Practice Plans

Song 1: Sparrow, piano piece	Phase 1: Warm up with scales and arpeggios, listen to song all way through, play through song half-way through	Duration:   10-15 minutes
	Phase 2: Go back to parts I struggle with and go over them multiple times, record these parts and identify what is the problem, practice what I hear is the problem	20-25 minutes
	Phase 3: Play song half-way through and record when confident, listen back and identify further problem areas and make notes	5-10 minutes

 

Song 2: My Favourite Things—Jazz Arrangement	Phase 1: Listen to song, print out lyrics and sing through with backing track, work with accompanist and find tabs for guitar for a jazz arrangement	Duration:   10 minutes
	Phase 2: Go though song and record and identify problem areas, work on them until confident	20 minutes
	Phase 3: Record and go through whole song, record and make note of further problem areas	5-10 minutes