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cing

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a7stepguide
to practi
cesmarter
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ntroducti
on
Hel
lo andwel cometo thi
sshortl i
ttl
ebook,
calledperf
ectpracti
cingin7steps.

Thesepri
ncipl
esareuni
versal
,bothi
fyou
areabeginneroramoreadvancedplayer.

I
fyoul i
keto pl
aypoporj azzmusi
c,anduse
allthesemethods,you’
llquickl
ygetbetter
results!

allthesestepsarecommonsense.However,
asihaveexperiencedoverandoverdeali
ngwith
students:I
tisnotcommonpracti ce.

ihopeyoul i
kethi
sl i
ttl
ebook.
ifyouhavequestions,
cont actme:
support@popj
azz
onl
ine.
com
 step1
tuneyourpi ano,
tuneyoursel f

Tunei
n!

Weal lknow thatweshoul dtuneourpianos

Whatdo Imean?
Whenyousitdownbyyourpi ano nextti
me:
seei
fyoucanbefullypresentwithwhatyou’re
aboutto do (
to practi
ce)
.

Bef
ore,Inormal
lywouldsitdownto practi
ce,
whi
leinmymindIwasal
lovertheplace.

I
fyoumanageto st
ayconcentratedandf
ocused,
thenyouaretunedi n.

al
so:Makesureyourpi
ano i
sintune!
 step2
connectanddisconnect

disconnect
-from facebook
-phones
-f
rom everythi
ngandeveryonethatcan
distractyouwhi l
eyouarepracti
cing

connect
-wi thyourself
.Makeyourpracti ci
ngyourti me
whereyouareal onewi thyoursel fandyour
musi
c.
-wi thyourmentor.I fyou’ rehavingaweekly
lessonwi thateacherone- on-oneorthrough
internet,now it’stimeto connectwi thhi
m/her.
-wi thyournecessaryprograms/ tool svi
ayour
computer,leavingeverythingel seoff
 step3
opti
mizeyourspace

yourspacef
orpracti
cingi
saspacewhereyou
shouldf
eelasgoodaspossibl
e.

weallaredi
fferent.Noteveryonecanaf
ford
havi
ngadedicatedroom intheirhomewith
asteinwaygrandpi ano.

But:Everyonecanaskthemsel
ves:
-how canimakemyspacebetter?
-whatcanido to unclutter?
-whatcanido to makemyroom (wheremypi
ano
i
s)moreattracti
veforme-
so iwantto practi
celonger?

ti
ps:
getagoodspeakersystem,apl aceto putyour
computerortablet,opti
mizeyouraccoustic
envi
romentso yourpiano soundsasgood
aspossibl
e
 step4
makeapl
anandstickto i
t

i
tdoesnotmatterwhereyouare,who youare
orwhatyouwantto achieve.

to getgoodatpl ayi
ngpiano youneed:
-Apl an
-discipl
ineto sti
ckto theplanovertime!

disci
plinei
sjustatoolyoucanusei fyouf eel
uninspi
red,orthatyoudon’ twantto practice
now.andal so:to grow,youneedto challenge
yourself
.don’tjustplaywhatyoualreadyknow!

to createyourplan,youshoul
dworktogether
withamusiccoach.

Warning:agoodmusicianisnotneccesarya
goodteacher.Agoodteacherisnotneccesary
agoodcoa
o ch.
Makesureyoufindateacherwho canworkf or
youasacoachandi nspireyouasamusi ci
an
 step5
getclari
ty

ihavewastedmanyhoursdoi
ngso cal
led“
practi
cing”

withoutcl
ari
tyiti
shardto getanywhere,eveni
f
youspendmanyhoursinf
rontofyourpi ano.

cl
arityi
sallaboutreflecti
ngon
-why,what,how,when,andwhereishoul
dpracti
ce

St
artwithwhy!
Whyi
sitimport
antto practi
ce?

To me:I
tistheonlywayto getasgoodasineed
to saywhatiwantto saythroughmusic.I
fyoulove
musi
c,i
tshouldbeeasyto answerwhyyou
shouldpracti
ce.

also f
orwhatto practi ce:startwi thwhatyou
do notwantto practi ce.
personal l
y,myabi l
ityto si
tereadcompl exmusi
cis
notthatwel ldeveloped.Idon’ tneedto become
agoodsi tereaderei
ther.It’
ssimplynotwhati
wantto f ocusmyl imi
tedtimeoni mproving.

whatdo youwant?
 step6
the3partpractici
ngprogram

af
terist
artedusingthe3steppracti
cingprogram,
myoverallski
llsweredramati
callyimproved!

25% warmup
Si
mpl
e:I
fyoupracti
cef
oronehour,spendthef
irst1
5mi
nuteson
warmupexerci
ses.

50% onyourmai npart(mainpracti

25% onwhateveryouwant
Payyourselfforstayingwi thyourpracti
cingplanforthe
f
irst75% ofthathour.
Now:Celebrateandexperi ment,pl
ayandjusthavefun!

bonustip:Useacountdowntimer.
Iuseaniphoneappcalled30/
30.

and:ifyouwantto di
stractyourselfbyplayingsomethi
ng
elsewhenyouarepractici
ngi nthef
irst75% ofyoursessi
on,
justdon’
tmoveonunti lyourti
merhasreachedzero!
 step7
copmlete

to pl
aypi
ano,youneedto workonyoursel
f.

Youdon’
tneedto completeeverythi
ngyoust artpracti
cing!
i
tshouldalwaysrel ateto your“
why”!

f
orexample:Ihavest
artedpracti
cingsomepiecesofclassi
cal
musi
cbefore,whereIdeci
dedthattheeffortthispi
eceofmusic
requi
resf
rom me,doesnotmatchupwi thmygoal sormy“ why’s”

i
fyouexperi
encethesame:qui
tpl
ayi
ngthatpi
eceofmusi
c.

I
nstead:studystep5,getcl
ari
tyandgo forthemusi
c
youreal l
ywantto pl
ay!

however:whenyouconnectwithyourwhy,thenyou
shoul
dal wayscompl
etewhatyouareworkingon.

i
fyoucompletewhatyoupl ay,youwi llf
eel
sati
sfi
edandyouwi l
lactual lyplaybetterasyour
sel
f-esteem goesup!

completeasmuchaspossi
ble,butdon’
twasteyourtime
practi
cingsometi
ngthatyouknow forsureyouwon’ t
needto pl
aytheki
ndofmusi cyouwantto play
 endi
ng
thanksforreadingthissmallli
ttlebook
perf
ectpracti
cingin7steps.

thesepri
nci
plesarei
nmanywaymy
phi
losophywheni tcomesto practi
cing

i
falltheseprinci
plesareappl
iedto your
praci
tingroutine,youwillexperi
ence
drama
m tical
lyimprovmentoverti me!

to getgoodplayingpiano t
akestime,buti
stronglybel
ievethatyoucanshorten
yourpathenormousl yifyouaddthesepri nci
ples.
Atleast,Iwi
shiaddedthem earlieri
nmyj ourney

takecareofyourmusic!
bestregards:Gj
ermundSi
vertsen