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Old 06-03-2004, 10:58 PM   #9 (permalink)
dcstep
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dbacon
2 hours a day for a serious player is minimal.
This is overkill for those of us busy making a living otherwise. Two to four hours per week keeps me gaining range and endurance. (Of course, there's one or two four-hour gigs mixed in each month). Also, I supplement with the pencil excercise and lip-clamp-squeak (a BE excercise).

Learn to play properly and you don't need all that practice.

I'm not against practice for those that have the time. In high school I played 2 to 6 hours per day to gain most of my technical skills.

Dave
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