How to Start Practicing a New Piece

1. Look at key signature and play the associated scale.

2. Make note of the time signature.

3. If you got instructions from your teacher, say them to yourself. It’s even better to write them down!.

4. Look through the piece and draw brackets around the hard passages that you will spend most of your time practicing. Don’t just keep playing through the piece.

5. At the end of your practice session, play through the piece for fun and to see how your practice has improved your playing of the piece. Don’t be frustrated by the passages you still can’t play or play well. That will come in time!