Author: violinerin

Recording yourself playing can be a useful tool during practice. You can learn a lot from listening to yourself play.

Practicing in small amounts each day is more effective than practicing a large amount only one day. Repetition is the key to mastering fine motor skills. 

Always have a realistic goal for each practice session

Write notes in your music during practice because small details are hard to remember.

Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra 2021-2022

*tickets and details at lonetreesymphony.org

New World Symphony                    Friday, October 1st at 7:30 p.m.

Together at Christmas                  Saturday, December 4th at 7:30 p.m.

                                                                   Sunday, December 5th at 2:30 p.m.

Viola, the Viola                                  Friday, March  4th at 7:30 p.m.

Bravo, Beethoven!                           Friday, May 13th at 7:30 p.m.

Practice in a relaxing environment with few distractions where you can concentrate and get things done.

Never play through something until the very end of your practice time. Practice is for improving things, not for playing pieces from beginning to end.

Use different variations to work out a difficult passage. Here are some variations to try:  long short, short long, double each note, play each note of the passage the same length, play the passage at a very slow tempo, work the tempo up from slow to fast in intervals.

Break things down.  Work on short musical phrases or even a few measures and then put everything back together.

If you are feeling frustrated by practice, take a break and come back later.