The longer I teach, the more lesson time I spend talking about how to practice in lessons. The most important thing to transmit in a lesson is how a student should work on their own.
Here are some great resources about how to practice.
Molly Gebrian on how to memorize
Dr. Noa Kageyama’s BulletproofMusician.com is full of great information about how to practice. One of my favorites from this site is his discussion with Molly Gebrian about how to go about memorizing a piece as you first learn it.
Christopher O’Reilly on “slow, slower, slowest”
It’s tempting to play a piece through at performance tempo or maybe just a little under. In this video O’Reilly explains why that’s not the best approach and what to do instead.
Deliberate Practice
Another article by Dr. Kageyama does an excellent job of summarizing how to do ‘deep’ or ‘deliberate’ practice.
He also offers an excellent step by step 1 week practice plan to help you implement deliberate practice.
