Practice Tips: You Need To Be The Teacher At Home

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04bd4c03.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mr. Siegel's Web Site</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT> |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mr. Siegels Web Site"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Practice Tips: General Tips and Instruc"><U> Practice Tips: General Tips and Instructions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practice Tips: How Do You Know If You A"><U>Practice Tips:  How Do You Know If You Are Playing Correctly?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practice Tips Divide and Conquer"><U>Practice Tips - Divide and Conquer</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practice Tips: How Do You Know If You A"><U>Practice Tips:  How Do You Know If You Are Playing Correctly?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practicing Scales and Rudiments"><U>Practicing Scales and Rudiments</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practice Tips: Practice Daily as Part o"><U>Practice Tips:  Practice Daily as Part of Your Homework</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practicing Scales and Rudiments"><U>Practicing Scales and Rudiments</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practice Tips Divide and Conquer"><U>Practice Tips - Divide and Conquer</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practice Tips: Setup a Practice Routine"><U>Practice Tips:  Setup a Practice Routine</U></A>   |   <B>Practice Tips:  You Need To Be The Teacher At Home</B></div> <div> <B>You Need To Be The Teacher At Home</B></div> <div> The hard part is that when students are practicing at home, Mr. S. can't be there to tell you if you are playing correctly or not and many times the parent/guardian can't tell either.  Therefore, the student has to become the "teacher" at home and listen very carefully to what they are practicing being sure that what they see on the page is what they hear being played on their instrument.  Each student has to use his/her critical thinking and problem solving skills when practicing to insure that they are practicing the exercises and songs correctly.  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>