Kiefer: How to Design an Effective Practice Program
In this excerpt from our course, Kiefer: Keys, Chords, & Beats, Grammy-winning artist Kiefer talks about how he plans his piano practice sessions to get the most out of them. Subscribe to the course to start learning at http://soundfly.com/kiefer.
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For Kiefer, effective practice requires a plan. To do that, he creates a fairly elaborate ladder of goals that help him get the most out of his practice time. In effect, he's designing a custom-tailored practice program for himself, like you might get from a professional sports coach at the highest levels.
Here's how he explains it:
Every 10-15 minutes of practice is planned out according to a plan:
A daily plan laid out the night before, which is based on...
A weekly plan (created on Sundays), which is based on...
A monthly plan, which is based on...
A quarterly plan laid out every three months, which is based on...
An annual plan set forth at the start of the year.
As you move through each level, stepping back from days to months, the plans get less specific and more broad. Let's look at some examples.
Kiefer usually studies about four things at a time. You can almost think of these like "tracks" — discreet skillsets he might want to work on, like improvisation, melody writing, voicings, transcription, etc. When setting your annual goals, pick a few of these areas you might hope to accomplish during the year, while understanding that they might change over time.
Let's say that you want to improve your improvisation skills this year. Well, then maybe the first quarterly goal you lay out for yourself is to transcribe a lot of solos for the first quarter of the year. Depending on how comfortable you are with that skill, you could aim to transcribe one solo a week, with a different phrase each day, so you'd probably hope to transcribe 12 solos total during the quarter. Here's how that might look:
Yearly Goal: Improve improvisation
Quarterly Goal: Transcribe 12 different solos
Monthly Goal: Transcribe 4 solos
Weekly Goal: Transcribe 1 solo
Daily Practice Sessions: Transcribe a phrase or two of the solo each day
You can follow this same pattern to lay out your entire practice program for any skillset or goal you're hoping to achieve. Check out the full course for PDF worksheets you can use to organize your own goals and practice routines at http://soundfly.com/kiefer.
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About the Course:
In his new course, Kiefer: Keys, Chords, & Beats, Kiefer showcases his approach to the piano and keys, making modern piano-based music by tackling five creative challenges and breaking down how he navigates each one. We'll be exploring how to write sophisticated and soulful chord changes, how to harmonize with a melody, how to come up with exciting solos, how to fashion short loops into interesting beats, and so much more.
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