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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not a musician or teacher but I have a 7 year old who practices piano for an hour each day. He has been playing for a year and I was wondering what type of commitment is required for older students OP.  He has a very serious teacher.[/quote]

OP here. Our oldest practices up to 3 hours a day sometimes (like around competition time) with a few short breaks. He is now in middle school so when the homework load is too high practice time falls by the wayside. The younger one practices about two, but I figure even that isn't going to be sustainable with the other things she wants to do.[/quote]
Thanks OP.  Hopefully someone answers your question but I do thank you for answering mine and I will be following this thread too.  Right now music is a novelty for our family.  Neither my husband nor I have musical training and our son will finish both primer/ Level 1 shortly.  Since my son is doing so well, teacher pretty much abandoned primer half way through the third set of books and moved to Level 1.  He's learning one of the last songs in Level 1 for the recital. He hasn't yet been graded.  In the fall, he will have his first graded performance. Everyone thinks he is doing great but sometimes it already feels like a lot of pressure so I wonder about the proper balance.  I never wanted any of my children to do anything too competitively outside of school.  I always wanted them to have enjoyable activities for enrichment but we feel like we are getting sucked into this world more than I would have ever imagined.  I love that he is doing so well but I want to keep perspective as when he is an adult, I don't want him to remember his childhood as being " piano".  Maybe as he gets older we will see that he is not as talented as we think he is now and that will be a blessing.  I feel for you OP.[/quote]

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