New Years piano goals, by james3 on 01/01/2007, 02:13:38

New Year is here and I have some great goals lined up. The first part is to practice is every day.

Here's the specifics

1.Technique 2. SR 3. Jamming along with CD's to figure out new things and to experiment with. 4.repertoire (get at least 20 more tunes down for the year) 5. start diving into the Jazz Line book 6. start working more with pentatonics book 7. get a new lick once every week or two (compile a lick book_

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  • 01/01/2007 - New Years piano goals

    New Year is here and I have some great goals lined up. The first part is to practice is every day. Here's the specifics 1.Technique 2. SR 3. Jamming along with CD's to figure out new things and to experiment with. 4.repertoire (get at least 20 more tunes down for the year) 5. start diving into the Jazz Line book 6. start working more with pentatonics book 7. get a new lick once every week or two (compile a lick book_...

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