How Much Should I Practice Piano Everyday? 

How long do you practice the piano everyday? Also, remember to share this with someone who NEEDS to do their practice!!

I practice from one to five hours everyday. I took lessons as a child starting at ten to eighteen. Stopped practing regularly. Then at age 54 had three heart attacks and a stroke. I lost my memory of piano but was determined to get it all back. Now at 58 I practice 1 to 5 hours a say and can play Moonlight sonata . Yaaaa

As an adult, I'm actually practicing more than as a kid, because I'm better at time management. I practice 20 minutes before work, 20 minutes after work, and then 20 minutes in the evening. I learn more this way than if I practiced for 1 hour straight. I've been able to keep this up for a while now, and I'm pretty proud of myself 😊

My music teacher said, ” never let the day come when you say, I used to practice every day!”

20-30 minutes before bed, and 20-30 minutes after breakfast, every day. The leap in progress from having a good night's sleep is amazing.

Wrong. You should practice 40 hours a day.

My advices are: practice as long as you have fun, play as slow as you feel comfortable, compose and play your own music from the first day on.

Sleeping on it. That’s how I learned chemistry.

Had to laugh... my lesson IS on Thursdays, and I do cramp practice on Wednesday and Thursday morning to target 10 hours s a week! Thx for the video... I will now try to do an hour a day instead. BTW, I am 69 and started lessons at 65! Loving it!

I practice three times a day for 15-30 minutes per session. I find that having short practice sessions is good for my focus and it helps me get results in really short progressions. It's nice to see that when I'm struggling with something in the morning, it goes better in the afternoon and I'm more comfortable with it in the evening.

Mindfulness! I can feel when the piano is separate from my body, and then I know I'm not in the mindful state. Immersion is so important to practice.

I practise in the morning about 1 to 1 1/2 hours on either my pieces or what I like to call my Nuts and Bolts: scales/arpeggios/dominants/diminishes/triads. And then in the afternoons I do the same amount of time but opposite to what I worked on in the morning. I will do that for 4 days, then chose a day on the weekend that is my Piano drill day and I run everything together. Then I get out of the house and walk, return and sit down and just do my pieces. Doing this and adding a lot of patience, and understanding that there is no ‘short cut’ or ‘magic’ to learning the piano just repeat, repeat, repeat makes me continue to play this instrument. Because practice is the only answer; steady, consistent practice. I’m an Adult Beginner piano player and am entering my third year of playing, yes I regret I never took piano as a child but am pleased that I started now as an adult and I just can’t stop. What a fulfilling and rich world to have music!

THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING SLEEP!! My students think I'm crazy but it's true, so much learning happens when we close our eyes. Great video overall.

I didn’t practice a lot when I was younger, before 14year old in average I practiced around 45min per day, when I was 14 I studied 2 pieces that was very hard for me at the moment(moszkowski’s op72 no2 étude and Mendelssohn’s rondo capriccioso) I started to be really methodical, and doubled my practice time. That year I really progressed a lot! When I was 15 I decided to take piano very seriously, I practiced at least 3 hours in average. In that year I studied one of my favorite piece: la Campanella! It was very hard, but by fighting in each jump, and trying do detach from the technical aspect and focusing on the music, I progressed hugely! After that I feel that no more piece seems impossible to learn Lol I increased my practicing time to 4 hours! And still progressing steadily! Now I’m 17, feel very comfortable playing la Campanella Lol That’s to my Great teacher!

I'm in my sixties now; I started to learn three months ago by reading books and I have been practicing piano an hour a day.

Thank you for these tips! I took piano lessons as a teenager for a few years and practiced 4 hrs daily. Then didn’t practice at all for about 10 or more years after I left home for college, med school and grad school. I am so glad to have music back in my life now and I practice ~2 to 4 hrs daily and probably learned well over 50 songs within the last year of practice :)

Thanks for that encouragement, Jazer! Lovely.

Thanks, Jazer Lee, your teachings made a huge difference in my life! That's exactly what I've been looking for in my music journey!

Jazer, you're not only an excellent piano teacher, you're also a great inspirational motivator! You carry your station on Earth well!

You have such a positive energy, and give great advice

My takeaway "Don't play through a piece just for the sake of playing through a piece"

That's how you succeed in everything you want to learn

The way you play Un Sospiro ...I'll take your advice on any level..that piece can bring tears to someone's eyes..it brought a tear to my eye..

Excellent advice. Thank you.

I love your energy and your attitude! I'm a total beginner and that first pc you played was beautiful! I've always been intrigued by the piano so I've decided it's time to learn. Wish me luck!

Honestly, I feel really lucky when I have a chance to watch a lot of useful things about the ways you mentioned to be better at playing Piano and more than that for my English learning journey as well. You are so professional and inspirational. Wish you be more sucessful and happy in life from Newzealand💝

Hi Jazer, I’m really happy to have found you! My lesson is on Thursday and I try to do an hour a day. I’m an adult so I feel my progress is slower that that of a child. If my daughter practiced as much as I do I’m sure she’d be brilliant but she’d rather watch RU-vid videos! I’ve sent her this one!

Thank you LOVE THESE CONTENTS !!!!

Best advice I've heard. Thank you for these videos.

Your videos are incredible and extremely informative. Thanks for the commitment!

I am so glad I found this. Started piano at 5 and had lessons and practised regularly for 17 years. At 22 I changed countries, my life changed and I gave up on it. Now at 56 I try to get back and increase my daily practise. Music is such a gift, regardless of achievements. Thank you for the inspiring lesson and all the comments that motivate me to do more. ❤️

Great tips. Thank you!

Great advice! Thank You. You explained some of the habits that I have so well that it's given me plenty to reflect on.

Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. A few things I would share about learning. 1. As an adult beginner, I have started enough other things to know if I can't play things slowly, well, I am not really in control. I learned that 35 years ago taking skiing lessons (as an adult). 2. Home alone I am very safe. The minute I try things on a different piano for my lesson with my accomplished instructor, it doesn't take much to knock me off the path. I accept that - instructor-time toughens me up. 3. Part of my fun with piano is watching that daily improvement, so I am motivated to keep up with hour long and longer practice sessions. 4. It takes about an hour and a half to really get confident and control the piano. I hope the time it takes to get there gets shorter and shorter. 5. If I can't do something - I CAN'T DO IT! That's my basic test, and my instructor gets it when I say that when I flub something at my lesson. 6. My new test is audio-recording my attempts to get something right. It is like a virtual audience that I am accountable to. One piece took me 20 tries - after practicing a ton(!) - to get it perfectly right. A couple weeks later I listened again and I had progressed even further past that, with better musicality. 7. Your video on sight reading is right on - no matter how tempting it is, DON'T LOOK DOWN! Actually, I was teaching myself sight reading and my instructor saw I could handle it well for my early level, told me I get an "A" for that. Thanks again for your video shares.

Every teacher should have their students watch this video! Thank you for posting! :)

Amazing teacher, I have learned so much from your teaching methods. Thank you

I have learned SOOOO much from your videos! I am learning a technically difficult piece, for me at least, and with your tips I am well on my way. It would have taken me MONTHS to learn this particular piece a year ago without all of your helpful videos. I can play it through now but will need a another month to really, really master it. I was so excited the other day after getting a particular difficult passage that I jumped around my living room....and I am 55 years old!

Really great advice Jazer...! I practice about 45 mins to an hour per day, and I have one 30 min lesson each week. It seems to be working well; I was a complete beginner 2 years ago (when I found middle C for the first time!), and have just started Grade 5. I definitely think as an adult it is much easier to dedicate time to practice, as most of the time we are only doing it as a hobby.

I am a senior adult beginner. I practice at least one hour every day. You lessons are so positive...they keep me focused and encouraged. Better late than never. Thank you so much .

Beautiful piece, beautiful hand movements. Thanks for the inspiration.

Thank you. I came across your RU-vid channel and I am using the information and I am improving. I had to go shopping during my practise time and I am gutted, I will do some in about 5 hours and I cannot wait. Please keep doing it.

I really appreciate you being so direct in your guidance: Need to be consistent, spend the time and being focused. It won’t come for free, but aim for a goal you want to achieve, like a song you like. You are a great inspitation.

I'm glad you mentioned quality, in addition to having your mind in it, it's also important to make sure your mechanics are correct, doing something the wrong way over and over again doesn't yield improvement it ingrains bad habits. You also have to be willing to honestly evaluate your skills and admit your weaknesses and work on them.

Really appreciate your videos. It's great to hear common sense for we who have no idea how to go about improving on the piano. Cheers

I just found out about you. This is a great video for me. I did piano lessons as a kid but had a 15 year hiatus. Getting back to it and the first video I watched was your video on sight reading tips. Thanks for what you do.

Hello and thank you for these super piano playing videos. I have always loved music and played guitar for a while but always by ear, 3 chord wonder :) . Now at the grand age of 80 I had the chance to buy a second hand keyboard and I promised myself I would learn to read music . I practice 2 x 45 mins a day. 7 days a week. I started on 1st dec 2018 , so it's all new and exciting. No teacher just yet but maybe later. Meanwhile I thank you for all the bright , cheerful and clear teaching .

3 hours a day. I wish I have practiced since I was young.

Thank you J. Lee

Thank you so much for these videos. :) They're really changing how I teach myself piano for the better.

Solid advice ! I try to practice one to two hours a day, six to seven times a week. Oftentimes, I will practice two or more times a day to give my brain a break from mental fatigue. I try to make it about quality and not so much about just ticking off 60 minutes on the clock.

My practice technique... Every day... Select a passage you're experiencing difficulty: 1. SLOW IT DOWN... with a metronome. 2. 5 Coin Method... Play the passage until you get it right. Move a coin from the left to the right... and play it again. If you get it right, then move another coin over. If you get it wrong, then start over again. After you ultimately move all 5 coins, you're almost there... because you have to get it right a 2ND DAY too! This is how you cement it into your BRAIN. 3. Increase the speed until it is correct and apply the 5 Coin Method AGAIN !! .... This is a sure-fired way to see real improvement.

you make so much sense man and so motivating. Thanks

Thank you...Great advice.

At least 40 hours every day. That includes winning 20 competitions and getting A+ in math, physics and chemistry at the same time.

And don't start your pieces from the beginning all the time!

I really love the quote The Magic of Piano Lessons Happens at Home! Thank y, Jazer!

Thank you for your videos. They are extremely helpful & motivating.

As a beginner, I'm aiming for at least two sessions every day, even if the second is only for 15 minutes.

Thank you for the encouragement. It felt like you were talking directly to me. I don't have a piano teacher, but if I did I would want it to be you. If you read this.......Thank You Lee!

It is so cool that i found your channel from now. I just start leaening piano within a year at the moment. I have practised one hour or one and half hour and sometimes even a week not depend on my situation 😍 I hope I could learn from you more from now on God bless you so!

I totally agree with your comments about daily consistent practice. I have proved that this technique really is the best. As a choir accompanist I try to practice at least 30 minutes daily and sometimes more. When I return to the piano the next day I find the music seems to have registered in my head and I feel more sure of it. Very wise advice, thank you.

Thanks Jazer! ;) Another thing very important is use metronome while you practice, I always used to mistake learning at the real tempo of the song, commiting the same mistakes or having a little bit dirty sound. Now since I force myself ALWAYS playing very slow and increasing the tempo I felt my playing is much more clean.

Thank you very much for this inspirational quote by Leopold Auer. Sir, I am a mathematics teacher and seriously I do not get a lot of time for practice. Today I was thinking to give up my keyboard career due to time constraint but you literally saved my life. Thank you very very much from bottom of my heart. A lot of my students ask the same question how much time should they practice mathematics? But now I got the answer in Leopold's quote. Thank you so much. God bless you.

Thank you so much!

I came across this piano lesson today and found your advice and music counsel very helpful. I enjoy playing pieces of music and your wisdom is so true. Persistants and time is the key to wonderful playing.

I practice between 15 minutes and an hour a day, depending on the day. I work 12 hour shifts, so it's hard to get in an hour in those days. Also, I break up my practice time. I'll do a few minutes first thing in the morning then at least once or twice more during the day. It's easier for me that way. I also split my time between exercises, practicing pieces I already know, and whatever the latest piece is that I'm working on.

Great info thanks ❤

These were really helpful tips, thankyou

if u want to be successful u need to practice 40 hours a day like ling ling does

I split up each session like this: - at least half an hour praticing on specific exercises I saw in my previous piano lesson - roughly one hour on pieces I actually like (jumping back and forth between pieces to avoid mental fatigue) - half an hour improvising - getting back to the first exercise for a while I have no clue if it's an ideal plan, but I do get some results.

Thanks man ❤️❤️

I practice every day for 1 hour. Will do this more consciously now. Thank you!!!

I had Spotify playing Un Sospiro when I stopped it to put on this video.

How much should I practice every day? This seems like a simple, straightforward question, but there is a lot more to it. I started on the piano back in early 2000, before RU-vid. I thought that I was practicing enough, about an hour a day or so. I took lessons (expensive lessons) and didn’t get much in the way of motivation or advice from my teacher. I quit after a few years because I felt that I wasn’t getting anywhere. I took it up again two years ago, except this time around there is a little something called the internet. I know how to get better, and it takes a lot more than an hour a day to get where I want to be. I don’t have much in the way of talent, but I’m motivated and I’m a very hard worker. I was before, but I just didn’t have any idea of how to go about being a better musician. Now I do. I have spells where I play a lot, and there are times when life gets in the way. I figure that 30 minutes a day is the bare minimum if I don’t want to creep backwards, and with two-hour sessions I can improve. I still suck, but that’s just how it is when you start this late in life.

Great practical advice

Great video. I need to get better at sitting down daily for effective practice. Also, I love the tip of practicing daily of the length of the lesson. Never heard of that one before. Thanks!

Great video! I practice 2 hours everyday. People always ask me "how do you progress so fast?" But they don't realize that having a teacher to guide you and practising everyday is essential.

I dont understand how can u practise for 15 mins only When i start practising, it usually takes me 13 mins to heat up :D so my sessions are at least 30 mins

Love the way you teach brother! I had to subscribe :)

Thanks for sharing 😄. It was informative. I am a guitarist but I wanna learn keyboard too. I want to apply this to guitar

I usually practiced for hours and didn't get enough sleep, woke up tired the next day. Then I decided to practice and make sure I got enough rest before practicing the next day. It really improve my skills efficiently, my brain just clicks like it remembers everything I've learned. Since that day, sleeping has become my hobby 😅

Agreed with every word

Great Video , very helpful , practical tips . Thank you .

I really like all your videos its really helpful.Thanks Jazer Lee

Hello Jaz,I practice on average of 50 to 60 minutes on five days. Thanks for saying “Be mindful ...” I usually pay attention on notes only and I’m terrible on time signatures. I’ve tried metronome 😔. Any practical way? BTW, I started my piano lesson a year ago at the age of 64. Thanks so much young man, M

Hey Jason. Love your content. Empirical, well-managed duration, and straight to the point. I'm an engineer on early 30s, without any musical education before. I bought a keyboard (61 keys) around 1,5 month ago. I love piano on recent years, without any specific reason. But I really want to learn playing it. I spent 1,5 - 2 hours on weekdays after work. My menus are: - fingering (using 60 hanon) - 30mins - scale & keys - 30mins - sight reading - 30-60mins (czerny op 599 for beginner) I haven't learned any classic song, since I'm really new. I need to learn the basic. Without a teacher, I learn from any resource I could find. 1) What do you think about my daily menu? Any suggestion? 2) How can I know if I'm ready to learn classical music? Any suggestion for beginner? 3) Is there any specific thing that I need to concern by practicing on keyboard rather than piano? Thank you and greetings from Indonesia. Regards.

Thank you so much for sharing! I'm just starting to rekindle my piano @60. God's Great Grace! An avid fan from the Philippines!!!

Your tips are quite helpful 🤞

I'm practicing about an 1- 1 and 1/2 hours daily.

Sleep on! I was right! I started practicing again about 3 years ago after 38 years break. Not taking lesson (yet). It took a while until my hands start moving. I practice 1- 3hrs a day. When I was struggling on Chopin Nocturne 9-2(I was on Czrney#30 level when I quit), I tend to get so frustrated because it didn't seem like I'm improving. So I cut off the practice time. Just stop when I got tired and sleep! Then I noticed I play smoothly where I got stuck on the next day... I don't know if my body gets rest and rebooted...but somehow I perform better. I don't mean it works all the time, of course, but yes, sleep on is a good idea! Thank you for your hard work for even the self learners like me!

You're so wise! 😊

Help me much to give time to practice,ty Sir

I don't know of my practice is any good and would like some feedback. I recently found a beautiful piece called 'Merry go round of life' from the movie Howl's moving castle. Everyday I sit down for an hour or two and I try to learn as much as I can; trying to mimic the same timing and such. Sometimes I can master 1 bar and sometimes more but I don't know if that's even called practice. I've struggled to find out what "being good at the piano" really means, is it the amount of piece you can play? your skills in sight reading any piece? What is the most impressive skill for the piano? Any kind of feedback will be really appreciated, and if you have any questions to further help you answer my question please send them right away! Thank you!

An interesting question: what if I "double the number of days", by sleeping every day 2 times 4 hours, instead of 8 hours once? Would this mean that my mind has double the time to sleep on and absorb new knowledge, or it doesn't work like that? Of course, this would not be practical, but interesting to know whether this would work.

Awesome 👏🏻 !

There’s no doubt that practice is everything and you make very small steps during instruction but the big leaps are made after blood sweat and tears have been shed in practice.🇦🇺 ☺️

I’m going to do 6 hours practicing in one day but take naps in between 😂

usually I try to practice 1h to 2h per days just before sleep

Thanks! Everything you say makes so much sense! I was repeating some part over and over again but could not realy remember it well at that moment, but the next morning I could play it. I dont know how to read music btw. but im learning piano from You Tube. About 2 hours a day.

You are a gem, thank you for your content