Peery Full Chart

Piece:

Day One

Day Two

Day Three

Day Four Day Five

1. Slow Practice
Half speed, with mm,
use MB on fast passages

RH
LH
HT

RH
LH
HT

RH
LH
HT

RH
LH
HT

RH
LH
HT

2. 2X Medium, 3-5 under final

With MM and music.

MM
MM

MM
MM

MM
MM

MM
MM

MM
MM

3. Final - with MM
by memory, perfectly

4. Final - with MM 1 speed above

or below, perfectly

5. Final - no metronome
by memory, performance

6. Trouble spots

Other info:
1. Steps can be done in any order. Experiment and see what works best for you.
2. The performance step is very important to good recital/competition preparation.
Try and play on a piano other than your own. You can also record
yourself and then listen back and take notes. If you will be performing in a recital or competition, be sure to include bowing.
3. For perfect steps, start with what you can do. If you can't play the entire piece
perfectly, start with what you can play perfectly and increase your sections each day
until you can play the entire piece perfectly. Perfectly includes musical and technical details.
4. Slow practice should be played as deeply and loudly as possible. Use MB
on all scalar passages.
5. Medium play throughs are practiced WITH THE MUSIC
AND YOUR TEACHER'S COMMENTS and are played with focus on dynamics and
other musical details. When a mistake is made back up to one
measure before the mistake and practice the section until you
can play through the spot without error.