You’ve got your child startedd with music lessons. Awesome! There’s a lot of initial excitement and things usually start out very well…until a wall gets […]
How to Set Achievable Practice Goals
Whether you’re a budding pianist, a seasoned singer, or a beginner trumpet player, setting clear and achievable practice goals is essential to making consistent progress […]
Facts Vs Myths in Practicing Music
Learning music can be like learning a language. Sometimes, the process of learning the language can be easy, sometimes, it isn’t always as easy. It […]
Tools for Practicing: Put it Together Piece by Piece
This is the final post in my August series on practicing. You can find previous posts, here, here, here and here. This week’s post […]
Tools for Practicing: Repetition Makes Better
I’m on my 4 post of my series on Tools for Practicing. You can find the previous posts here, here and here. Today’s topic […]
Tools for Practicing: Look for Patterns!
This is the third in my series of Thursday posts with tools for practicing. You can find the first two here and here. This week […]
Tools for Practicing: Take It Apart!
Last week, I kicked off my series on tools for practicing with this post about going slow. Today, I’m going to write about another tool […]
Tools for Practicing: Go Slow!
I’m going to start a series of blog posts this month to help students of all ages with some tools that I’ve learned as a […]
Why Summer Practicing Matters
We’re early on in the summer, so many students still have this feeling: And there’s nothing wrong with that. A more relaxed schedule […]
Incorporating Musicality in Your Practice Routine
Many times, especially for beginners, the music doesn’t always sound very….musical. While the right notes and rhythms may be there, something is missing. Usually it’s […]