Practice Routine Recommendation

Use metronome and tuner in daily practice.

Warmups (10-15 mins): chromatic scales with various articulations; long tones with tuner (add dynamics for advanced practice).

Etude studies (20-30 mins): practice “patchwork style” (small section by section); single out difficult areas and practice with various rhythms and various groupings; start with a slow metronome marking and increase tempo incrementally. 

Sonatas/Concertos (20-30 mins): practice with the appropriate style, articulations, character and phrasing for the musical time period in which the piece was written; understand the harmony structures.

Record your playing and listen back right away. Note what went well and what did not.

Voicing the intervals.

Practicing the articulations with your speaking voice.

Keep practice log.

Keep weekly lessons.

Practice tips for tricky passages will be addressed during lessons. 

For example: using note groupings, breaking the patterns, altering dotted rhythms, and mental practicing.