Practice is essential to learning music; the more you practice, the more quickly you will grow as a musician. We strongly recommend a minimum of twenty minutes of practice, five days a week.
1. Practice slowly and carefully, thinking constantly of what you
are trying to accomplish. Concentrate on the work at hand
and avoid automatic practice.
2. Repeat each difficult part in the music until it can be played
three times in a row correctly (once is accidental, twice is
coincidental, three times mastery). Merely playing the music
through once does not constitute practicing.
3. Incorporate the proper rhythm, fingering, phrasing, articulation
and dynamics in your practice from the very first time you play
a piece. Playing the correct notes is only a very small part of
learning music.
4. A few minutes of thorough practice are worth hours of
haphazard, careless work. You've heard it said that
"practice makes perfect", the truth is that only perfect practice
makes perfect.
5. Remember, no question you have is unimportant.
That is why you take lessons. Communication between
student and teacher is essential to learning.
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