Violin, Viola, and Cello Lessons

These are my practice recommendations for each level of musician.

Very Beginners: 10 minutes, 5 days per week

First Year: 20 minutes, 5 days per week

Second Year: 30 minutes, 5 days per week

Third and Fourth Year: 35 minutes, 5 days per week

Five plus years: 45 minutes plus, 5 days per week

Reward yourself after practice. Let yourself play straight through a piece or watch a show or anything that feels like a reward.

Warm-up before you practice. Warming up gets both your mind and body ready to practice.

Stay positive. Positive practice will motivate you to keep going.

Listen to different recordings of the piece you are working on performed by professionals.

Play the difficult sections of your piece every day that you practice.

Don’t practice mistakes. Slow things down until you can play them accurately and then gradually speed them up again.

Mastering an instrument takes a mixture of talent and hard work. Both are necessary.

Slow things down during practice and then gradually increase the tempo until you can play everything correctly up to tempo.

Memorize really difficult passages in your pieces. Playing them by memory will make them easier to play because you can focus solely on your instrument during the difficult part.