- 2 hrs ago
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less than 1 hr.
- Virginia_Young
- 1 hr ago
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Hi Larry, I, too, practice three hours a day, usually in one-hour chunks, with breaks during the hour. I mostly focus on repertoire, but I'm working on some 8-measure etudes by Czerny and plan to add scale work in mid-July (when Kate Boyd comes out with her scale course).
- Conrad_Winn
- 1 hr ago
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Same as u 30 min segments with 4 or 5 segments if I don’t rest my brain is mush.
- Larry_K
  
  1 hr ago
  
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  Yes, I’m the same, I also need to recharge. I can’t stay at the keyboard for hours. I think I’m applying the Pomodoro study method to piano practice.
  
  I have a Japanese clicker device to count the 30 minute chunks. It’s 4pm and I’ve only got two clicks in. I’m not happy and will try to make up for it later in the day.
  
  I also go off and practice the recorder, which is a different thing, and I’m at a much lower level there.

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