Observe the curve of quality in your piano practice

I often get asked how long a person should practice, but the honest truth is that I don't like giving time-based recommendations. What's more important to me is the quality of a person's practice, and that's impossible to gauge from a time-based threshold.

My more qualitative way of thinking about practice lends itself to visuals, so I'm back at my whiteboard to show you the visual I use to help me think about my own practice. I hope it's helpful for you!