PRACTICE PRACTICING...
Learning to practice efficiently takes practice!!! Good
practice is a skill. This sheet will help guide you to
efficient practice. Turn in extra sheets from practice at
home or in the gradeout time of workshop & it will count
as 3 points of enrichment!
Name of piece you are working on
_______________________________________
What spot in the piece are you working on
_________________________________
Describe how you decided that you needed to work on this
spot.
What is your goal in your practice - what is hard about this
spot? It might be
- difficult rhythm
- difficult note / fingering patterns - awkward
fingerings, or sticking / rudiment patterns
- too high, too low or too hard to control
- difficult dynamics
Be specific about why this spot was difficult for you? ("I
didn't understand the rhythm" or "I could do the counting,
but I couldn't play the spot & keep track of the beat"
or "The combination of flam & triplet kept tripping me"
or "The notes bobble when I slur between them" or whatever
describes your issue)
Describe what techniques you used to tackle this spot.
About how many times did you practice this spot in one
session? ___________
Describe some of your successes or frustrations.
What are your future practice plans for this spot?
(optional) Is there anything else you want to say about this
experience... (Did you learn something about your
instrument, or about you as a practicer, or about practicing
in general, or about the piece of music. Was the practice
session useful? Did it feel like a lot of work? Was it fun?
Or....)
If you are using this sheet as enrichment points (3
points), you may keep it and continue commenting on a
particular section over the course of a number of practice
sessions. Add each day's comments below -- be sure to date
the comments & add more pages as needed. (1 additional
point for each extra day on this spot.)
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