Question: Can someone help me form a good practice routine?
Lately I’ve been practicing a lot, but my practice “routine” changes every time.
I think most of the reasons I don’t practice is because I just don’t know what/how to practice!! I think if I knew what I was doing, then I’d feel more comfortable with it and enjoy it more.

I want a practice routine because I want to get into Wind Ensemble, and advanced band class in school that mostly Juniors & Seniors are in. Auditions for that class are in May when we have our one-on-one testing with our band teacher, and that determines whether or not we get into the class next year. I would REALLY like to get into the class!! I did at one point ask my teacher what we needed to know to get into Wind Ensemble, but have forgotten what it was, but I think it was Full Range scales and chromatics, and something else I can’t remember.

Can someone please help me form a practice routine?

Here’s some info:
• I’ve recently gotten an intermediate (wooden!) clarinet & new mouthpiece on Thursday.
• I want to sight read better, but I don’t know what to sight read/where to get music to sight read.
• I have the book “Foundations for Superior Performance”
• I’ve been playing since 5th grade.
• I don’t have a private teacher, but I’m looking to get one soon.
• I want to learn all my chromatics & scales and hopefully memorize them.
• I want to play up to a G two octaves above the staff AND sound good.
• I don’t know how long to practice.
• I will be taking Music Theory next year.

Thanks in advance! Ask if you need any more information!

Answer:

Answer by Hahah Hahhaa
You’ll need to know every clef. Treble, bass, tenor and alto. You need to have all scales two octaves, and a three octave one most likely. Id say c, that’s easiest for orchestra.
Practice about an hour or two a day. Sart with scales. Try about three a day and really perfecting them. You also should have a music book that has some short two or three lined excerpts. You should play one or two of those a day. Like sit three minutes thinking about it and trying it. Then practice your solo. I’d say a Suzuki book 4 would be about good for you. And if you don’t know all your scales, here I’ll write their sharps and flats.
a- f, c, g#
b- f, c, g, d, a#
b flat- b and e flat
c- all natural notes
d flat- b, e, a, d, e flats
d- c and f #
e flat- b, e, a flats
e- f, c, g, d#
f- b flat
g- f#
g flat- b, e, a, d, c, f, g flats