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Offline burzum0727

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Practice Routine Help
on: October 09, 2013, 07:36:48 PM
Hi everyone,
So Ive been studying theory for awhile now and am starting to put myself into a strict practice routine as Im mad at myself for not dedicating to it for the past couple years. I would be so much better off had I done it then. But better late then never.

Anyway, I have started setting up a daily practice schedule that I plan to add more to gradually as I learn more combining practice, and theory. I would like any tips or feedback that I can get especially from those more experienced than I. I know the C MAJ scale, Am obviously as well and the Cm. I am focusing on only majors right now as that is what according to what I have read is best. Heres what I have so far:

C MAJ
- RH - Forwards, Backwards 5X across entire keyboard
- LH - Forwards, Backwards 5X across entire keyboard
- Contramotion 5X
- Together - 5X
- Arpeggios - 10X each forwards and backwards

Ive started practicing sight reading and have some tools for that one is a note shooting game on pianochord.co and the other is presto keys.
I figured I should practice on that for a bare minimum of a half hour. I would like it to be more structured though, so help please?

Then I figured lastly I would work on theory for about twenty minutes or so, possibly with another run through my scale routine. As I go on and learn more scales I plan to add them to the routine which after awhile will have it extended past a couple hours. Does this sound ok? Thanks for any and all feedback

Offline j_menz

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Re: Practice Routine Help
Reply #1 on: October 09, 2013, 10:48:54 PM
Ive started practicing sight reading and have some tools for that one is a note shooting game on pianochord.co and the other is presto keys.
I figured I should practice on that for a bare minimum of a half hour. I would like it to be more structured though, so help please?

These note shooting type thingies are a complete waste of time. Part of what helps sightreading is learning the various structures of real music - chords and figures. You'd do a lot better trying to read actual music - generally easier stuff than you are actually learning to play.

Which brings me to another observation. Where's any actual music in your practice? Are you just going to play scales forever?  Get some actual music in there!
"What the world needs is more geniuses with humility. There are so few of us left" -- Oscar Levant
 

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