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Practice Notes

Weekly practice diaries

Practice Notes

One spread a week, written in during the lesson and used at home. No daily logging, no streaks, no minutes to count.

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How a week works

A violin teacher sees a pupil once a week. The rest of the practising happens at home, and that is where this book does its work.

Left page: the teacher

Filled in during the lesson: the one thing to remember, then scales, technical work and pieces.

Right page: the pupil

Notes while practising, a look back at the week, and a small space for a note from home.

A weekly spread: the teacher’s lesson page on the left, the pupil’s practice page on the right

What’s inside page of Practice Notes — What’s inside

About feeling nervous, a page from the exam run-in — About feeling nervous, from the exam run-in

What it leaves out

No daily grid, no minutes column, no streak to keep and no signature box. The book asks a pupil to remember, notice and reflect, not to count.

Choose your edition

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Out 16 November 2026

ABRSM Grade 1 Violin

40 undated weekly spreads, a page for each exam piece, Grade 1 scales and arpeggios with a progress tracker, the Grade 1 terms and signs, and a calm three-week run-in to the exam, played or recorded.

Spiral bound · 128 pages · 178 x 254 mm · £9.99 · ISBN 978-1-0654287-1-8

UK · amazon.co.uk Europe · amazon.de US · coming soon

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Trinity College London Grade 1 Violin

The same weekly diary, rewritten for the Trinity Grade 1 exam, with a section for exam studies.

Practice Notes is published independently by MyMusicScores and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to ABRSM or Trinity College London. ABRSM and Trinity College London are registered trade marks, used here only to identify the exams these books support.

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For the teacher

The thinking behind the diary

The six days in between explains the method these diaries are built on.

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