Practice

           Purposeful

            Readiness

             Achievement

              Correct

               Time

                 Improvement

                 Consistent

                   Efficient

These words are all related to how someone should practice their instrument or what is needed to make good progress.

Purposeful: Practice must be done with purpose. If practice is done aimlessly, without a goal in mind, nothing will be accomplished.

Readiness:  When practice is regularly done with purpose, it will make the student even more prepared for their next lesson.  This leads to the next word.

Achievement: When a student is practicing well, he will have a sense of achievement by advancing in his lessons faster than if his practice was done aimlessly.

Correct:  Another important aspect of practicing is correct practice.  Even when practice is done with purpose, practicing mistakes inhibits progress.  Thus, care must be taken to avoid making mistakes in the first place.

Time: When practice is done purposefully, it will take less time to learn a piece than when practice is done aimlessly.  However, the more time one spends in purposeful practice, the faster they will learn.

Improvement:  By having good practice habits, a student will show great improvement.

Consistent: A student must practice consistently to show progress.  Also, the more consistently a student practices with purpose and sets goals for his daily practice, the sooner these will become established habits.

Efficient:  A student who has good practice habits, will be making a more efficient use of his practice time.