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Location: south east Michigan | Yeah, its another intrusive, personal question. But...why not?
If you would, how many hours per week do your fingers spent on the fretboard? Not time thinking about it or time changing strings. Actual chordin' and strummin' time.
Between practice with my buddy Brian T, the little time I squeeze in before work, and various free time, I'll probably get in 6 hours.
And Dave....uke time counts as double. :D |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I try to get in a minimum of 30 minutes a day of "real practice time"...running scales, practicing picking, working on strumming rhythms and timing and always try to fiddle about when watching a basketball or football game on tv(2-3 times a week).
Some evenings when I am in the home studio recording, time slips away and I end of spending 3-4 quality hours.
I am going to guess around 10 hours a week of actual fretboard time. |
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Location: Converse, Texas | DOes mando time count -- since it's an Ovation? |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...if you count banjer time... it's about 6 also... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Practice 1.5 hours, Church Service .5 hours, actual home practice 1.0 hours.
Time spent at work wishing I was playing - FOREVER! |
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Location: south east Michigan | Okay...here's the rule...any type of fretboard counts.
By putting an real amount on the time spent makes me want to carve out more. |
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Location: SoCal | How much time do I need to spend on just three chords? |
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Location: NJ | never enough |
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Paul - stop kiddin' around; we all know you know FOUR chords.
My estimate is four or five hours a week. It should be more, I know. |
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Location: SoCal | Probably 4-5 hours per week. Searching for that elusive 4th and 5th chord. |
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Location: NJ | Lately, it's been pretty much "whenever I gig" . . . . |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | 1-2 hours a day although the fingers sometimes never touch the strings, just the slide. |
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Location: NW NJ | Between rehearsals, worship services (3) and practicing for the joy of it and so none of my babies feel neglected - about 6. Less than that and my callouses start too soften up ... :p |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Not counting re-engineering & rehabilitation efforts, about 4 hours a week. Seems like I'm always "tweaking" something. Maybr I ought to rename "The 'O'rphanage" to something like "Seesquare's Salubriations", eh wot?! |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | My Guess is 30 minutes minimum, 1 hour max a day 7 days a week, plus 2 hours live every tuesday night. Most days it's at least an hour..just repeating the 4 chords that Moody taught me at the last OFC gathering!
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Location: SoCal | Nice to see somebody was paying attention. Keep working on them! |
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma | 4 to 6 hours a week, 8-10 occasionally .... Now I know why the little woman wonders if I love my music more than her!...
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Location: SoCal | 4 to 6 hours a week, 8-10 occasionally .... Now I know why the little woman wonders if I love my music more than her!...
I guess I'm doing it right then. 4-6 hours and occassionally 8-10 hours per week is how much time I spend making love with my wife. No wonder she's happy with me! |
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Location: Vernon, CT | About 30 minutes per night if I'm lucky. In short not enough and I have ten guitars (5 Ovations) just begging to get played every day. Oh well, such is life! Play On!
John L.
Custom Legend 1779-USA
Legend 1777-LX
Balladeer 1771-LX
Std. Balladeer 1771
Tornado (1970)
Takamine 12 String
Martin D16GT
Fender P-Bass (1975)
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Location: Central Oregon | I occasionally miss a day or only get in 15 minutes at lunch, but generally I play at least an hour every day. Some days (like today) two or more. When I go play with other people every week or two it's usually for three or four hours.
Good idea for a thread Brad.
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Location: Waurika OK | I usually try to play at least an hour a day. On Friday nights when I play with the guys, adds another 2-3 hours.
Now we know why Moody only knows three chords. And by the way, the ability to play those three chords, or is it four, for 8-10 hours a week will probably outlast the ability for the 8 - 10 hours a week of "the other". Eventually reality sets in, might want to learn a few more chords for the years to come.
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | It's sorta wierd how we all spend about the same amount of time strummin' each week. I do about 30 min to an hour a night maybe five nights a week when I am motivated. I vary the type instrument, right now I am experimenting with my electrics and the Pignose 40 that my son lent me when I complained that my 100 watt solid state acoustic amp (that he gave me) didn't give me the sound I wanted with my electrics and the 60 watt 80's Carvin 2 channel tube amp my daughter lent me was not something I wanted to get attached to because she might want it back. My kids are vying to please me with amps and I, of staunch OFC moral character, store their amps at no charge to them and play them frequently to be sure they are OK at no additional charge.
I play my mandolins at least 2 or 3 times a week to keep my fingers supple and entertain my old shepherd dog who loves acoustic music played late at night before we go to bed. She is the perfect audience, having no preference, never shouting "play Orange Blossom Special", she just lays on the couch and goes asleep loving, at least I think so, anything I play.
My acoustic guitar is my other late night therapy, played sometimes with finger picks kapoed up high for a ringing banjo like sound, or just picked in plain old country 3 and 4 chord classics, or sometimes I get out my song book and sing some of my favorites (I have a book with 1000 country songs, most of which I have heard at some time in my life.) Hank Snow fits in well here as he sang and played a monster flat top melody line.
Once in a long while I uncover my keyboard and play with strange accompanyments to familiar songs, I can play great melody with my right hand, my son came over and started playing complicated songs with both hands and made me look like a duffer and took away some of the pleasure, the only consolation was that the time he had to learn that kind of stuff was given to him by me working many hours while they were growing and playing at home and with their friends, something I always encouraged them to do and they used what they learned to play in my bands so it was worth it.
Something is calling right now, so good night sweetheart, it's time to go, and play something.
Thanks for reminding me.
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Location: NC | About 5 hours........... |
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Location: Toronto | I'm envious of all you guys... I'm lucky to hit 2 hours a week... which could explain why I have to keep my day job :( |
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Location: Germany | I try to do a minimum of 1/2 hour a day on the strings, but my two girls and my work on killing cancer cells in the lab allways try to make it less :( .
But on Fri nights with the band it could be more than 4hrs and we only stop for a fast shot of beer. Then on Sa I allway have this Ringo Starr problem :) . |
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How much quality time?
