Effective practice techniques

Music

What makes a good performance?

Taking your performance from good to excellent

Choosing the right piece

Instrument specific techniques

Pupils are introduced to the GCSE performance component. They develop understanding of what makes an effective performance, including accuracy, fluency and expression, and begin to apply effective practice strategies to improve their performance skills.

Introduction to performance

repeating the whole piece without stopping

playing at performance tempo all of the time

isolating difficult sections and repeating these slowly at first

Which activity best supports technical improvement?

Put these practice activities in the most effective order:

True or false? Reflection is important at the end of a practice session?

What device keeps a steady pulse at a chosen BPM?

playing notes, rhythms and performance directions correctly

playing notes or groups of notes in a particular way

Match the performance feature to its purpose.

following dynamics, phrasing and articulation markings

Which feature is most likely to improve the expressive quality of a performance?

A performer plays in time all the way through the performance, even during difficult passages. Which aspect of performance are they demonstrating?

What word describes short and detached articulation?

Starter Quiz

Match the performance feature to its purpose.