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Practice Essentials

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Instructor
Jonny May
Course
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
00:37:22

In this course, we cover the top questions our student ask about practicing piano – topics like hand coordination, memorization, how to structure your practice routine, etc. For each topic, we’ll discuss mindset, useful exercises, and simple tips & tricks to help you practice effectively.

We’ll be adding new lessons to this course each month, so stay tuned!

Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to learn and improve your skills!

Learning Focus
  • Practice Tips
Featured Reviews

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Helpful Guidance
Just a general course that provides good advice and guidance to maintain efficient practice and make good progress in learning the Piano. I noticed that much of the guidance herein is actualized during the course lessons as well.
Good tips
Conversation of methods for memorizing
Just starting...
The experience of the professionals and the incentive to be focused and methodic ... so much to learn!!!
Essential basic course for learning the fundamentals of piano practice.
Everyone will benefit from going through the lessons in this course. All those essential tips and techniques from the professionals who’ve put in the years of work needed to play the piano with confidence.
Much Needed
I’ve decided to start learning the piano again and kept wondering what and how to practice as a beginner. This course provided me with valuable insights on the process I need to follow to build confidence in my skills. Honestly, I believe this should be the very first course in the foundations program (learning tracks) as it addresses the fundamental questions that students have when they start learning.

Course Lessons

1
Practice Essentials – How to Practice
12:31

Learn the essential tools for effective practice.

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2
Practice Essentials – Memory
11:47

Learn the essential tools to improve at memorizing music.

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3
Practice Essentials – How to Coordinate the Hands
13:04

Learn the essential tools for hand coordination.

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Featured Reviews

View PWJ member reviews of this course!

Helpful Guidance
Just a general course that provides good advice and guidance to maintain efficient practice and make good progress in learning the Piano. I noticed that much of the guidance herein is actualized during the course lessons as well.
Good tips
Conversation of methods for memorizing
Just starting...
The experience of the professionals and the incentive to be focused and methodic ... so much to learn!!!
Essential basic course for learning the fundamentals of piano practice.
Everyone will benefit from going through the lessons in this course. All those essential tips and techniques from the professionals who’ve put in the years of work needed to play the piano with confidence.
Much Needed
I’ve decided to start learning the piano again and kept wondering what and how to practice as a beginner. This course provided me with valuable insights on the process I need to follow to build confidence in my skills. Honestly, I believe this should be the very first course in the foundations program (learning tracks) as it addresses the fundamental questions that students have when they start learning.
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