practiSe! practiSe! practiSe!

Training Band students should be aiming for 10-15 minutes of practice every day (or at least 5 times a week). Pick a time that works for your family and stick with it - you will see the benefits in no time!

NOTE TO PARENTS:

As parents, you don’t need to be a musician or have any musical training in order to help with your child's practice. Encouragement on their efforts and progress at home and helping them to persevere with the regular practise when the practise gets tough is hugely important and can make all the difference to your child's enjoyment of the program, not to mention their success on their instrument.

The number one thing you can do to help your child achieve success and enjoy the band program is to encourage a regular practise routine. Studies have proven that a child who practises a minimum of 3 or 4 times per week is far more likely to love music and succeed than one who rarely practises at all, or practises sporadically.

In the early stages of learning a musical instrument (training band level), 10 minutes of practice each day is all it takes. The important thing however is making sure that these short amounts of 10 minutes are regular and consistent from week to week - it is the regularity of the practise that makes the real difference.

Learning a musical instrument takes time and is not something that provides instant gratification but it is well worth the effort in the long run!