>On average, these [violin] masters practiced in 90-minute spurts, three times a week There must be a lot of context missing from this statistic, or it is simp

>On average, these [violin] masters practiced in 90-minute spurts, three times a week There must be a lot of context missing from this statistic, or it is simply untrue. The suggestion that one can master a classical instrument with only 4.5 hours of focused practice a week is absurd. I've spent most of my life playing the Violin, alongside many different levels of professional musicians. Low- Mid-level professionals start at 3 hours a day of solo practice, not including group rehearsals. Most prodigies, those that go on to be soloists, are practicing 6-10 hours a day by their teen years. Without fail, the people that put in more effort, both in focus and in hours, are better players. Maybe Pinkus Zuckerman or Itzahk Perlman only practice 4.5 hours a week these days, but they certainly didn't in their prime.