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Instrumental practice is cumplosory if you want to play your particular insturment well. Nevertheless, I find it such a bore and can not really be bothered. Currently preparing for grade 8 ameb, and I'm "ment" to be practicing 1+ hour a day. But who can seriously bothered. Truth be told, I'm only practising 30 minutes a day...

anyways.
what insturment you play?
how long are you ment to practice a day?
how long do you ACTUALLY practice a day?
whats your grade?
 

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i play flute and am preparing for 6th grade. i know how you feel about not wanting to practise.. i felt that way about piano... i hated practising and walked away from my 4th grade exam with a C.... i quit there and then.

however i dont feel the same way about flute.. somehow its different. i practise whenever i get the chance and have learnt my whole program of pieces for grade 6 as well as half of them for grade 7. scales are another story though... I HATE SCALES!!! that it what i hate most about practise.. but yea....
 

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i play violin and i like to play in the toilet

no jokes
lol.. my bedroom's right beside the bathroom.... i know what you mean.. lol.. i like the acustics in the toilet lol....

p.s. muffin man, i noticed you wanna be a qantas pilot - thats cool.. my dad used to fly for cathay pacific :)
 

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i play flute and am preparing for 6th grade. i know how you feel about not wanting to practise.. i felt that way about piano... i hated practising and walked away from my 4th grade exam with a C.... i quit there and then.

however i dont feel the same way about flute.. somehow its different. i practise whenever i get the chance and have learnt my whole program of pieces for grade 6 as well as half of them for grade 7. scales are another story though... I HATE SCALES!!! that it what i hate most about practise.. but yea....
SCALES!
i totally agree with you on that one. What is this meaningless torture of scales. I swear if I ever find the person who invented it... or there grave for that matter.

I hate scales, rarely to almost never practice them. I know it's a good finger exercise, but who can seriously be bothered. It's just the same thing OVER and OVER again, just moved up or down a few tones/semiton, sharp here flat there and different fingering. Pointless, utter waste of time. No one's gonna ask you about your scale credibilites in the future, while playing pieces on the other hand can get you very far...
 

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haha well i have to totally agree with you, i find myself constantly getting distracted all the time when I even attempt to try to practice piano. I finished my eighth grade 3 years ago and i didn't even manage to get 30 mins of practice in! Never could be bothered... the only time i'm ever bothered to practice is when the exam is like really close! I'm doing my Amus soon in may and I hardly practiced throughout the year.. i guess i'm paying for it now in the holidays..

hardcore holiday practice :(
 

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haha well i have to totally agree with you, i find myself constantly getting distracted all the time when I even attempt to try to practice piano. I finished my eighth grade 3 years ago and i didn't even manage to get 30 mins of practice in! Never could be bothered... the only time i'm ever bothered to practice is when the exam is like really close! I'm doing my Amus soon in may and I hardly practiced throughout the year.. i guess i'm paying for it now in the holidays..

hardcore holiday practice :(
AMUS.. in year 10?
omg. get out.
im doing 8 this year
performance of music next year.. or the year after depending on how stressful hsc is

and in the year 2011 i plan to do amus.
 

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what insturment you play?
guitar. [electric and 12string acoustic]

how long are you ment to practice a day?
not at all. i could guess id have to spend maybe 20mins a week on each song. and probs 30mins a day to keep my hands familiar with the instrument.

how long do you ACTUALLY practice a day?
really depends on my mood. somedays its 2-3hrs, sometimes ill go a few days without playing.

whats your grade?
none?
 

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Instrumental practice is cumplosory if you want to play your particular insturment well. Nevertheless, I find it such a bore and can not really be bothered. Currently preparing for grade 8 ameb, and I'm "ment" to be practicing 1+ hour a day. But who can seriously bothered. Truth be told, I'm only practising 30 minutes a day...

anyways.
what insturment you play?
how long are you ment to practice a day?
how long do you ACTUALLY practice a day?
whats your grade?
1. violin && piano
2. 2-3
3. 2-3
4. lmus and 8
 
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Instrumental practice is cumplosory if you want to play your particular insturment well. Nevertheless, I find it such a bore and can not really be bothered. Currently preparing for grade 8 ameb, and I'm "ment" to be practicing 1+ hour a day. But who can seriously bothered. Truth be told, I'm only practising 30 minutes a day...

anyways.
what insturment you play?
how long are you ment to practice a day?
how long do you ACTUALLY practice a day?
whats your grade?
1/ piano and viola
2/ about 2 for piano i guess. i dropped viola for this year.
3/ LOL. how about 1hr a week for piano :) , 1/2hr viola a month if im lucky!
4/ lmus and 7th
 

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1/ piano and viola
2/ about 2 for piano i guess. i dropped viola for this year.
3/ LOL. how about 1hr a week for piano :) , 1/2hr viola a month if im lucky!
4/ lmus and 7th
jeebez. :jaw: you guys must all have some crazy blood running through you
1hr a WEEK gets you to lmus. shit. Im just barely making my grade 8 quota with 4 hrs a week.

good on ya
 

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jeebez. :jaw: you guys must all have some crazy blood running through you
1hr a WEEK gets you to lmus. shit. Im just barely making my grade 8 quota with 4 hrs a week.

good on ya
well atm its only about 1hr a week. before exams its mass practice time!, maybe 3hrs a day.
 

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AMUS.. in year 10?
omg. get out.
its actually quite common..
i had the opportunity to take AMUS exam in yr10 ( i cbb and quit lol)
and my friend took it the first time in yr 9
im sure many here have taken it around then

1/ piano and viola
omg u serious u played viola, hardly ever meet a viola player...

Nevertheless, I find it such a bore and can not really be bothered.
well thats a shame then, back when i played i THOROUGHLY enjoyed practicing, maybe ur not enjoying it enuf and shud possibly quit..



and now in answer to ur ACTUAL questions lol

1. Piano, violin, viola, organ
2. 2hr, 1hr, 1hr, 1hr
3. 2/3hr, 1hr, 0hr, 30 mins
4. 8, 8, 8, 8

(mind u i dun play any of them anymore lol)
 

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omg u serious u played viola, hardly ever meet a viola player...
well now you have :D
nah, i picked up viola at the start of year10 coz i like strings and there werent many violists.

and now in answer to ur ACTUAL questions lol

1. Piano, violin, viola, organ
2. 2hr, 1hr, 1hr, 1hr
3. 2/3hr, 1hr, 0hr, 30 mins
4. 8, 8, 8, 8

(mind u i dun play any of them anymore lol)
holy. 8th g in all?? are you doing music for hsc?

envy you music nerds :(
not a music nerd, more music-obsessed :)
do you play anything namu?
 

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not a music nerd, more music-obsessed :)
do you play anything namu?
wellll....

i used to play piano for 7 years then i stopped...now i suck

then i started playing guitar for a year, then i stopped..now i suck

then i started playing flute for few months, then i stopped...
you get the end of the story, right? :(

I seriously need to start doing some solid piano session after hsc
 

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well now you have :D
nah, i picked up viola at the start of year10 coz i like strings and there werent many violists.

holy. 8th g in all?? are you doing music for hsc?

lol thats why i started viola, back in yr8 lol

haha nah i dun do music for HSC, a bit of a waste some may say, but i enjoyed it XDD




lol namu, u'll become piano virtuoso a couple of years out of skool...
 

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lol thats why i started viola, back in yr8 lol

haha nah i dun do music for HSC, a bit of a waste some may say, but i enjoyed it XDD




lol namu, u'll become piano virtuoso a couple of years out of skool...
you don't know how admired i am of people who are good at musicla instruments.

i just want to be good at piano so that i can play some korean music :) (And sing it at the same time....that would be my ultimate goal :)
 

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you don't know how admired i am of people who are good at musicla instruments.

i just want to be good at piano so that i can play some korean music :) (And sing it at the same time....that would be my ultimate goal :)
hahaha

i USED TO spend all day sitting down at the piano, listening to dream theater and attempting to play it XDD (if u hav heard dream theater's music, its almost impossible lol)

korean music aye...all i know is big bang lol
 

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lol thats why i started viola, back in yr8 lol

haha nah i dun do music for HSC, a bit of a waste some may say, but i enjoyed it XDD
did you play violin before that?

noo why didnt you do music? its such a bludge if you enjoy it/know something about it already!
 

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