{"id":81,"date":"2017-08-08T19:39:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T19:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bethrosbach.com\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2020-05-27T21:23:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T21:23:07","slug":"practice-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coloradocello.com\/?page_id=81","title":{"rendered":"Practice tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Practicing is most effective when it happens regularly. It is far better to practice 4-6 days a week for shorter periods of time than it is to practice once or twice a week for longer times. This is because your body and brain need time to recover and process the intricate movements that are part of cello playing.<\/p>\n<p>Ideal practice times are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>True beginners (playing less than 3 months)- 10-20 minutes a day, 4-6 days a week.<\/li>\n<li>Beginners- 20-30 minutes a day, 4-6 days a week.<\/li>\n<li>Intermediate to Advanced- minimum practice time should equal your lesson time. For example, if you take a 45 minute lesson, you should practice for at least 45 minutes a day, 4-6 days a week.<\/li>\n<li>It is recommended that you plan in some rest days &#8211; just as with conventional athletes, musicians use and work their muscles intensely. Your body will benefit from an occasional day off, which is why my ideal practice routines don&#8217;t exceed 6 days a week, even for me!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>More tips coming soon!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practicing is most effective when it happens regularly. It is far better to practice 4-6 days a week for shorter periods of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradocello.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradocello.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradocello.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradocello.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradocello.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/coloradocello.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153,"href":"https:\/\/coloradocello.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradocello.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}