Beginners practice plan! – WKMT

Beginners practice plan! – WKMT

I think we all need practice which is created for personal needs. The challenge of learning an instrument is getting through the obstacles we face in our daily practice.

TIMING

When most students start out, a minimum of 15 minutes and a maximum of 45 minutes at any given practice session should be enough to get going. Decide how much time you have and how tired you are on the day and divide up your time into four sections, scales, sight reading, technical exercises and finally pieces. Keep the ratios similar whether you are practicing for 15, 30 or 45 minutes.

 

DAYS OFF

A suggestion for students is to practice every day and have one day off or two potentially, if they don’t practice on the day of their lesson.

 

THEN SCALES?…

Start with scales. Why? Scales will warm your fingers up..

Remember, practicing is not playing! You can make mistakes, in fact this is the ideal opportunity to do so.

We are NOT playing or performing when we practice.

 

NOW SIGHT READING!

Then, follow with a new sight-reading piece. Here you can work on rhythm and incorporate some technique. Playing some separate finger technique exercises like Czerny, -called the best book to learn piano for some people- will also transform your playing quite quickly giving you greater accuracy and speed.

Here is a list of some of the best piano books for beginners, that everyone can use to practice. You can take one and work with it for two or three weeks and then change, so you have some variety.

1. Improve Your Sight Reading – Paul Harris
2. How to Blitz! Sight Reading beginner- Samantha Coates
3. Bartok Mikrokosmos Book 1
4. Czerny Op.599
5. Sight Reading: Piano Music For Sigh Reading & Short Study, Preparatory Level – Diane Hidy

Best books for beginner children:

1. John Thompson – Easiest Piano Course Book 1
2. David Blackwell – Piano Stars Level 1
3. Pauline Hall – Tunes for 10 Fingers
4. Faber – Piano Adventure 1
5. Dogs and Birds 1
6. James Bastien – Level 1
7. Dame Waterman- Me and My Piano

Best beginner books for adults

Some of the best books to learn piano for adults:

1. John Thompson – Adult Piano Course
2. Alfred’s Basic Adult All In One Course
3. Damon Ferrante – Piano Book For Adults: Teach Yourself How To Play Famous Songs, Read Music, Theory and Technique
4. Pam Wedgwood – It’s Never Too Late To Play Piano
5. Amy Appleby- Piano Pieces For Adult Beginners

 

FINALLY YOUR PIECE 🙂

Finally, when you come to practice your pieces. Take weak sections and make the mistakes until you get things right!

 

Remember that consistency is the key!

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