I am talking about practicing 8 hours a day and not one day off a week. How long would a newbie like me take to become good, very good and ultimately a concert pianist?
I am talking about practicing 8 hours a day and not one day off a week. How long would a newbie like me take to become good, very good and ultimately a concert pianist?
Did Greg make you jealous?
that is a GOOD way to screw up your wrists
There's a clown who published a book called 'Outliers' that would tell you 10,000 hrs
you likely never get there. but count on more than 12 years.
stephen santiagoog wrote:
I am talking about practicing 8 hours a day and not one day off a week. How long would a newbie like me take to become good, very good and ultimately a concert pianist?
Reach down and pull your bootstraps up. Simply that easy. If only
stephen santiagoog wrote:
I am talking about practicing 8 hours a day and not one day off a week. How long would a newbie like me take to become good, very good and ultimately a concert pianist?
Basically next to impossible because you are trying to teach your fingers repetitive muscle patterns and coordination, which is natural for children but difficult for adults.
You are going to have to learn to read music and get a teacher. You don't need to practice 8 hours a day as a beginner. More isn't necessarily better.
It just seems like a completely odd idea, but it's your life if that's what you want to do. Prove me wrong and do it.
virtuosos are never self taught
About the same time as it would take you to train to out kick cole hocker.
do you realize how ridiculous this question would sound if applied to running? if i work my way up to 80-100 mpw and never get injured, doing high quality training, how long would it take for me to become a pro runner? the answer is a big fat "it depends" and if you don't have the genetics it ain't happening. could you become very good? absolutely. but eventually you're competing for spots with people who have the right genetics AND did all the work.
stephen santiagoog wrote:
I am talking about practicing 8 hours a day and not one day off a week. How long would a newbie like me take to become good, very good and ultimately a concert pianist?
Without being gifted, no amount of practice will turn you into a virtuoso or concert pianist.
Unless you have a strong music background, you will never become a virtuoso while self-taught. You need a teacher.
Also, piano is like running in that it requires you to gradually build up fitness. If you start at 8 hours a day, all you will do is injure yourself. Start with a teacher and 30 minutes / day and build up.
Oh, and while you may achieve a high level of skill, most people are not capable of becoming concert pianists, even if they start as children.
stephen santiagoog wrote:
I am talking about practicing 8 hours a day and not one day off a week. How long would a newbie like me take to become good, very good and ultimately a concert pianist?
Firstly, even for professionals any daily practice over 4 hrs yields significantly diminished returns and may be counter productive. You’d be better off spending this time learning aural skills and basic music theory or just (actively) listening to music.
However when starting out it’s best to limit yourself to 30 mins to 1 hr in the early stages. Otherwise there’s a risk of injury but more likely you’ll be training in bad habits which you won’t be able to untrain further down the line ie. stiff wrists and shoulders etc.
Secondly, this partly depends on the style of music. Concert pianist as a profession is basically out. It’s the music equivalent of ballet dancer. You need to start young.
You could still become a very competent player in 10 years. Much easier with a good teacher but more expensive.
Well, first of all, you would have to build up gradually to 8 hrs ( think of deciding to run 150 miles a week...that would take ages to get there...without injury). then, you would have to have a highly developed music sense. You would need great "ears" and the natural manual dexterity to play up to the highest level. Think of this analogy: " If I train for 100miles a week, how long would it take to be an elite runner?". Well, how long?
stephen santiagoog wrote:
I am talking about practicing 8 hours a day and not one day off a week. How long would a newbie like me take to become good, very good and ultimately a concert pianist?
When you're in heaven . . . because if you believe you could become a virtuoso this way, you probably believe in heaven, too.
arunnerinwa wrote:
Unless you have a strong music background, you will never become a virtuoso while self-taught. You need a teacher.
Also, piano is like running in that it requires you to gradually build up fitness. If you start at 8 hours a day, all you will do is injure yourself. Start with a teacher and 30 minutes / day and build up.
Yeah bro, you’re gonna pull a pinky muscle. You need recovery days.
It's like saying anyone who runs over 100mpw will become a world class marathoner
stan the corgi wrote:
It's like saying anyone who runs over 100mpw will become a world class marathoner
Perhaps if he studies quantum physics 8 hours a day he could become Einstein, too.
If you practiced running 8 hours a day every day, how long would it take you to become an Olympian?