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27/07/2011 - 10:03 by Mike Saville

A practice future?

It's been a bit quiet here at HTP lately, don't worry we're not going anywhere Smile We've just been giving some thought to the direction the site should take in the future.

Since we began this site in 2006 there have been some fundamental changes to the way that people digest information online. Back then no one had even heard of facebook or twitter and interactive content was very limited. Fast forward to 2011 and we have the ability to develop highly interactive sites that are available on a multitude of devices from anywhere.

These factors are all in our thinking as we move forward with the site. Whilst we work on new functionality and ideas you can still access all our great content and buy our fantastic Music Practice Diary.

If you have any ideas for great content, new features or practice aids that you'd like to see we'd love to hear about them in the comments below.

Enjoy your practice!

14/01/2011 - 12:53 by How To Practice

HTP is For Sale

Are you extremely passionate about practice?

Do you want to help thousands of people enjoy music more?

Then How To Practice could be for you.

Due to work commitments the current team here at HTP are no longer able to actively maintain the website and are therefore seeking someone with a passion for practice to take on and develop the site.

As well as the huge archive of material on the website the new owners will get ownership of the whole family of howtopractice domain names, a large collection of practice based books, stock of around 10,000 music practice diaries, site code and database, user database, affiliate details and a whole host of other related information.

The best news of all for a potential buyer is that the current owners are not looking to make a profit from the sale. The price paid will reflect stock and materials only. The more important criteria is that you can show you will actively contribute to online music practice resources.

If you are interested then please contact us for more information.

Enjoy your practice!

14/09/2010 - 15:25 by How To Practice

Music Practice Lessons

Music Practice LessonsDo you need to give your practice a kick start?

Are you dedicated but don't know where to turn next?

Not getting the practice help you need from your current teacher?

With the practice lessons service from howtopractice you can now receive individually tailored lessons to take your practice to the next level. We will not confuse you with technical discussions nor will we get involved in deep musical analysis. We will however help you get the most out of each and every practice session, allow you to get more done in less time and progress faster towards your musical dreams.

Our lessons are not intended to replace instrumental lessons. Your teacher is a specialist on your instrument (or should be) and is therefore best placed to guide you on the finer detail of it's technique. However, in the vast majority of cases they are not experts in practice. Our lessons are like theory, aural and history in that they complement your other lessons and make you a more rounded musician.  Read more . . .

13/09/2010 - 12:40 by Mike Saville

Facebook Music Practice Clinic

Kids Guide to Music PracticeWe want to help you practice better. Our newsfeed will keep you up to date with regular advice. Free personal help is available in our practice clinic and new news and offers can be found in our newsletter.

Are you a member of the How To Practice Facebook group?

You are?

Great! You're in with a chance of being selected for the Practice Clinic we have there. Every week we are selecting a member of the group at random. This member will be invited to either receive some personal help with their practice or to offer tips and advice to others.

If you're not already a member simply go to the group and click .

See you there!

11/09/2010 - 10:11 by How To Practice

Kids Guide to Practice on the way

Kids Guide to Music PracticeWe want to help you practice better. Our newsfeed will keep you up to date with regular advice. Free personal help is available in our practice clinic and new news and offers can be found in our newsletter.

Following the fantastic success of the Complete Beginners Guide to Practice we are very excited to announce the Kids Guide to Practice. This new guide will be aimed at younger learners as we believe it is perhaps even more important to learn good practice techniques at an early age.

Based upon content from the Complete Beginners Guide, the Kids Guide will present the ideas in a simple, easy to follow format. It will be bright, colourful, engaging and fun.

Once again the guide will be free for site members to download and will be announced in this months newsletter.

09/09/2010 - 10:24 by How To Practice

Link to Us

Below is a selection of buttons and banners which you can use to quickly link to our site. Simple copy and paste the code to your webpage.

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28/08/2010 - 09:24 by How To Practice

It's here! The Complete Beginners Guide To Practice

Complete Beginners Guide to Music PracticeWe want to help you practice better. Our newsfeed will keep you up to date with regular advice. Free personal help is available in our practice clinic and new news and offers can be found in our newsletter.

We're so excited to announce the release of the Complete Beginners Guide to Practice just in time for the new term. Newsletter subscribers have already been downloading the free book in their hundreds and from today all registered site members will be able to get their own free copy Smile

The guide is stuffed full of ideas, tips, templates and advice to help you get more from your practice time. Registration for our site is also free so signup now to get your copy.

There is no restriction on using, sharing or copying the book so feel free to tell all your friends about it.

This is just the start of the free guides that we will have on offer. Coming in the next few weeks we also have a practice guide aimed specifically at younger learners so stay tuned for that.

As always we'd love to hear your feedback in the comments below.

Enjoy your practice!

Download the Complete Beginners Guide to Practice Here

25/08/2010 - 10:26 by Mike Saville

20 Music Practice Links 25th August 2010

We want to help you practice better. Our newsfeed will keep you up to date with regular advice. Free personal help is available in our practice clinic and new news and offers can be found in our newsletter.

It's time once again for our regular look at what's new in the world of music practice. Here we have the latest and best articles on music practice from the web.

I'm sure there are hundreds more sites out there with great information to help us practicers! So if you run a piano blog, guitar tab resource or any other site that has some practice related information then we'd love to hear about it..  Read more . . .

  1. Ruthless Practice - Classical Guitar Blog
  2. The Holy Grail of Piano Teaching - Piano Pedagogy Page
  3. Music Training Helps Learning & Memory - Psychology Today
  4. How (not) to Learn a Piece of Music - Elissa Milne
  5. Error Detection in Ensemble Music Performances - Thomas J West
  6. The Art of Concentration - Guide to Online Schools
  7. Music Practice Tip: Unstack Your Music - Thomas J West
22/08/2010 - 10:42 by How To Practice

Registration Issues resolved

Over the last couple of days some site users have reported errors when trying to register with the site. We have now resolved these and you should be able to register without any problems.

If you do try to register again and you get a message that your username is already taken then please contact us and we will resolve this issue for you.

We apologise for this slight glitch and hope that it doesn't stop you enjoying your practice! Smile Smile

18/08/2010 - 15:11 by Mike Saville

Countdown to CBGP is on!

Complete Beginners Guide to Music PracticeWe want to help you practice better. Our newsfeed will keep you up to date with regular advice. Free personal help is available in our practice clinic and new news and offers can be found in our newsletter.

The countdown to the release of the Complete Beginners Guide to Practice is now well and truly on!

Next week we will be announcing how and where you can download your copy. We are releasing it under a creative commons licence so that you can use, print and share as you want.

To be sure that you don't miss out make sure you are registered with the site and that you are subscribed to our newsletter (both free). The download details will appear there first Smile