Babysaxgirl, you are right in the button. One hour a day is fine, and two hours is great. The main thing is not to miss a day. I practice about two hours a day on the average. Every day is the keyword, even if it is for five minutes. You will always progress from the previous day. Sometimes you will level off, but you won't backslide. Decide on someting that you really want to learn along with your regular studies Talk it over with your teacher. I'm sure that he will work with you on it as an incentive to you. I practice on the average about two hours a day. When you get burned out, walk away for a bit. Also I recommend to play as fast as you can for a while, and then stop. Take a a break, and then come back to it at normal speed. You will be surprised at how much easier it is to play. Best of luck to you :)

I usually practice between 1 and 2 hours a day on weekdays and generally over 2 hours a day on weekends. It varies, really, and to be honest, I don't pay that much attention to the time. That's not really what's important. What's important is that you're getting done what you need to get done, and that you're not missing days, of course. Btw, someone above suggested practicing fast and then slowing it down, and I have to say, I completely disagree. I used to do this quite a bit, but this technique really screwed me up. It's better to start slow and take the tempo up only when you have everything else perfect, imo. Once you have it up to tempo, it is still a good idea to take it slowly again every once in a while to ensure you are getting everything right such as articulation and evenness. I recently found this to be essential while I was preparing Claude Smith's Fantasia and the Ibert. Hope this helps!

I practice 1-2 hrs per day. You should have a schedule as to what to practice and for how long on each. I usually do scales for at least 30 min., then runs and excercises. Learn a song. I think you should try to learn a song as part of your daily practice session. Each day learn to play more of that song. There are many site on the web to download or print out excercises and runs. If you have need of some excercises to print out try saxlessons.com. There are 46 different ones to print. They get progressively more difficult from 1 to 46. They will fill up your practice session.

You probably practice more than most, babysaxgirl. I usually practice about 3 hours a week, sometimes more depending on my schedule. When I was first learning, I used to practice at least an hour per day, but I haven't had that much time with college, and my job. I play almost every weekend though, Fridays and Saturdays, even Sundays occasionally. I play a dinner show with a jazz quintet about every other Sunday. When I'm not playing as often I try to practice more to keep up my embouchre and keep my fingers limber. Sometimes, if there is a particular part that I want to learn, I may practice for a couple hours until I learn it. Jim

to be honest, i haven't touched a sax in about two weeks. I have played flute, though.