Metronome Work

• Slow “practice tempo”

• Acceleration

• Performance Tempo

Isolate Bow techniques

• Open Strings

• Air-bowing

Isolate Left-hand techniques

• Finger tapping

• Partners (home coach operates the bow)

Slow practice

Count and Clap Rhythm

Identify Note Names

Repetition

Add a Note (working from either front end or back end of passage)

Stop&Prepare or Stop&Speak

Target Practice

Bits and Pieces

Compare and Contrast

Exaggerated Dynamics/opposite dynamics

Sing

Mental Practice

Play-through…possibly with a recording (to identify practice targets)

Create and watch a recording of yourself

Listen to a recording (or 2 or 3!) while watching sheet music

Play with your eyes closed

Pull passages out of a hat

Work backwards from the end of the piece

Work outwards from the middle

Rhythm variations (Bk4+)

Bowing variations (Bk4+)

Research composer, time period, and other artists of that time / style

Listen to other works by the same composer