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Overview
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This spreadsheet will be the central hub for practice plans, demonstration videos, student videos, questions, answers, and feedback.
Every week, I will add a new tab with the practice plan skeleton and pdf or video links for new exercises and listening recommendations.
Each week's tab should have all the information needed for practice sessions that week. Simply follow the exercise selection in order.
I will go over each column of the weekly practice plan in detail below.
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Slot
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Exercises can be categorized according to broad type or function.
This allows us to think in terms of general "slots" or categories that should be addressed every day in order to provide a balanced practice plan.
These slots include things like preparatory exercises, lip slurs, articulation studies, scale studies, duets, etudes, etc.
A well-balanced practice plan includes exercises from a variety of different slots. So, for instance, an imbalanced practice plan would be ALL lip slurs or just lip slurs and scale studies, etc. A balanced practice plan should contain exercises from at least 4-5 different slots.
Ultimately, if the student thinks of exercises in terms of slots, they will be able to build a balanced practice plan for themselves.
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Exercise
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This is the specific exercise or series of exercises to be practiced this week.
For more advanced students, they can add exercises from the same slot, i.e. you can add additional exercises that target a similar skillset as you see fit.
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Approximate Time
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This is the amount of time I estimate each slot should take.
This will also give a general sense of the emphasis of each slot -- i.e. an exercise that has an approximate time of 15 minutes is probably a bit more important than an exercise with an approximate time of 2 minutes.
If an exercise takes far less or more time than estimated, please make a note of this in the "Student Feedback" slot.
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Demonstration Video or PDF
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I will post links to supplemental videos and/or pdfs of the exercises here.
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Student Video
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In this cell, please copy and paste a link to a video or audio clip of the requested exercise. (See below for instructions on how to upload and post a link).
It is very important that the student uploads videos or audio clips in order for me to provide feedback and gauge progress.
The student can upload videos as often as they like and I will provide feedback daily.
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Video and Feedback Status
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This column is how the student and I will communicate on whether there is new video or feedback to be addressed.
There is a dropdown menu with three options: no video yet, video posted, and feedback posted.
The default option is no video posted.
Once the student pastes a link into the "Student Video" tab, they should change the status to "Video Posted!"
Once I have viewed the video and provided the feedback, I will change the status to "Feedback Posted!"
If the student posts a new video on an exercise that I've already provided feedback for, they should change the status back to "Video Posted!" so that I know there is a new video for me to provide feedback on.
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Student Feedback
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The student can write any feedback, questions, ideas, relevant information, etc. here
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Teacher Feedback
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I will write my feedback on the student video, as well as answers to any questions posted in the student feedback cell.
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HOW TO UPLOAD AND POST A VIDEO FOR FEEDBACK
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The simplest way to make, upload and post a video for feedback is using your phone and the YouTube app.
1) Open the YouTube app on your phone.
2) Click on the Camera icon in the upper right of the screen.
3) Hit the record button and record your video.
4) Once the video is recorded, add the exercise name and date in the title, make sure the video privacy is set to "Unlisted" or "Public", and hit the "Upload" button in the top right.
5) Once the video is uploaded, copy and paste the link into the "Student Video" tab on your weekly practice plan.
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If you are familiar with other video or audio hosting services and feel comfortable using that instead, feel free to do so.
Instagram, for instance, is easy to use, but the videos are limited to 60 seconds, which could be a problem.
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