How do I schedule my piano practice?
>>How do I schedule?When I was your age, I found that when I set a schedule and blocked out certain times, I would stick with it. My normal routine was to get up at six a.m., take a shower, eat breakfast and practice at the same time. I left for school around seven thirty. After school I would practice for a few hours, go do kid stuff, eat dinner, then blow off the evening. When there was no school I’d practice from 7 - 10 then go do kids stuff. We lived on a lake so there was plenty of distraction. Eventually I secured permission and a key from the school to use the choir room and auditorium to practice so I got up at 5:30, my father dropped me off at the school on his way to work, I’d practice until homeroom and had my lunch and study halls transferred to the auditorium. In the summer, I had permission from two neighbors to practice on their pianos and three churches to practice on their organs. I would leave at nine in the morning by bike, hit the three churches and practice the same music at all three, then stop at the two neighbors’ houses for one hour each.>>What kind of habits/routines should I follow/make?For now, I think setting aside a certain block of time and never deviate from it would be good. Don’t overlook time away from the piano to run intervals, scales and songs through your head such as riding in a car or bus, lying in the sun, lying in bed, etcetera.>>How do I practice?Perfectly. It is very easy to practice bad habits and they’re difficult to break.>>>What kind of things should I pick out to practice and how?Whatever you like since you’re not taking lessons for the summer. Personally, I practiced for possibilities. Through the interlibrary loan system I borrowed hundreds of books and used them to practice sight reading. I also spent a lot of time sight transposing. I would often sit with a hymn book and sight sing all the parts to about ten hymns a day.>>>How much should I practice?There is no magic number for it is different with every person.Two other pieces of advice, listen to every record or song you can get your hands on. Read the liner notes. You don’t often find those on the internet but they often have valuable insight into the musicians and relationships. The other thing is to jam with other people. Find other instruments or singers and get together with them to make music. One jam session is worth ten practices and will show you what you have to work on. You can steal ideas from your friends and you’ll have fun.
How should I set up my guitar practice schedule?
It all depends on how long you have to play. I say, 15% warmups with chromatics 20% working with scales, utilizing different techniques 10% chords 10% arpeggios 10% learning theory 35% practicing or learning a song or spent writing your own material.
What is a daily practice schedule I can do to improve my hand independence on the piano?
This is what I do -- which may not be the "best" method:I focus on a major or minor scale every week, playing the scale 5-10 times along with its fellow chords and arpeggios. I use the FJH Classic Scale Book for this. I also recommend adding chromatic scales just to be thorough.I work on a Hanon exercise 5-10 minutes a day. (There are tons of books; just look for Hanon.) These are designed to improve finger strength and coordination. After a few weeks I move on to the next exercise.Then I do some octave exercises: C D E F G (both hands together in octaves) and back down, then up a half step and repeat through every key.I also suggest some sight-reading. It should be stuff that's below your level that you can get through okay on the first try. This will improve your sight-reading skill, which is a very nice skill to have.If you do all these for 15 minutes total (minimum), you'll build a good foundation. If you don't have 15 minutes, do 10 or 5 -- anything.Finally, work on repertoire pieces that have very different parts for the hands. This will train your hands to "think" independently of each other.
What are examples of good vocal practice schedules?
For singers, who sing, but wanna improve:At the beginning You'll need to work hard on EXCERCISES only!every day, includding holidays, week-ends etc.Before the morning meal - 15 mins of excersices with a candle40 min - an hour after the breakfast - 30-40 mins of soft excercising (quietly). Scales, chords parts of scales etc.Please ask in comments if more info is needed, I may write in the blog on soft excercisesVocalises (excercises) possible - up to 15 mins in full voice.After a month/two/three month of everyday practicing3-4 days+1 day break; Excercises and vocalises 15+x+x... mins (with breaks)As soon as You feel warm (warmed up, now I feel I'm gonna sing well) - STOP. That's Your point.After 6 month / a year / several years3-4 days+1 day break or longer sessions between breaks; 20-25 mins + break for 5 mins, (full voice)[again...][again...]Here You "teach" Your voice for durable singing. Mature singersEvery day several sessions x 1 hour and longerup to 3 hours with long breaks
What is the normal practice schedule for college football?
boyfriend will be playing next year so we will be moving to another state. just wondering if any one knows what practice schedules are usually like for any college football team? SERIOUS answers only please no "I don't know" or anything like that.
How do you practice the piano?
I go with Hanon, Liszt, Chopin and Scriabin. Honestly, I don't practice much. I've been playing for 3 years and suck. I suck compared to what I could be, I've been raising my practicing in my head- to practicing about thirty minutes a day. I'll practice by imagining and "feeling" the music- then I'll play. Physically, I need a lot of work. Right now, I'm working on Scriabin's etude d# minor, and Ballade no.1 Chopin & sadly, Liszt's sonata in b minor. The way I see it, everything is really easy. It's just a matter of patience in compressed time.Meaning, it wouldn't take longer than a month for me to learn the sonata in b minor- but i'm working in perfected chunks. So that won't take long! I love practicing. I just don't like playing on a weighted keyboard all the time, which is what I have. I sight read Mozart sonatas. I have the entire book. Then I have a rhythm book to help me. I play like a romantic. I don't care about other people's opinions on how I play. I can play the pieces correctly, but then I like to make them "my own". For the sonata in b minor IT TAKES WAY TOO MUCH PATIENCE. On the 3rd page in the schirmer's edition my hands are literally falling off- I have fetus hands. It's excruciating for me to play liszt but i want to!!!! I play slowly and deliberately- I freeze my hands and heave the sound out of the piano. I can never make a rough sound, always delicate but strong. Crashing waves, but pretty- you know? The ballade no. 1 is far different. It's poetic. I go above and being. I read Konrad Wallenrod and really tried to fully understand the piece. And that's what I do. I learn the language of music.
Typical high school soccer schedule?
Your typical high school player will play either club or summer league during the summer and this is usually two practices and a game a week. Tryouts start usually right before school in the northern states. These are usually two practices a day for a week or two. After that, there is practice six days a week with unless there are games in which case the game will take the place of that days practice. Tournaments are usually at the start of the season and consist of no more than four games over a week or so. The one exception is the State tournament which begins after the regular season and runs for three weeks with max of two games a week. The State finals and semifinals are played on back-to-back days. Here is a typical schedule: Tryouts (Doubles) - Last Week of August Practice - First week of school Tournament/Practice - Second Week Practice/Games - Third Week - 2nd/3rd Week of October State Tournament/Practice October-November (3 weeks)