PRACTISING

Dear students, practical examination is around the corner and I hope these top tips finds you well. Do make good use of this june holiday to have quality and intensive practice.

Practising:
1. Practise regularly.
2. Plan your practice session before you begin it.
3. Tackle short sections at a time.
4. Work at the bits you can't play, not the bits you can.
5. Practise slowly at first, only speed up when you're 'note perfect'.
6. Later, practise your pieces right through and keep going even if you make a mistake.
7. Concentrate and ignore any distractions.
8. Try to include warms-ups, scales, arpeggios, and sight-reading each time you practise.
9. Practise performing your pieces to family and friends, they will be impressed.
10. Enjoy it! Every second spent practising makes you a better player.

Love,
Teacher Julia

"If I don't practise one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it." Jascha Heifetz (1901-87)