Well its now the start of a new term and as you'll have noticed I've had a bit of a break from updating this blog over the Summer holidays. As I'm starting back teaching I was thinking about how useful it is to have targets to work toward in our music studies. I certainly think that having a sense of direction and a goal to aim for can help to make us more targeted in our practise and therefore help us to achieve more. For many the next exam might be a good target to aim toward or perhaps they will need to aim toward a performance as part of their GCSE or A-level music studies. However, not everyone will necessarily want to work toward exams, so what else might we have as a target? Perhaps for some it will be aiming toward performing a piece in a Music Festival or concert. For others it might be to learn a piece up to performance standard and then play to some family members or friends or even make a recording of a few pieces on CD as a Christmas present for friends and family. Whatever your goal is I think its good to sit down at the start of a new term and work out where you are heading with your studies. Work out what you want to achieve over this year and when you'd like to achieve it by. Its always useful to discuss this with a teacher in order to make sure your goal is realistic yet sufficiently challenging at the same time.
Let me know any thoughts you have and enjoy your practising!
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