I practice for 45 mins sometimes an hour and I wonder if it`s enough??

How long can you last playing the trumpet, I have a problem playing songs for more than about 40 mins and I`ve been playing for little less than a year.

I`m worried that I can`t play for a long time.

Dave

I don`t practice as much as I should :/ but I`ve been told that if you rest as much as you play, you`ll be able to play for quite a while.

I normally practice for one hour.

I dont practice at all any more but I really should, but I`d say 45 minutes a day is really good. Try to make longer sessions after a while, like every month add 5 or 10 minutes, and that will help build endurance.

i practice generally 280-400 minutes a week. but i play 3 instruments, so practice is very essential. (i play the oboe, bassoon, and tenor sax) most people in my band class only play 120 mins. a week and think that i am crazy. but oh well. i dont really know about the trumpet, so...sorry...

well,
i practice as much as humanly possible! try to practice at least 2-3 hours a day, and when i have new(er) music, not what we`ve been practicing FOREVER in band, i can get up to 3-4-5 hours, when i first started i played 4-5-6 hourse a day. (that was 4 yrs ago) but i play oboe.

really depends on WHAT you practice.

If you think you should be able to play for longer, then do some drills to build endurance.

5 minutes of CONSTRUCTIVE practice is better than an hour of fiddling with stuff that doesn`t challenge you as a player.

I hardly practiced at all when I started - I went to band once a week and had a lesson and still somehow managed to be professional by 18.

So take it from me - it`s not how long you practice it`s HOW you practice.

Oh, and boring as scales and technical excercises are - they`re gold.

2 hours a day stage band music and drills and every second day i practice an hour of concert band music. if i can get in more time for either band i will!!!