DrillTime Practice Guides

for students, parents and teachers

Short, practical guides from my lessons, each one answering a question I hear every week.

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Where to start

Pick the line that sounds most like you.

All guides

Each guide opens with a short answer you can use straight away, then explains the method, with a sample plan or table, key terms and common questions.

  1. Practise with a metronome

    Find your starting tempo, climb in small steps and fix the mistakes that hold most students back. It ends with a one-week tempo ladder.

    For students, 6 min read

    Read the guide: How to practise with a metronome

  2. Build speed without mistakes

    Short passages, small tempo steps and relaxed hands, so speed grows out of accuracy. It ends with a sample five-day plan.

    For students, 5 min read

    Read the guide: How to build speed without making mistakes

  3. Help your child practise every day

    How long children should practise, how to build a daily habit and what to say when practice is hard. It includes a simple structure for each session.

    For parents, 5 min read

    Read the guide: How to help your child practise every day

Five rules of good practice

Five habits from the guides, each linked to the section that explains it.

  1. Start slower than you want to, at a tempo you can manage three times in a row.

    Choosing your starting tempo

  2. Work on two to four bars at a time, not the whole piece.

    Start with a short passage

  3. Raise the tempo in small steps, and only after three clean repetitions.

    Raise the tempo in small steps

  4. Stay relaxed. Tension is the hidden speed limit.

    Stay relaxed as you speed up

  5. Practise a little every day. Ten focused minutes beat an hour once a week.

    How long should children practise?

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