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Hi all,
I'm about to start a new job which means my regular lessons for the past year or so will have to be put on hold for a while - possibly up to a year.
In the mean time I want to keep up my playing and would appreciate some advice regarding a practice 'regime'.
What exercises would you all recommend I contine doing to stop me getting really rusty? e.g. what scales are the most important (I'm learning principally to play romantic era music)? How about arpeggios or any other exercises I could try to fit in around my new job?
Thanks,
Siden.
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OK, I'm probably not the best person to answer this, but I hate that you have 34 views and no responses  What level music are you playing? I think the most important thing is simply to keep playing, every day, even if it's just for 5 minutes or so. Don't push yourself to the point of frustration, but do play things that are challenging enough to stretch you a little. Anyway, good luck and you can always post here for advice, sympathy, support, etc. Elaine
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Hi. I'm guessing you already have a good regime set up with your current teacher. You should continue along the same path if that has been working for you up until now. Also ask your current teacher how you can proceed with some level of success without them at least for the next few months. Good luck.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!  piano>>>>>>life itself
music to me is kind of like putting together pieces of a puzzle
i call it the paino because its where i put all my pain
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Sorry to hear that you are having to give up lessons. Have you considered something less drastic? Keep your hand in (pun intended) by having a lesson once a month or something.
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Try Heller op 47 and op 125. Some of the etudes are not difficult and they are very beautiful in melody. You could also send recordings to your teacher for feedback.
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One thing you might consider is to continue with the current series of lesson books you've been using. Give yourself assignments and practice as if you were preparing for a lesson. It's terribly easy to fall out of a practice routine once you aren't accountable to have practiced something for a lesson. Maybe have a friend listen to you play a piece you've practiced every week or so? Just some thoughts...
Ken
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Fortnightly lesson instead of weekly perhaps? Perhaps even monthly? Keep having lessons because that ensures progression even if it's slower.
Practise half the time but be very concentrated, objective and diciplined. Get a power nap before you practise. Rather than repeating a page or 2 over and over again for 2 hours, pick the difficult bits, separate hands, half tempo and do it 5 or 10 times then move on to the next difficult bit. The next day, do the same with both hands. The next day both hands but slightly faster tempo etc. The last day put all together and play through.
If you practise it this way, you'll actually progress faster with less time compared with mindlessly and repeatedly trying to learn a piece from start to end.
Good luck.
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Fortnightly lesson instead of weekly perhaps? Perhaps even monthly? Keep having lessons because that ensures progression even if it's slower.
Practise half the time but be very concentrated, objective and diciplined. Get a power nap before you practise. Rather than repeating a page or 2 over and over again for 2 hours, pick the difficult bits, separate hands, half tempo and do it 5 or 10 times then move on to the next difficult bit. The next day, do the same with both hands. The next day both hands but slightly faster tempo etc. The last day put all together and play through.
If you practise it this way, you'll actually progress faster with less time compared with mindlessly and repeatedly trying to learn a piece from start to end.
Good luck. Good advice. "Chunk and repeat." 
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