Which part of the day are the best times for you to practice? When
can you concentrate best? When can you absorb and analyze information most
efficiently?
Have you ever used a tape recorder during your practice sessions?
Do you keep a practice log decribing what you have practiced? Do you
spend the right amount of time practicing warm-up exercises, technique,
sight reading, ensemble repertoire, solo repertoire?
Do you keep a notebook of your lessons material? How do you remember
what your teacher tells you?
If your teacher were present, would you practice differently? How so?
Do you have a good warm-up routine?
Do you practice sight reading?
Do you have a method for working on technical problems?
How much time do you practice?
How long do you practice at one time? Do you take breaks?
How do you approach a new piece?
Do you analyze the music you are practicing?
Once you have isolated a particular difficulty, what do you do to overcome
it?
How do you work on interpretation?
Do you plan you practice sessions in advance?
Do you use any of these in your practice?
Metronome
Tape recorder
Slow practice
Varying rhythms or articulations
Visualization: imagining you are playing a passage in your mind
Learning the accompanyment or instrument/vocal part(s)
Do you make specific goals when practicing certain passages?
Do you leave your practice session with a clear idea of what you have
accomplished?
Are you discovering your own identity as an artist?
Do you practice to become aware and remove bad habits and clich*s?
How often do you perform?
Do you decide what the piece means to you, what the composer's intentions
are, and how you can communicate these ideas?