How much time it really takes

The most common beginner question, with an uncomfortable answer: at least around 30 minutes daily, as often as possible. The first ten minutes of every session are warm-up — fingers and nerve pathways need them to get going. Below that there's often too little time left for substantial motor learning.

More is better, but not without limit: from about ninety minutes on, learning quality drops, concentration fades, the error rate rises. Two sessions of forty-five minutes beat one of ninety. And for those with less time: even twenty minutes beat nothing — just stay honest, whoever regularly practices below that learns slowly. That's not a verdict but a ballpark to set your own expectations against.