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Sheppard on Practice

• play piano
• create tonal structures (8 bars?) to play with your group
• practice w/metronome on you own (instead of play-alongs)
• play tonalities
• make it fun
• work on connective material
• practice the minimum to the maximum
• intervals exercises
• use proper articulation at all times when practicing
• min 3rds (eg.)
• chromatic stuff
• mix w/bebop
• draw material from tunes
• practice one tune at a time
• move an idea thru a tune
• practice less but remain more focused