Practice routines & schedules

The core of the site: how to structure a 20-minute session, how to practice so it actually improves your playing, and how to build a weekly schedule you can keep.

• A 20-minute practice routine — and a weekly schedule

  The four-part structure that makes short daily practice work, plus how to fit it around a job and a life.

• How to practice piano (the right way)

  Slow, small, and focused beats long and mindless. Here's how.