For those of you learning to read music, here’s the final lesson on how to learn a new piece of sheet music.

By this time you may have some ideas for phrasing, dynamics, and articulations. Its time to start writing these ideas into your score.  You may still be polishing some technical problems, but that’s fine if you have a reasonable mastery of the piece.  Develop at least two different interpretations of the piece.  Try a few unusual ideas, they can help get the creative juices flowing even if you reject them in the end.

 If you are preparing for a performance, a new piece needs to be played out to really know if its ready.  Play it for anyone or thing who will listen.  A great acid test for how well you are prepared is to record yourself.  Set simple guidelines for this exercise: you are not going for recording quality, but for performance quality, that is,  to be able to play the piece from beginning to end, one take, with the mic on.  You should then try out the piece out on  a friend or two.  In this way, by the time you hit the stage, you will be fully prepared.

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