TRtrumpet Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 So txbands hasent been the most livelyest place lately so I though I'd start a new topic. So whats the longest you've ever practiced in one period of time with out stoping. My record is 5 hours... haha yeah im a nerd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyFlute07 Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 mine's not terribly long...maybe like 4. or that day of district tryouts. i skipped all of my classes to practice because tryouts were in the afternoon and i wasn't ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euro_euph06 Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 You wouldn't believe me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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itsstephenyo Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 i've gone just about all day once last summer. i woke up around ten, pulled my sax out around 10:30 and practiced until about 9 with a few short breaks in between. needless to say, i've never done that again. it was a little weird. i just really, really wanted to play my saxophone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRtrumpet Posted June 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 WOW. And I though mine was long, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euro_euph06 Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 I woke up about 7 am on a Saturday--ate breakfast, took a crap, etc. Started roughly about 8 am. Warmed up on lip slurs, progressed to tonguing (single, double, then triple), then went to scales (major, minor--natural, harmonic, melodic). Played them in different patterns (8/16, 16/32. tongue up/slur down, etc). Then I ate lunch and used the restroom about 1 pm--watched a little bit of the TV. Started up again about 2:30. Then I started to practice my audition music for wind ensemble auditions for college. That piece is a bioch. I ended about 5:30/6ish. Then I put ice on my lips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesnareguy Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 5 hrs. straight working on the four mallet etude for Region Band. I practiced and practiced, made it as good as I could get it, and I messed up on it at the 2nd round auditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claritone Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 Honestly, maybe like two hours. Usually I don't practice for really long periods of time, I just try to practice almost every day for at least 30-45 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sax5warrior Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 Its not good to practice continously if you practice for 1 hour, your brain only remembers 20% of what you practiced, so thats about 13 minutes of actual practice if youre going to practice for that long, i suggest you take frequent breaks for 5-10 minutes But i did practice 4 hours for TSSEC 1 hour before school 1 hour during class 30 minutes lunch 1 and a half after school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euro_euph06 Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 Its not good to practice continously if you practice for 1 hour, your brain only remembers 20% of what you practiced, so thats about 13 minutes of actual practice if youre going to practice for that long, i suggest you take frequent breaks for 5-10 minutes I disagree with these statements. But that is my opinion--as you are entitled to yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel_pablo Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 I disagree with these statements. But that is my opinion--as you are entitled to yours. There is an article I came across last night that says that taking breaks helps you make memories. Here's some quotes from the article... Coffee Break Brain: Study Finds Taking Breaks Helps Form Memories "David Foster and his colleagues say that when rats take a break while exploring an unfamiliar area, their brains instantly replay the information they've just gathered." "'This immediately suggested some kind of learning mechanism occurring at times when the animal has just had an experience, but has in fact stopped,' he says. Foster theorizes that this repeated rewind gives other parts of the brain time to process and store the information." "Perhaps we don't take breaks seriously enough," Foster says. "Perhaps we're wrong to expect all learning to occur on the job. Perhaps an important part of learning in general, and in jobs and at school, is occurring during breaks." link: http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view....le_id=218392812 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsstephenyo Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 yea, personally, i don't agree with that either. over the christmas break this past year i started learning my solo for solo/ensemble. i would do about four to five hours continuously everyday. after the second day, i had a page and a half of the music memorized. and i promise you, it wasn't anything easy. check out dubois concert for saxophone third movement. i prefer practicing in long sessions cuz i memorize things pretty easily. at the end of the first week, i could play the entire six page movement by memory. not cleanly, but i could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRtrumpet Posted June 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 i prefer practicing in long sessions cuz i memorize things pretty easily. same with me. i love practicing... lol. i never practice under like 2 hours. mostly more though. i'll do like 2 hours on trumpet then practice my sax for an hour or 2 later in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artishard Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 um, i try to determine a really great practice by how much i get done, not by time...therefore, my longest productive practice time would most definitely be 1 hour, 30ish minutes. sounds weak, but i get more done when i practice in short spurts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireAnnette07 Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 My record was about 3 hours...I had a break between my Pre-Area auditions and my region chair seating auditions. Needless to say, I didn't do so hot in the chair auditions. I got 41/58 or something like that. Amazingly enough, I still placed first in the 4A region Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TX Suh-nare Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 With percussion director: All night, 7pm-7am, usually 1.5-2 hr chop sessions at a time, so your wrists have lost all feeling and you're dead tired just in time to drive home. By myself: No comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRaider13 Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 (edited) You would think they would close these old topics or get rid of them Edited October 9, 2010 by TxRaider13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takigan Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 I've actually considered from time to time of going back and *bumping* a bunch of old topics that I think would be interesting to rekindle discussion for. We encourage users to resurrect old topics if they feel they have a new perspective to offer to the thread. As TxBands is an archive just as much as it is a community we will never delete dead threads unless there's valid reason to (SPAM, inappropriate content, uncalled-for conduct etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRaider13 Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 I've actually considered from time to time of going back and *bumping* a bunch of old topics that I think would be interesting to rekindle discussion for. We encourage users to resurrect old topics if they feel they have a new perspective to offer to the thread. As TxBands is an archive just as much as it is a community we will never delete dead threads unless there's valid reason to (SPAM, inappropriate content, uncalled-for conduct etc.) Ahh well I will do my part and look for one to bring back like "Word" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cfam Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 You wouldn't believe me. 30 minutes. oh, the perks of having full perfect pitch and ability to play everything near perfectly by ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nope Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 and modest too! You wouldn't believe me. 30 minutes. oh, the perks of having full perfect pitch and ability to play everything near perfectly by ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwood69 Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 I don't need to practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRaider13 Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 IDK the longest, but the shortest I have ever practiced was today, for 2min..I had a really bad case of puffy lips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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