What is in a typical lesson?
​What and how long should you be practicing?

Remember, these are guidelines: You can be a little flexible. For example: If you don’t have band/duet music to practice one day, cut it out and add the minutes to another category. If you really want to focus work on one solo for the whole time each day, instead of doing each solo 10 minutes, do the one for 30. Or just review the other solos quickly. If time is running short, and you’ve completed your étude, leave it out so you can focus on what you need to work on. These are guidelines. As long as you're prepared for your lesson, and you are improving, you are doing great.

Type of Student	Typical Lesson Description	Typical Practice Session
Track 1 - The Serious Student ​If you are doing the minimum listed practice times with 2 solos, you will have a total of 1 hour of practice. If you are doing the maximum listed practice times, and want to get through all your solos and duet/band on a daily basis, you will have a total of 2 hours. You can ALWAYS practice more! ​If your goal is to become a professional flutist, 2 hours daily is the bare minimum. ​	Long Tones, Harmonics, Lip Flex, Work with tuner, refinement of tone Technical development (scales, finger work). Generally, the student is expected to do most of the work at home after the material is learned. Étude work 3–4 Solos Duet  ​Music Theory and Ear Training Band music if you are having an issue or test coming up.	5-10 min: Long Tones and Warm-up 15 min: Technique work. Technical exercises are daily exercises. You do them for years as part of your warm-up. You don’t do them all everyday, but strive to get through some of each of them, every week. 5–10 minutes: Étude. You are expected to finish one étude a week. 15–20 minutes: Each solo. Solos are worked on long term. Months at a time depending on the difficulty. 5–10 minutes: Duet/Band The amount you spend on this will depend on you.
Track 2 - The Moderately Serious Student ​ If you are doing maximum listed practice times, with 2 solos, you are practicing 60 minutes. If you do the minimum listed practice times, with 2 solos, you have a total of 27 minutes.​ You can ALWAYS practice more!	Long Tones, Harmonics, Lip Flex, Work with tuner, refinement of tone Technical development (scales, finger work). Generally, the student is expected to do most of the work at home after the material is learned. Étude work 2–3 Solos Duet if time​ ​Music Theory and Ear Training (depending on the individual needs of the student) Band music if you are having an issue or test coming up.	2–5 minutes: Long Tones, Harmonics, Lip Flex, Work with tuner, refinement of tone, If you only have time to do one thing, do your long tones. 5–10 minutes: Technical development. Generally, the student is expected to do most of the work at home after the material is learned. 5–10 minutes - Étude work (you are expected to complete one étude or book assignment a week) 10–15 minutes- 2–3 Solos 5 minutes - Duet/Band Music​
Track 3 - The Enjoyment Only student ​ If you do that example schedule, you have 30 minutes of daily practice. ​You can ALWAYS practice more!	Long Tones, Harmonics Book work Band Music if needed -1-2 solos Duet	2 minutes-Long Tones, Harmonics 10 minutes-Book work 10 minutes-1-2 solos 8 minutes-Band Music if needed. If you have nothing to work on, add the minutes to book, solo, or duet categories. If you have time-Duet​