Help your students build clever and intelligent music practice skills. Teach them how to PRACTICE SMARTER… not harder!
This BIG VALUE Teacher’s Bundle includes all three of our Practice Books. Get a multitude of music practice ‘tricks’, or strategies, for both younger and older students. This special bundle also includes a progress-boosting Music Journal (aka a Practice Log book) AND a FREE practice game!
The two most common causes of students quitting music lessons are lack of progress and performance anxiety. And as teachers we know that practice is the answer to both these issues. But how can we get them to see practice as a benefit not a chore? Well, a big part of this is to teach them how to practice in a way that is fun and engaging. This BIG Practice Bundle makes that easy, giving you the tools you need to quickly ‘gamify’ their practice time, and engage their natural curiosity in the practice process.
This set will encourage your students to prepare, play and perform better and with more fluency and confidence. Capture your students’ imaginations with this ‘practice magic’ concept to give them long-term, self-motivated, intelligent music practice habits.
This practice kit is suitable for a wide range of abilities, from late elementary to intermediate and advanced. With a built-in problem-solving attitude, it encourages goal setting and progress tracking. This set equips students to tackle any repertoire, not just method books. (Although these strategies are just as useful there too!)
Included in this BIG VALUE Music Practice Bundle:
1 – ‘My Bag of Practice Tricks’ – Children’s Edition:
- A compact & colourful book with 43 great practice strategies, written in an engaging conversational style. Make it easy to teach your students how to practice more effectively and efficiently. Such an important skill in a modern child’s busy life!
- Graphics throughout are eye-catching, making each practice strategy or ‘trick’ very memorable. These practice strategies help students to ‘gamify’ practice time and improve learning retention. Banish the boredom – Imagine teaching your students how to learn MORE, without endless hours of tedious practice which they dread.
- The original ‘Bag of Practice Tricks’ contains 43+ highly effective & efficient practice strategies. It helps students to prepare, play and perform with more focus, confidence and polish. The children’s edition targets 7 to 12-year-olds. It suits a wide range of levels from grade 1 elementary to grade 8 advanced, and beyond.
- The ‘Bag of Tricks’ inspires curiosity and builds a problem-solving, meta-cognitive mindset. The essential practice strategies covered here are comprehensive. They will take students from starting a piece the right way, all the way through to deep learning, polishing and performing it. These practice tricks are addictive!
- AND there are 11 practice tricks especially devoted to learning scales and arpeggios… Genuine ‘Boredom Busters’!
2 – ‘My Bag of Practice Tricks’ – Older Student’s Edition:
- This ‘Older Student’s Edition’ targets teenagers and adults with the SAME 43+ FUNdamental practice strategies as our original children’s edition above.
- It features completely revised text, fonts and graphics to an older age group, and motivate them to get practicing.
- Specific practice strategies for technical work are, of course, included here also!
3 – The companion Music Journal Practice Log Book:
- This Music Journal is designed to encourage students to see their music studies as a journey. It fosters a self-regulating practice attitude. With this comprehensive but flexible approach, you can make this practice log book either task-focused, or time-focused, as you prefer.
- With NINE different, easy-to-use sections, including Goal Setting, Practice Stats Graphs, Countdown Calendars, Weekly Progress pages, Practice Streaks, Campaign Trackers, etc, it keeps students engaged.
- Each section of the Music Journal has a specific purpose. These unique sections provide ongoing direction and a sense of achievement to students along the way.
- This music journal has 128 pages and covers a FULL year!
- NOTE – This Music Journal practice log comes in two different versions. It gives you the original version which has colour throughout, and a second version which has the same content, but with most pages in black & white, making it cheaper to print.
4 – FREE BONUS: The ‘Star Starts’ Practice Game!
- This music practice bundle also includes our back-to-basics ‘Star Starts’ Practice Game: A simple and easy ‘pick-a-card’ game based on one of the practice tricks from the Bag of Tricks book.
- The ‘Star Starts’ practice game is an easy way to help students get started with a fresh ‘practice tricks’ mindset. ‘Star Starts’ is an easy-to-use tool to cure your students of ‘always starting at the beginning’, for once and for all!
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Most importantly, these music practice books are custom designed to work effectively & efficiently together:
Our ‘My Bag of Practice Tricks’ books expand on the Campaign Tracker section in ‘My Music Journal’. In return, the Campaign Tracker section helps the student be methodical in working through several learning strategies with each piece. And in addition to this, the BONUS ‘Star Starts’ practice game connects to one of the essential ‘tricks’ in the practice books. This gives students an easy and effective way to start improving their practice immediately!
What a UNIQUE and effective way to teach students how to practice through the week, in between lessons. It is great for both in-person and online lessons, and also for group classes. This set gives teachers and students a succinct way in which to share, discuss and itemize practice expectations and achievements.
Students love transforming their playing with ‘practice magic’…!
Scroll through Sample Pages from each Book:
‘My Bag of Practice Tricks’ Children’s Edition
‘My Bag of Practice Tricks’ Older Student’s Edition
‘My Music Journal’ – A Music Practice Log with a difference!
‘Star Starts’ The Practice Games
Note – these prices are already marked down so you don’t need to worry about remembering a discount code!
How to Print:-
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’ books are A5 size, and each have 36 pages including cover.
- Compact yet comprehensive – For cost effective printing we have produced these in a ready-to-print PDF format, so that they print on A4 paper, in landscape direction, and double sided. (To print on letter paper, or other sizes, change the paper size and select ‘fit to page’ in your printer setting.)
- Printing instructions are included for all three books
This Triple Set comes complete with several ‘Studio License’ options – Buy this set, 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 may be passed on to the student. (Product files may never be shared with students, or anyone else, or sold). Music schools with multiple teachers will need to buy a multi-teacher studio license – see below.
Purchase Options Explained:
‘Single Teacher – Studio Licence‘:
SAVE 20% with this bundle, compared to buying each book individually. The Single Teacher Licence gives you all three books, and the game, and allows you to print them 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). Note: the studio license ownership may not be transferred to, or sold to anyone else, under any conditions, or for any reasons. Music school with multiple teachers will need to buy one digital copy per teacher (for discounted multi-teacher options see below)
‘Multi Teacher Studio Licence’ – Up to 3 teachers:
This option enables you to use this music practice material with three teachers in the same studio or music school. (These teachers may not take it to, or use it with students in other studios, the license belongs to the studio owner who purchased it.) Note: the studio license ownership may not be transferred to, or sold to anyone else, under any conditions or for any reasons.
‘Multi Teacher Studio Licence – Up to 6 teachers:
This option enables you to use this powerful music practice material with up to 6 teachers in the same studio or music school. (These teachers may not take it to, or use it with students in other studios, the license belongs to the studio owner who purchased it.) Note: the studio license ownership may not be transferred to, or sold to anyone else, under any conditions, or for any reasons.
For prices on larger or unlimited Studio Licenses, please contact us at: info@88musicalkeys.com
You can find the music practice books individual listings here:
‘Star Starts’ the Practice Game – Now with three versions!
And you may also like these FREE Music Practice To-Do Lists – They work very well alongside our practice books!
General Information:
All these materials are available immediately, by digital download, from your customer account dashboard. And don‘t forget, we maintain all your ’88 Musical Keys’ resources, in your own private, Customer Dashboard…for free. Purchase once, and you can download, print and use it ANY time – including any file updates we add!
Licensing: For great value, all options at 88 Musical Keys include a Studio License:
You may print these activities, games, music, cards, practice log, and posters for all the students you teach directly and personally, for your lifetime! (Music schools with multiple teachers will need to purchase a copy for each teacher using this material, of course. Contact us if you need a ‘multiple teacher’ license.)
How to Download:
We recommend downloading these resources using a computer (rather than a phone or other device) to make it quick and easy, and a hard-wired internet connection will make it faster, of course. Print it yourself, or take it to a print shop. In either case, the PDF files are set up ready to print on both sides of the page, giving the flashcards, games, worksheet activities and kits a professional presentation. Printing and playing instructions for all resources are included!
Printing:
All our download files, including the ‘Bag of Tricks’ books and the ‘Music Journal’ Practice Log book, are delivered in PDF format, ready to save, print and use. When printing, we recommend using either Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) PDF software, or ‘Nitro PRO’ software, to open & print our PDF resources. You can also open our PDF files using Google Chrome, and print directly from there. (Other PDF software may or may not print as reliably as these 3 options for these files.)‘
Unzipping’ Bundled Files:
Some files, including the music journal ‘bundle’ practice log are in zipped folders to make them compact and easier to transfer. To unzip these you can download a free program HERE
‘Online & On-Device’ teaching resources:
Our ‘online’ and ‘on-device’ teaching resources, such as tutorials, slideshows and online/digital games, will be saved directly to your Google Drive, ready for you to use whenever needed.
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Reviews
By Kathrine on (Verified Purchase)
I have been using the Bag of Tricks for five years, since I was 10, and in grade 3 piano. I have now finished all the grades and I am working towards my AMusA and ATCL.
It has changed the way I think about my practice, making it more interesting and effective, and fun. Because these tricks help me focus better, it saves time.
The pictures are so humorous, and helped me engage when I was younger, and even now!
The Music Journal has made me keep a track of my time. The goal setting is a good way to remind yourself where you're going, and the countdown charts help you feel the deadline!
Would recommend this to all music teachers, and students.
By Music Expolorations on (Verified Purchase)
What a wonderful bundle! This collections of resources is great for any musician looking for methods to use in their practice session. The text and images are engaging for all musicians. On a personal note, I reached out to the seller with a question about the product and they responded promptly. Overall, a wonderful interaction and experience. This bundle is well worth the purchase!!
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