Playing the saxophone How often do you practice?

[half diminished]

Just wondered.

Pick your frequency and then your duration.

 

[Mamos]

Not often enough really

I would like to practice at least once a day but probably manage four or five times a week.

mamos

 

[losaavedra]

Again, not enough. Depends on what other things I have to do and sometimes a couple of weeks can pass and I'm not doing anything musical at all on anything. I don't personally feel there's any particular pressure on me to actually 'produce notes' but on the other hand I spend enormous amounts of time silently thinking about musical stuff of one sort or another. There's always mañana!!!

 

[Mamos]

Well said Mike.

I do spend hours reading books on music and actively listening to jazz in particular.

I don't spend half as much time as I should with the horn in my mouth but I working on it.

mamos

 

[Bari251]

I'm trying to catch up from a 40 year break from playing alto. My objective was to play like Paul Desmond before I was 75, but now that I have changed to baritone as my main instrument, I plan to play like Mulligan when I am 80. You are all invited to my 90th birthday concert performance. No point in having an achievable objective!
(Current practice piece is a transcription of Festive Minor solo from the 1953 recording)
Bari251 = Malcolm

 

[jonf]

Daily

I play every day when I can. Missed a day last week, due to dental anaesthetic making it impossible to play. On holiday this week without a sax, so will suffer terrible withdrawal symptoms by next Saturday.

 

[Sloth]

It's my 2 months anniversary today, aah!

I like 20 mins or so in the morning before I go to work (not early!) and at least that in the evening.

I'm currently trying to get my fingers to do semiquavers, but luck is not on my side as I can't keep them crossed while I do it 😀

 

[dooce]

I practice 3-4 times per week, but you can add to that the minimum 1 band rehearsal per week - OK not "practice" in the understood sense but any time spent with a horn in your mouth is good. For 12 years, the horn came out of the case only for gigs and band practice, so I have some catching up to do.....

 

[Taz]

I practice 3-4 times per week, but you can add to that the minimum 1 band rehearsal per week - OK not "practice" in the understood sense but any time spent with a horn in your mouth is good. For 12 years, the horn came out of the case only for gigs and band practice, so I have some catching up to do.....

I'm similar to Dooce, but my band don't practice (a concept I cant get my head around) I play about three times a week on average with some sessions lasting for several hours. As some of you know I busk occasionally and these sessions can be up to four hours, allowing for moving pitch and changing cd's etc.
With all this playing, how come I'm not a better player?... Beats me!

 

[Col9]

At the moment its only 2 or 3 times a week. But its 2 1/2hrs on a Thursday. 2 Hours on a Saturday morning and I can easily waste a Sunday afternoon messing around on either sax.

Works hectic at the mo, so not much time in the week. Still might not be a problem for much longer

col.

 

[Moz]

I play every day when I can. Missed a day last week, due to dental anaesthetic making it impossible to play. On holiday this week without a sax, so will suffer terrible withdrawal symptoms by next Saturday.

I'd like to see the anaesthetised saxophonist play, that would be funny 🙂)). I used to have enough difficulty drinking a cup of tea after a tooth job, let alone try to play the sax. I get round it now by not having anaesthetic at the dentist; try it, it's not so bad and you leave the dentist as if you had never been, lovely feeling.

I would love to play everyday and used to until the wife started doing four nightshifts a week, especially as I don't start work until 12.30 in the afternoon. Now I have to tiptoe round the house until it's time for work. By the time I get home at 8.30 pm it's a bit late to start blowing the houses down.

Moz

 

[JohnnyFletch]

I answered up to an hour at least once a day although the last few eeks have been very difficult so I haven't achieved much