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How much practice for violin?

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tiredmumneedssleep · 10/09/2023 02:08

Thanking you in advance for your advice!

My daughter is 12 and will sit her Grade 6 violin exam in November. She currently does 7 hours of practice with almost 3 hours of private lessons and another 2 hours spent playing in orchestra each week.

Her teacher has asked her to practice more.

I wanted to check how much time she should be practicing.

Her practice is currently quite targeted, with around 15 minutes of scales and exercises and then another 45 minutes focusing on specific parts of a different piece each day etc.

I do not come from a musical background, so would really appreciate advice. Thank you!

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trader21c · 10/09/2023 02:23

That sounds a decent amount of practise to me! DD only ever did 20/30 mins and that was a struggle to get her to do! Her friend (who went to music school) did a few hours daily 😗 She does however happily spend hours on a tennis court so it depends if it’s really their passion.

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