Practicing Effectively For Quicker Progress – Part 1

Its important to get the most out of your time and effort no matter what you are trying to accomplish,musically or otherwise. You’ve probably stuff like heard this before but I’ll repeat it for you anyway…You’ve got to plan and then take action...

Practicing Effectively For Quicker Progress – Part 2

Last time we looked at the big picture for planning our practice and then taking a action to get results by working on the most challenging parts apart from the rest of the piece and then later putting it all together. Today I just want to say that it takes practicing...

Preparing For Your First Jam Session

I still remember the feeling I had the first few times I ever jammed with my friend who was a drummer.  Both of us were still learning to play.  Neither of us was that good at our instrument.  In fact I had never even taken a lesson and he only had only learned a...

The Importance Of Daily Practice

I recently re-learned a valuable lesson about practice that I have been telling my students about for years but not putting in to use myself.  That is the importance of DAILY organized rehearsal of something you are working on. I had lost track of the importance of...

Using A Chromatic Tuner To Practice

Most people think an electronic tuner is just good for tuning but it can also serve as a great practice tool. For this lesson you’ll need a chromatic tuner. If you are not familiar with term “chromatic” this is the type of tuner that displays what...