practice piano
Work the keyboard
To practice piano is to work on piano skills through repetition and focused effort—running scales, drilling difficult passages, or learning new pieces.
The phrase treats piano as a subject of study like a sport or language: She practices piano for two hours every day.
Practice makes progress; talent alone doesn't.
- keysLock-operating instruments
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- fingersAppendages of the hand
- rehearsePractice before performing
- metronomeAdjustable beat-marking device
chords · exercises · repetition · lessons · recital · recital hall · bench · sheet music · arpeggios · technique · drills · ivory · pedal · hands · rhythm · melody · classical · discipline
- to-do listgrocery shopping, laundry, dishes, vacuuming, pay bills
- keyboard instrumentsorgan, harpsichord, clavichord, spinet, virginal
- upright pianosspinet, console
- small pianosspinet, baby grand, mini keyboard
performance context
practice pianodebut
First public appearance
take the stage · busk · headline · tour · jam session
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