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Practice

Meaning in music, with examples

/ˈpræktɪs/nounCore term

In music, practice means: Regular time spent playing or singing on your own to improve your skills, learn new pieces and keep your technique in shape.

In Turkish: çalışma, egzersiz

How it is used

Teachers ask about your daily practice and your practice routine. You do an hour's practice, keep a practice diary and use a practice room. 'Slow practice' (playing passages slowly) is one of the most common teaching tips.

Example sentences

  1. Half an hour of focused practice every day is better than four hours on Sunday.

  2. I booked a practice room at the conservatory for tomorrow morning.

Common collocations

  • daily practice
  • practice routine
  • practice room
  • slow practice
  • do some practice
  • rehearsalA session in which musicians practise a piece or a show together before performing it for an audience.
  • metronomeA device or app that clicks at a steady, adjustable speed so that musicians can practise keeping an even tempo.
  • scaleA set of notes played in order of pitch, going up or down, that follows a fixed pattern of steps. Scales are the building blocks of melodies and chords.
  • sight-readTo play or sing a piece of written music correctly the first time you see it, without having practised it before.
  • instrumentAn object made or used to produce musical sounds, such as a piano, violin, guitar, drum or ney.

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