Actually, I prefer ‘practice makes permanent‘!

Here is a short article exploring some of the often contentious issues regarding music practice. In it, I discuss how informed practice works to consolidate learning and thus the importance of appropriate preparation on the part of the students before commencing.

I also examine how the teacher’s guidance during the lesson can make practice more meaningful and productive for the student, and how careful a choice of words can make affect attitudes towards it.  This is all of vital importance, because, as we know,  the majority of the learning takes place away from the lessons – and away from the teacher!

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