Kinds of Practice

1. Warm-Up Time:
“. . . a time for activating and preparing the brain
. . . and the muscles.”

a. Use any of the manual or pedal exercises. Play them slowly with careful attention to the accuracy of your technique.

b. This is the stage for horizontal dissection. Play single lines from any trio. Listen for a legato line (where appropriate), the amount of space between repeated notes, shaping of phrases, adequate breathing time at ends of phrases, etc.