Practice Ideas for musicians of ALL AGES

1. Practice difficult parts in chunk! (Every 4 bars or so)
2. Link two chunks together!
3. Start at the end instead of the beginning.
4. If you mess up on section practice it until you can play it 5x perfect before you move on.
5. Don't play the parts you can already play.
6. Write in the counting for difficult rhythms.
7. Mark accidentals.
8. Practice in a quiet space at the same time every day WITH A MUSIC STAND.
9. Use a metronome and SLOW down before you can go faster.
10. Use a tuner and warm up before you move on to other music.

Please, choose AT LEAST one of these to use each day in practice. On Tuesday 3/24/20 please tell me which practice idea you used and how you used it, what piece you used it in and how long you practiced.