Daily Practice Schedule

A serious student should practice three to four hours a day1. Here is one way to help you jugle the different areas of work.

A two-session day A three-session day
08:00-09:30 Session #1 (Playing duration: 60-90 mins) 08:00-09:30 Session #1 (Playing duration: 60-90 mins)
11:00-19:00 Lunch, Rest, Dinner, Other commitments 09:30-10:00 Rest
19:00-21:00 Session #2 (Playing duration: 60-90 mins) 10:00-11:15 Session #2 (Playing duration: 30-60 mins)
I do not recommend squeezing 4 hours of practicing into two sessions. 11:00-19:00 Lunch, Rest, Dinner, Other commitments
_ 19:00-21:00 Session #3 (Playing duration: 60-90 mins)

Session #1

  1. Warm up (2-5 min) - Low intensity
  2. Flexibility (~10 min) - Low-to-medium intensity. Open harmonics
  3. Stability (~10 min) - Low-to-medium intensity. Long tones,
  4. Mobility (~10 min). Scales, Clarke
  5. Rest (2-5 min)

Important considerations

  • Spread the sessions throughout the day.
  • Plan sufficient rest and try to be well rested for each session.
  • Balance high and low intensity work

On Warm Up

On Rest

There are many ways of structuring schedule.


  1. See an article about practice quantity. ↩︎

By Julius Pranevičius