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Level-up piano practice

Effective Piano Practice Part 1 – Levelling up!

Teaching students effective piano practice is vital to their progress, and it’s a big part of my teaching. Telling students to practice, and not teaching them how, is like a doctor telling you to reduce your cholesterol but not telling you which foods to avoid. Last October I read Philip Johnston’s ‘The Practice Revolution’, and I was…

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Effective piano practice

Effective Piano Practice with Clear Sections

Phase 1 – Section by section practice One section can be anything from 1 bar to 4 bars, but always include the first note of the next bar, this way your sections will overlap and when you put it all back together it will flow seamlessly. The way you split your piece up into sections is…

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Nicola Cantan is a piano teacher, author, blogger and creator of imaginative and engaging teaching resources. She loves getting piano students learning through laughter, and helping teachers to teach through games and off-bench activities, so that their students giggle their way through music theory and make faster progress.

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