I am pretty new to piano, I am a Senior
in high school, and i also have been playing
guitar for 3 years, how long should i practice
piano each day?? and what should i focus
on practicing??

I have some books-Alfreds piano Library

but from you guys what should i focus on--I do Not know
how to sight read yet...

Thanks,

Matt

how long you are goin to practise is determined on how much you want to get better... you should at least be playing 30 mins..... I practise at least like 1hour and 30mins........ and if i were you id probly practise like an hour a day........ you should probly work on scales....(it helps you be able to "move" along on the piano) and you should most definitly be working on reading music... because you said you wernt good at that.....
good luck
jen

yeah thanks, I want to be very good, so
i know that practicing as much as i can is the best,
its just i don`t know exactly WHAT to practice
for that long?? ideas/books i should buy??

as i said i have the Alfreds Basic Piano Library books,
that my younger brother has used before me...

thanks,

matt

Well, scales and sight reading are really important things to learn and practice, you should try an easy piece from your book, and try sight reading it Slowly at first then you will pick it up, you should always practice sight reading atleast 15 min a day.

spend like 10-15 minutes on drilling exercises and/or scales, 10-15 minutes on reading music (to help get better at sight reading) and 20-30 minutes on real songs you can play. That is, if you`re good enough to have real songs (like fur elise or minuet in G, those are like the bare minimum). If not just work out of the book until you are good enough. That way it only takes about 40-60 minutes out of your day. Now me, I have high hopes so I spend about 90 minutes a day, but I`m gettin better. I`m only 13 so If I keep it up I might be playing Suggestion Diabolique or the Ocean Etude soon.
Hope that system works for you!

hey thanks everybody...i`ll take the suggestions.

There is one thing in the last post that
bothered me though, what exactly did you mean
by "real songs" are you saying the songs in
the lesson book aren`t real?? cause if you are
that`s a pretty stupid statement, there are some
awesome songs...

sorry I`m just trying to clarify what you meant??

-Matt

By "real songs" I think he meant pieces that u would like to play I guess... not any sight reading or finger exercises, just pieces that you want in your repitore.

8 hours is what you are supposed to. but whoever made this up clearly didnt go to school or have a normal life, just around two hours will do!!!!!!!!!!