Technique-Focused: Your Step-by-Step Piano Practice Routine

Join me for a technique-focused practice routine designed for late beginners to intermediate piano players. Spend 35-45 minutes a day following this clear-cut routine to enhance your skills.

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If you've ever wondered how, what, and when to practice as a self-learner, this series is for you. We go through the entire Faber book together, step by step. I also give you supplementary exercises and pieces that go hand in hand with book 1.

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[marcusvaldes]

Your studio is amazing with all that natural light.

[shermiesdad]

Again Susan, I can't thank you enough. Your Faber follow along course along with your other videos is the help and inspiration I've needed for years

[natassiatavares]

I notice that too, if I practice at night I'll get better when I wake up. I use night time to learn new chord progressions (very beginner here), train them a lot a lot and when I come back the next day, I'm way better at it, that way I can focus on the melody on the next day because the chord progressions are handling themselves already.

[jorgeparr]

Thanks Doctor 🎉🎉🎉❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤

Awesome lesson 👏 🎉🎉🎉

[lawrencetaylor]

Merci.
When I practice scales I add the modes, but I start with the Lydian, the only one that sharpens a fourth.
Then I do Ionian, Mixolydian, Dorian, Aeolian, Phrygian, Lochrian, and another diminished scale that also flattens the fourth. By doing the modes in this order, I'm going down the colours of the scales.
I also learned the Rule of the Octave this month and have started trying to learn this in every key.
And every day I practice sightreading. I have a Bach Chorale book laid out with two, then three and four voices. I have the Faber (British version) and La Méthode Rose (bilingual French/British). But the method book that helped the most was John Thompson (French). I hadn't made much progress with Faber and LMR, but I just breezed through Volume 1. My piano teacher noticed a big improvement, and wants to work with Volume 2.

[birdiewritepa]

Just what I needed today; thank you for this focused routine (and your Faber Follow-along Course)!
2:18 Warm-up; 3:05 (Easiest) Current repertoire; 3:40 Technical exercises; 4:15 (Challenging) Supplementary piece; 4:31 (Controlled) Play through pieces.

[Gwyndon]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I am an adult and have been playing 2.5 years with a teacher. Recently I have felt lost when it comes to practicing. This video has saved the day! I might have to look into you Faber Adult beginner program, instant subscribe to your channel.

[ohmycatcher]

Thank you for the advice. I'm going to practice again✊

[williambunter]

Very encouraging. Thank you. Practise slowly; succeed quickly!

[brant]

This was so helpful, really love this structure, thank you

[forsaken]

almost at the end of my first year of self teaching, and just starting the faber adult piano all in one level 2. I did all of level one with all three song books. Now that I'm getting more comfortable with playing, I decided to get a few supplemental books to work on along side the Faber stuff. I got Macfannon's Scale and Arpeggio Manual, Czerny's Op 599, and First Lessons in Bach. I already had the Improve Your Sight Reading books, but I'm gonna start using them.
So my new practice routine is: Scales and Arpeggios, followed by some sight reading exercises, followed by working on a Czerny exercise for a short time, followed by a Bach piece for a short time, followed by the main study being whatever I'm working on in Faber.

[Etienne]

Great advice - helps with organizing a practice session

[Rubiegarden]

Hello, just subscribed to your channel, the Faber follow-along course and ordered the Faber book I. I have really started practising seriously in January with a teacher once a week. Your method seems like the perfect touch to add to my practice and improve both my technique and music theory! Thank you for sharing!

[stateazure]

Can you tell me what the piece is you were playing at the start? It's really beautiful! Thank you.

[williammarkland]

Keep the faith. Your subs will increase - hockey stick model..

[judethedude]

Could you do a video on practicing for a longer time

[AzeveidoMateus]

For some reason everything I play is improving but I’ve been practicing minute waltz by chopin forever and no matter how much I practice it I still play it sloppy.