How many hours do you practice/play a day?

[ll Mr Blonde ll]

Title says it all, how many?

[mi2tom]

I practices a little, I play whole day long, I never can sit down and practice

[carlos grijalva]

I don't "practice" i just play, and i don't time myself, just play till i get distracted or tired.

[Ozzdoc]

lol , don't count it but I'm very strict to myself, but I just really love playing.

5-8 hours normal, days when I don't have any "responsibilites" (work, etc..) can go a lot more..like in the double digiits :P

Yea, I have no life...

Now that I got a new 550, my parents are getting mad! lol, to much racket! Wait until I get the Carvin V3...just wait...now that's going to be racket!

[brothersnowgone]

I don't practice much anymore, but jam to songs I like for the most part. I'd estimate about 2 hours a day on weekdays, and maybe 5 or 6 on weekends. I used to play and practice a lot more, but I'm not as dedicated lately, but it'll pass cause it always does.

[BLAKK:JAKK]

I "practice" 30 minutes...1 hour later I practice more 30 minutes etc etc

BLAKK:JAKK

[fettouhi]

Around an hour these days or less.

Regards

André

[Mike7771]

At least an hour sometimes a lot more.

[cool_no9]

2-3 hours per evening split like the following:

10 minutes warmup
15 minutes theory review
45 minutes technical exercices varying from arpeggios, hammer-ons, pull-offs, legato, sweep, alt. picking, vibrato, whammy, tapping, etc..
30 minutes scales (chromatic, major, minor, pent., blues, modes, exotic, etc..)
15 minutes of rythm, riffs, licks (trying to come up with new ones)
30 to 45 minutes of improvisation (rock, blues, jazz, fusion)
~30 minutes freetime for composing my own stuff and create tracks on my PC.

[andy7jem]

Not as many as i'd like to, or need to
Seems harder to find the time when you get older!!!

[mike2558]

about 2 hours a day. although it's been less lately because I just finished exams and now there is world cup and I also just got a new video game.

[JJEMMER777]

I don't practice at all anymore other than band practice. (3 to 4 hours 2 nights a week) I used to practice everyday....but it made me suck

Sorry, I don't spose that's very motivational is it

[spkenn5]

i used to do 6 hrs... school days = 3 hrs, summer 1-2 hours

what matters is how long i can focus on it... =)

Originally Posted by JJEMMER777

I used to practice everyday....but it made me suck

i think it doesnt, i forgot who said it, but ive heard this before, if you practice everyday, your brain would probably getting all these stuff you learned, but your body or mind couldnt feel that you're learning lots of new things, so it is natural if you think you didnt get anythign at all when you practice everyday, it happens to me when i was doing those 6 hours, i was like damn when can i get fast!! but now it pays off, even though it wasnt even fast but i was faster than before and of course much better than before

[JJEMMER777]

Yep, your right.

Just a phase I'm going through I guess, but I'll be back at it. I have noticed I'm not as ~sharp~ and ~crisp~ or as fast as when I was practing more, but I'm way more creative.

Trade off I guess

You younger lads! Don't listen to me, lol

PRACTICE makes perfect

[ll Mr Blonde ll]

Lately i have been feeling like i HAVE to practice atleast 5 hours a day and if i dont, i feel like total crap. Its wierd because i have never really felt that way. I seem to be not to do anything with friends or stuff because of it. Anyone else experience this before?