My darling wife likes mandolin music - it's the practicing of scales and "licks" that bother her. After awhile I'll notice her standing in the the doorway with a request to move on to something else. Anything else. I'm lucky because I usually get home an hour before she does so I'm able to do my bashing then. And after she goes to sleep I can get in some quiet time without bothering her out in the front part of the house.