Plan

• What Chunks will you work on today?
• How will you work on them?
• Write down your plan. It’s ok if you deviate.

Do

Center ☀️

• While listening to a drone, allow the body, breath and mind to relax.
• Play a single note.
• Shift your attention between the drone and the sound you make.
• Enjoy the effortless sound and the feeling.

Listen 🎧

• Listen to the whole thing before you learn it
• Listen to each chunk before the first attempt
• Listen to practice recordings from your last session
• Listen to the sound of your own instrument and other voices
• Listen to your emotions and thoughts

Chunk 🧩

• Break down complex things into smaller chunks that you can improve right now.
• You might even need to practice a single note.
• Move between smaller and bigger Chunks.

Go Slow

• Focus on getting the motions right.
• Slowly practice something once.
• Pause, adjust and then try again.
• Keep going until you can do it in a relaxed manner.

Loop 🔁

• Practice a Chunk with single repetitions.
• Once that feels good, play it without reading in a slow loop.
• Move from thinking to playing with flow.
• If you stumble, then pause to adjust:
  • Slow Down
  • Shrink the loop
  • Return to single reps
• Don’t Loop mistakes!

Memorize

• Memorize as you go.
• Once you can play something, close your eyes and continue to practice it.
• Do something different for a minute, and then play it again from memory. Memorize the song, return to it with increasing gaps over the next few weeks.

Repeat 𝄇

• Practice the current challenge until it feels good. Repeat earlier steps as necessary.
• Then:
  1. Repeat the process on the next Chunk, or…
  2. Chain

Integrate 🌍

• After you learn two small Chunks of a song, skill or exercise, put them together.
• Work on the transitions between Chunks.
• Follow the same practice steps as you practice larger Chunks.

Reflect

• What went well?
• What needs improvement?
• What did you learn?