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[quote=Anonymous]Different poster here (but familiar with Emil Chudnovsky's studio).

I don't think all of Emil's students practice daily. He understands that students have commitments and life events that may mean that they barely pick up the instrument during a given week (or don't pick it up at all) -- students get sick, have finals week, have travel sports that take them out of town, etc.

[i]Most[/i] teachers in the DMV that don't have explicitly preprofessional studios are tolerant of students who don't practice daily, although they certainly encourage it strongly.

However, students will certainly make far more progress if they practice daily. To simply maintain physical strength, speed, and flexibility, a student needs to be playing at least 30 minutes daily, although some may get away with as little as 10 to 15 if very efficient (and blessed with the physical traits).

Emil does expect that if he asks a student to do something, they'll do it with what time they have available, rather than faffing off, though. In other words he expects some focused effort to follow instructions, even if that focused effort isn't applied daily.

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