Good practicing

So summer's almost over and school's about to begin. Schedules are changing, and it can be hard to fit in time to practice the piano. Practicing for about 20-30 minutes for beginning students is ideal, but on the days where that may not be practical, spending 5-10 is still good. Even though you may only get to practice for a short time, it will be time well spent. For those days that you do get to spend more time, try to follow somewhat of a routine. Start out with scales and your finished song from last week as a warm-up. Then, continue to work on last week's song and try to make the little changes we talked about in the last lesson. If you passed all your last songs, then begin working on the new one, trying each hand separately until you feel confidant with each one. Sometimes a new piece of music can be frustrating to learn. If you feel like a piece is too hard to do on your own at home, try putting it aside for a little bit and try one of your favorites that we've worked on before. Sometimes taking a break and then going back to a hard piece will actually help make it easier! :)