@MUCP 301 - The Art of Practicing

3 Credit(s)

Do you ever feel frustrated or bored in the practice room? Do you wish you had better practice strategies? This course will explore effective and expressive practice methods that will help you get the most out of your practice sessions. You will learn to analyze problems and find technical and musical reasons behind difficulties, and learn how to approach solving them. You will learn to analyze others’ practice techniques and your own through performances in class, and will keep a detailed practice log that will reveal trends in your practice time and effectiveness. Open to instrumentalists only. As warranted.