qPrince John D.

Barnal
MUED 100

Practice plan:
Piece: Caprice Op 100 No 13 By Mauro Giuliani
Composer: Mauro Giuliani

Goals:

 Scales Daily Goal – Practice A, C, G major scale, reach 100 bpm with metronome,
Practice Given piece
 Scales Weekly Goal – Increase daily bpm by 25% with scales. Memorize parts of the
piece
 Scale Monthly Goal – Hit 25% bpm increase with A, D, G, and C major scales, Mastery
of the piece

Day 1

Warm Up (10 mins)

 Hand warp up exercise

 Arpeggiate a chord or a chord progression slowly, aim for accuracy in your plucking and
an even tempo.

Scales (10-15 mins)

 A Major scale
 C Major scale
 G Major scale
 Start very slow. Use metronome
 90 bpm

Learn Piece (20 mins)

 Sight Reading
 Slow tempo
 Practice rhythm
 Analyze the piece
Day 2

Warm Up (10 mins)

 Hand warp up exercise

 Arpeggiate a chord or a chord progression slowly, aim for accuracy in your picking and
an even tempo.
 Add Tempo by 5%

Scales (10-15 mins)

 A Major scale
 C Major scale
 G Major scale
 Start very slow. Use metronome 100bpm
 Legato exercises

Learn Piece (20 mins)

 Memorize 2 lines
 Slow tempo
 Practice Hard parts

Day 3

Rest Day

Listening – 30 Minutes

 Listen to a solo you’re learning on repeat.

 Listen to a song you’re learning on repeat.
 Listen to a new artist you just discovered.
Day 4

Warm Up (10 mins)

 Hand warp up exercise

 Arpeggiate a chord or a chord progression slowly, aim for accuracy in your picking and
an even tempo.
 Add Tempo by 5%

Scales (10-15 mins)

 A Major scale
 C Major scale
 G Major scale
 Use metronome 110bpm
 Legato exercises

Learn Piece (20 mins)

 Add more 2 lines to memorize

 Slow tempo
 Practice Hard parts
 Carefully Analyze the finger placement

Day 5

Warm Up (10 mins)

 Hand warp up exercise

 Arpeggiate a chord or a chord progression slowly, aim for accuracy in your picking and
an even tempo.
 Add Tempo by 5%

Scales (10-15 mins)

 A Major scale
 C Major scale
 G Major scale
 Start very slow. Use metronome 120bpm
 Legato exercises

Learn Piece (20 mins)

Day 6

Warm Up (10 mins)

 Hand warp up exercise

 Arpeggiate a chord or a chord progression slowly, aim for accuracy in your picking and
an even tempo.
 Add Tempo by 5%

Scales (10-15 mins)

 A Major scale
 C Major scale
 G Major scale
 Start very slow. Use metronome 150bpm
 Legato exercises

Learn Piece (20 mins)

 Memorize the piece

 Slighty add tempo
 Mastery

Day 7

Rest Day

Listening – 30 Minutes

 Listen to a solo you’re learning on repeat.

 Listen to a song you’re learning on repeat.
 Listen to a new artist you just discovered.
 Category 5 4 3 2 1
Right hands are Right hand or left Both hands are Both hands are Both hands are
perfectly hand is awkwardly awkwardly awkwardly
Hand/left positioned. awkwardly positioned. positioned positioned and
hand Student positioned; student makes causing student student employs
consistently however, some errors in to make many none of the
Technique employs correct student is able to right hand errors in right proper right hand
right hand employ correct techniques hand techniques techniques (only
techniques right hand using thumb, or a
(alternating, rest techniques single repeated
strokes, free finger to play
strokes,
strumming
Posture Students Posture Students posture Students posture Students posture Student has no
is excellent: Sits is mostly good is sufficient is insufficient regard for their
on edge of seat, however could however needs causing errors in posture effecting
shoulders are use some improvement the music to the quality of the
straight, both adjustment. in happen music being
feet are flat on Student positions many areas. performed
the guitar on left leg Student plays
ground and with a footstool with guitar on
the guitar is right leg
properly
positioned on
the left leg with
a footstool
Rhythm The beat is The beat is The beat is The beat is There is no sense
secure and the secure and the somewhat usually erratic of a beat and all
rhythms are rhythms are erratic. Some and rhythms are rhythms were
accurate mostly accurate. rhythms are seldom accurate inaccurate leading
There are a few accurate. detracting to the music being
duration errors, Frequent or significantly from unrecognizable.
but these do not repeated the overall
detract from the duration errors. performance
overall Rhythm
performance problems
occasionally
detract from the
overall
performance.
Accuracy All notes were All notes were Some mistakes in Frequent errors Student unable to
played correctly played correctly, the notes and with notes and finish piece due to
and with all the however fingerings, but fingerings inability to
proper occasionally the was easily able to causing student accurately play
fingerings. wrong fingering recover to stop and notes or use
were used. correct proper fingerings.
themselves
Musicality Student plays the Student plays the Student is Student is Student clearly is
piece confidently piece with hesitant while hesitant while unprepared and is
and follows confidence, playing, and playing and most unable to follow
all however some some musical musical any of the musical
musical musical markings directions were directions were directions in the
directions were ignored ignored ignored piece
 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 D
Warm Up (10 mins) Warm Up (10 Rest Day Warm Up Warm Up Warm Up (10 mins) Rest Day
mins) (10 mins) (10 mins)
Hand warp up exercise Listening – Hand warp up exercise Listening
Hand warp up 30 Minutes Hand warp Hand warp Minutes
Arpeggiate a chord or a exercise up exercise up exercise Arpeggiate a chord or a
chord progression slowly, Listen to a chord progression Listen to
aim for accuracy in your Arpeggiate a solo you’re Arpeggiate a Arpeggiate a slowly, aim for accuracy learning
plucking and an even chord or a learning on chord or a chord or a in your picking and an
tempo. chord repeat. chord chord even tempo. Listen
progression progression progression you’re
Scales (10-15 mins) slowly, aim Listen to a slowly, aim slowly, aim Add Tempo by 5% repeat.
for accuracy song you’re for accuracy for accuracy
in your learning on in your in your
A Major scale picking and an picking and picking and Scales (10-15 Listen to
repeat. mins) you just d
even tempo. an even an even
C Major scale tempo. tempo.
Listen to a A Major scale
Add Tempo new artist
G Major scale by 5% you just Add Tempo Add Tempo
discovered. by 5% by 5% C Major scale
Start very slow. Use Scales (10-15
metronome mins) Scales (10- Scales (10- G Major scale
15 mins) 15 mins)
90 bpm A Major scale Start very slow. Use
A Major A Major metronome 150bpm
Learn Piece (20 mins) C Major scale scale, scale
Legato exercises
Sight Reading G Major scale C Major C Major
scale, scale Learn Piece (20 mins)
Slow tempo Start very
slow. Use Use G Major Memorize the piece
metronome metronome scale
Practice rhythm 110bpm
100bpm Slighty add tempo
Start very
Analyze the piece Legato slow. Use
Legato Mastery
exercises exercises metronome
120bpm
Learn Piece Learn Piece
(20 mins) (20 mins) Legato
exercises
Memorize 2 Add more 2
lines lines to Learn Piece
memorize (20 mins)
Slow tempo
Slow tempo
Practice Hard
parts Practice
Hard parts

Carefully
Analyze the
finger
placement
Evaluatio 4 4 5 4 5 4 4
n
 For 7 days doing my Practice plan. I feel much more focused on practice than before
maybe because without practice plan I practice when I like and where I like and it’s not helping
me to improve just as much as today. I score myself 30/35 because I memorized my pieces as
fast as 3 days and my goal is achieve faster that I imagine