Tired of hearing “But it sounded fine at home…”? This piano practice book for teens and adults gives your students the tools they need to practice efficiently, stay motivated, and make steady progress between lessons. Packed with practical piano practice strategies and tips for effective practice, it helps students take control of their learning and turn uncertain practice into productive, focused sessions.
Based on years of private studio teaching experience and research, My Bag of Practice Tricks is designed for older learners who want to advance confidently. With a clean, engaging layout and mature design, this edition adapts the same proven strategies from our children’s edition—making it ideal for teens, adults, and advanced students.
What Students Gain:
- Flexible strategies ensure every student—regardless of level—can find their own approach and make meaningful progress.
- An easy and engaging way to build consistent, effective practice habits that lead to noticeable improvements in skill and performance.
- This piano practice book for teens and adults acts as a roadmap, helping learners navigate their musical journey with clarity and purpose.
- Every practice strategy is designed to keep learners challenged, motivated, and inspired, while nurturing a love for music.
- Incorporating this piano practice book for teens and adults into regular practice sessions helps students achieve musical goals more efficiently and enjoyably.
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See what real music teachers are saying about how the Bag of Tricks piano practice books transform student practice!
Turn home practice into productive, engaging sessions—download now and enjoy lifetime studio printing for all your students!
Why Teachers and Parents Love It:
- 54+ versatile piano practice strategies that allow students to combine tricks in endless ways, keeping practice fresh and effective.
- 12 boredom-busting technical practice tricks, perfect for scales, arpeggios, and exercises.
- Student-friendly design with supportive graphics that guide learners while keeping them engaged.
- Step-by-step strategies for every stage of learning—from starting new pieces, through deep practice, polishing, and performance.
- Encourages independent practice and problem-solving, helping students develop their own strategies that lead to real progress.
- Professional-style practice tips made accessible, so students practice smarter, not harder.
- Fosters motivation, confidence, and focus, making practice enjoyable and rewarding.
Flexible & Teacher-Friendly:
- Perfect for in-studio lessons and at-home practice—teachers can introduce strategies from this piano practice book for teens and adults during lessons and watch students apply them independently.
- Works well for distance learning via Zoom, Skype, or other online platforms.
- Suitable for students from late elementary through advanced grades, making it versatile and effective for many levels.
- Supports multiple instruments, though particularly helpful for piano.
- Includes an introductory letter to parents, an email template, and several social media posts, all ready done, so you can easily launch the ingenious music practice book to your student and their parents. These items are in an editable pdf format.
Ready-to-Print and Play:
- Print this piano practice book for teens and adults either at home or at your local stationery shop.
- Laid out as a double-sided PDF for A4 paper (which becomes an A5 booklet, with 40 pages, when assembled). For other sizes, click ‘fit to page’.
- Easy to print and play: Step-by-step printing and assembly instructions are also included for this piano practice book for teens and adults.
Don’t let another week of uncertain practice go by—this piano practice book for teens and adults gives students strategies that stick, so you can use your expertise in lessons to focus on new material, stronger technique, and faster progress.
Purchase Options Explained:
‘Single Teacher – Studio Licence‘ – 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). 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’: This set enables you to use this material with all the teachers in the same studio or music school. These teachers may not take it to or print it for other studios, or use it with students in other studios–the license belongs only to the music 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, even including if that studio is sold.
‘SINGLE STUDENT Only’ Option – Students can use this option to buy it for their own use only. Students may download, print and use it only for their own use. Neither the files nor the printed book may be used with, or given or sold to anyone else, under any conditions.
Keen to sharpen up your students practice efforts? You may also like:
My Practice Journal – A unique Practice Log book!
‘My Bag of Practice Tricks’ – Younger Students’ Edition
You may also like these free Music Practice To-Do Lists – they work very well alongside our practice books!
General Information:
All our 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 upgrades we add!
Licensing – For great value, teachers can get a Single Teacher Studio License:
If you choose the ‘Studio Licensed’ option, you may print 88 Musical Keys activities, games, music, cards 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 are 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 our files.)
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