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It has been claimed that 10,000 hours of practice is
sufficient to master any skill to a professional level.
On the piano, I suspect I've put in a few hundred hours,
but
I honestly have no idea. Do I have another 9,730 hours
to
go until I have mastered it, or only another 9,520? This
could
be important if, for example, I were faced with a
terminal illness of predictable duration and wanted to be
sure I could play well at my funeral.
I propose, therehence, a pianodometer. A microphone
inside the piano is connected to a threshold detector and
to
a non-resettable timer circuit, and thence to a discreet
display. As soon as the circuit detects a note being
played,
the timer begins to increment. Silence for more than
ten
seconds causes the timer to stop. The display will run up
to 9,999 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds.
Practice Bench Timer - Prior Art
Practice_20Bench_20Timer
Measure hours at piano, not just playing it [csea, May 26 2013]
[link]
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I've heard that claim also, but I'm afraid it has inconsistent results. For example, I've put at least 10,000 hours into thinking, and I'm still a complete idiot. |
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Yes, but if you'd stopped short of 10,000 hours you'd
probably be only an incomplete idiot. |
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Well, I guess that proves wrong all those who said I'd never complete anything. |
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I baked this in 1976, but based it on hours spent at the bench, rather than actually playing. [link] Some of the practice is silent, running through phrases in the mind, etc. |
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Should it be calibrated for standard length when playing Stride? |
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I think there should be a switch in each key so it counts every keypress. Not too hard to bake with an electric piano. |
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(+) This is an idea that is bound to get some mileage. |
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(+) because ... well, why not? |
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It should sense what piece you're playing (or trying to play) and keep a running total for each piece. This would be great for piano teachers to instantly refute students' claims ("I practiced this for 6 hours this week, it's just too hard!") |
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