Practice Environment 1

(checklist 1 of 6 from the article A Healthy Practice Environment)

Instead of an article, this month I would like to pass on a series of checklists to help you and your student examine your practice process.  Practice is the most time consuming part of learning the instrument, and the part that happens without any teacher supervision, so it is worthwhile to re-evaluate from time to time to make sure you are on the right track.

What does our practice area look like?

• Out of major traffic paths
• As free as possible from distractions like the TV, telephone, computer, and sibling interruption
• Place to store music and practice notebook where they are easy to access and refer to
• Accessories (footstool and seat cushion for pianists, chin rest for violinists) ready to use

Try to mark one thing from this section that you want to add to your practice environment!