Practice Habits: “Memorization” Problems
“Memorization” in quotes because the goal of studying and practicing is not to memorize a sequence of obscure musical symbols…
Practice Habits
Priceless lessons in replacing a very short list of unproductive study and practice habits with a very short list of highly productive study and practice habits…
Practice Habits: Four Stages of Competence
Four Stages of Competence: A framework for measuring progress on the road to mastery… with implications for both students and teachers…
Practice Habits: The Proper Mindset
FACT: The quality of your music-making is absolutely determined by the quality of your study and practice habits…
Practice Habits: Before We Begin
What more honest and inspiring way to begin a study-practice session than with a sincere meditation on Gratitude…
Practice Habits: Mental Rehearsal
Mental Rehearsal: An incredibly effective way to deeply internalize your music almost anywhere and anytime, even away from the piano…
Practice Habits: An Introduction to “Musical Mind”
An invitation to the mind-blowing reality of “musical mind”–something that should be the very first lesson for each and every piano student…
Practice Habits: Divide and Conquer
Did you ever notice how you can play the first few bars of a piece so much better than the rest?
Practice Habits: Studying? Practicing? Exercising?
Lesson Goal: To understand that studying, practicing, and exercising are three very different behaviors with three very different goals…
Practice Habits: Stop Wasting Time
This is so important that we need to scold ourselves in bold letters with three exclamation points… STOP WASTING TIME!!!
Practice Habits: Slow. Things. Down.
Everybody knows that slow practice works wonders for your playing, but how slow is slow?