Practice Habits: How to Use a Metronome
Used properly, practicing with a metronome or rhythm track has the power to absolutely transform your playing!
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: Habits-R-Us
Fact: The progress you make in playing piano is absolutely determined by the quality of your study and practice habits!
Practice Habits: Managing Your Expectations
An honest and encouraging take on the ups and downs you can expect to have on your successful musical journey…
Practice Habits: Record Yourself
If I was allowed to give one and only one piece of advice to all piano students, it’s this:
Practice Habits: Quality First, Quantity Second
Quality First, Quantity Second! In other words: Study First, Practice Second!!!
Practice Habits: Small Doses, Repeated Often
A short and sweet lesson on why doing a little bit every day beats doing a lotta bit once a week…
Practice Habits: The Cycle of Motivation
Illuminating and inspiring insights into the Cycle of Motivation and how to generate self-sustaining upward spirals of success…
Practice Habits: Micro-Lessons
An illuminating collection of truisms that should be the foundation for all our everyday Practice Habits…
Practice Habits: Fundamental Failures of Music Education
Fundamental Failures of Music Education, the predictable consequences, and what we teachers can do about it. (Hint: It’s not the student’s fault).
Practice Habits: The Pareto Principle (80:20 Rule)
A huge insight regarding effectiveness and efficiency that’s guaranteed to elevate your study and practice habits!