• Practice Instruments Everyday for 1 hour to keep skills sharp.
• Step 1. Learn notes and include all the stylistic details listed on the page like dynamics and phrasing.
• Step 2. Practice slowly at first and play the song in 4 different dotted rhythms so that the music sounds even and not choppy.
• Step 3. Perform song slowly at first, keeping in time with the metronome speed.
• Step 4. Gradually increase metronome speed until you reach the correct speed of the piece.
• Repeat Steps 2-4 everyday.
• Once song is mastered, develop memory with steps 5 and 6.
• Step 5. Do steps 2-4.
• Step 6. Each time you do steps 2-5 with each page of music; play the part you have practiced for memory.
• Step 7. As you increase pages, practice the song for memory until you have reached the end of the section you have just practiced.
• Repeat until the whole song is memorized.
• Step 8. Perform on the street or competitions for confidence and experience.
• Step 9. Crush the exam, and then wow the examiners with your memory skills.
• Takes 1 year to master repertoire of songs.

Bryan Ng | Head of Piano Education 
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