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Jacktice comes in the form of a music practice session that continues the work started by your child’s teacher at school so that your child can really get the most out of learning an instrument. This means that real progress can be made between lessons. With progress comes confidence and a huge sense of achievement and a desire to get even better! When you are really good at something, you want to continue doing it. How many adults do you know that gave up music lessons because they were bored and deflated and regret it later in life?

Practice is often the reason for this and also the hardest part of learning any instrument. There is never enough time, never an easy way to learn scales, and as a parent, it is always very difficult to understand what specific technical ‘thing’ the teacher of your child has asked them to execute.

In my career as a musician and a teacher, the number of my pupils who don’t practice correctly (or at all) is staggering. This however, is not anyone’s fault. You cannot expect parents, unless they are trained musicians, to know anything about how to structure a practice session, as this is something that takes many years to achieve. To expect a student to complete efficient practice at home on their own is also unrealistic as they have simply not been alive long enough to acquire this skill. With little or no practice between lessons at school the pressure put on one teacher to achieve results in exams and teach the theory, scales, pieces, as well as train the students musical ears and teach them to play well in an ensemble setting in the 30 minutes a week they have with them is an also an unattainable goal. This is where Jacktice comes in.

 My practice supervision service provides fun, inspiring music specialists to make sense of a practice session. A few Jacktice sessions each week will see your child progress on any instrument rapidly while also avoiding those arguments about practice every evening, allowing you to hear the results very quickly without any real struggle. The sessions are tailored around your child’s interests and skills so that whether it be preparing for an exam, exploring a genre of music, or just making the most of the individual lessons your child has, Jacktice will allow them to realise their musical potential, and most importantly, make learning an instrument as fun as it should be.