
1. Warm up
2. Technique
3. Sight reading
4. Repertoire development
5. Reviewing completed material
Warm up: Best advice I ever got? Go for a brisk walk before practice. Work up a sweat. Then your brain will be ready to work.
Technique: Slowly with a lovely tone, play some scales, chords, and arpeggios. What ever the teacher assigned. Play with joy.
Sight reading: Good sight readers just play the piano, like you can read a book. A skill that can be learned with practice.
Repertoire development: Attack those pesky bits in your new pieces.
- listen to a recording
- be sure about the fingering
- use a metronome
- play really really slowly, give your brain a chance
Away from the piano? Listen to the music you want to play. Go to concerts, be inspired.
Cheers,
David Story