I was super motivated to figure this out when I looked back on MONTHS of my copious notes and realized that the Cello teacher had been telling us the SAME THING EVERY WEEK. At that time I started calculating how much money $$$ was spent every week on “changing her left hand posture”. I felt disappointed and even angry.
Then I realized that if I FELT THIS WAY being a violinist, violin teacher, and Executive Director of a music school, what my non-musician parents must be going through and not telling me!
With the help of my very organized, solution-driven cellist sister, we came up with a way to take notes in the lesson, that narrowed down the expectations to be understood with simply three direct questions:
WHAT to practice
HOW to practice it and
HOW LONG to practice it.
BAM! Student results, achievement and retention went through the roof!
Parents were no longer trying to just believe that “practice makes perfect”, instead, they were understanding the goal of the week and FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS!!
Now parents were invested and involved in the daily steps of just “DONE is BETTER than PERFECT “
Little achievements add up to big weekly wins!
This method of understanding the "object of the game" was a game changer. Parents using this 3-Point Practice System of "Achievable Chunks", now had excellently trained children, winning auditions, competitions but mostly bringing joy performing for audiences who were so proud.
It’s almost too good to be true-a simple concept turned into an EASY guide that will change your daily practices from struggle to stress-free and DONE!