# Tips and Tricks - How to practice piano - 20% scales / technical exercises (often from lacking techniques from pieces) - 20% sight reading (easy sheets, play without worrying about wrong notes) https://www.matthewcawood.com/store/p/beginner-sight-reading-exercises-book-420-exercises - 60% pieces - Prioritize learning new notes - Fix old notes - Can be 3 problems - Techical problems - Turn it into an exercise - Musical problems - Isolate the section - Knowledge problems - Outside of practice, mess around by playing random chords, trying to play songs by ear