Help your students practice SMARTER not harder…
The ‘Bag of Practice Tricks’ contains 54+ highly effective & fun practice strategies. Encourage your students to prepare, play and perform better, and with more confidence. Suitable for a wide range of abilities from late elementary to advanced music levels. It encourages problem solving and improves meta-cognitive learning. These practice strategies will take students all the way from starting a piece, through to deep learning and polishing it. Practice ‘tricks’ are addictive! And this little book includes 11 practice tricks especially devoted to learning technical work… Boredom busters!
Take a look inside ‘My Bag of Practice Tricks’…
The companion ‘Music Journal’ fosters a self-regulating attitude. You can make it task or time focused, as you prefer. The eight different sections, include: a Goal Setting page, Practice Stats Graphs, Countdown Calendars, Weekly Progress pages, Campaign Tracker, etc. This unique Practice Log is designed to give students ongoing direction and a sense of achievement.
Take a look inside ‘My Music Journal’…
With this bundle set, you get BOTH these books – and the Music Journal in TWO versions:
- ‘My Own Bag of Practice Tricks’ – Original Children’s Edition. This colourful book of 54+ great practice strategies is written in an engaging conversational style, and illustrated with eye catching, cartoon pictures to make each ‘trick’ memorable for children
- ‘My Music Journal’ – 1st version – Colour: Includes all 8 different sections – 125 pages – and covers a full year.
- ‘My Music Journal’ – 2nd version – Same content – This version has some colour pages, but the weekly pages are in black & white, making it cost effective to print.
- Great for distance learning via online lessons.
- Helps students to plan out & enjoy effective practice for the 6 days between lessons.
Listen in on an independent music teacher’s video review:
These 2 books work well in together – ‘My Own Bag of Practice Tricks’ expands on the Campaign Tracker section in ‘My Practice Journal’, and the tracker section helps the student be methodical in working through several learning strategies with each piece.
Printing – Each book is A5 in size, in PDF format, ready to print it yourself or take it to a print shop:
- The Music Journal can also be printed in a larger size, for more writing space – select your page size in your printer settings.
- The ‘Bag of Practice Tricks’ book finished size is A5, containing 36 pages, including cover. We have designed this in a ready-to-print format – the PDF files print on A4 paper, in landscape direction, double sided, making it more cost effective for you to print. (To print on other sizes, change the the paper size in your printer setting, and select ‘fit to page’.)
- Printing instructions are included for both books.
Save 10% with this set, compared to purchasing the individual books – This price is already marked down so you won’t need to worry about remembering a discount code during checkout.
Want more information? Find more here My Practice Journal and My Bag of Practice Tricks
Purchase Options:
‘One Student Only’ Option – This option is only for parents, so they can download, print and use it for their own child. Neither the files nor the printed book may be given to anyone else.
‘Single Teacher – Studio Licence‘ – For Teachers: Buy this unique book of practice tricks, and print it for all your own regular students, that you teach directly and personally, for life. The printed books themselves may not be sold, but the actual cost of printing cost may be passed on to the student (product files may never be shared with students, or anyone else). Music school with multiple teacher will need to buy one digital copy per teacher. (See our Terms of Use policy below for more information).
Discover Our Integrated Practice System: Supporting Students’ Skills from Early Elementary Through Intermediate and on to Advanced Levels
Beginner to Late Elementary Students: Make at-home practice time both fun and effective with our Puppy & Kitty themed Bingo Bundle. This playful resource blends research-backed strategies with an engaging game format, helping your young students build real skills while enjoying their practice time.
Early Elementary to Early Intermediate Students: Explore our ‘Play-time Practice Cards’ featuring 60 playful, practical prompts designed to keep younger students focused and motivated. A great studio tool for encouraging positive practice routines and steady progress throughout the week.
Late Elementary to Late Intermediate Students: Try our ‘Fidgett Practice Spinners’ featuring 30 FUNdamental practice tricks to support focus and progress with any repertoire. A fun, flexible tool that keeps busy learners engaged and moving forward.
Early Intermediate to Advanced:
The ‘Bag of Practice Tricks’ offers 54+ studio-tested strategies to support students on their path through intermediate levels to more advanced playing. Now in its 6th edition and used worldwide — a practical go-to for teachers wanting a quick refresh as well.
Early Intermediate to Advanced Students:
Support focused, productive practice with our ingenious ‘Music Practice Journal’ — filled with encouraging tips, log pages, charts, practice streaks, countdowns, and fun goal-setting to keep students motivated and moving forward.
And you may also like these FREE Music Practice To-Do Lists – They’re a really useful tool for weekly lesson notes!
General Info
Instantly download our creative teaching tools, to print, and enjoy teaching—all future updates included for free! Our Single Teacher Studio License covers your with all your personal students; Multi-Teacher Studio Licenses available on request if not listed. PDFs are print-ready, some zipped—use 7-Zip to unzip. Tutorials and games will be saved in your Google Drive. Questions? Please check the FAQ’s at the bottom of our home page. Can’t find it there? We’ll do our best to help – Email us at: info@88musicalkeys.com
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By Anthony on (Verified Purchase)
We have used both the Music Journal and the Bag of Tricks, and found them to be helpful in practice and goals setting and tracking progress. My daughter uses a diary for each instrument and finds it helpful in tracking progress in each of her pieces and the practice tricks to enable her to continue to move forward with renewed momentum and ideas. Valuable asset. Thanks
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