Music Practice Journal: Official Release!

[@KeepingOnTheWatch]

That's it! Couldn't take it any longer! Kept reviewing this video over and again. Really wanted this but rationalized that I'm a man and "I don't need no colourful journal!". But it is so very good looking, well organized and... I admit it... nicely coloured too. I just broke down and ordered one from Amazon. Well done, Allysia. Well done!

[@PianotvNet]

Ha ha ha, this made me literally laugh out loud. I hope you enjoy it. :)

[@hiyalanguages]

I love the practicality of the journal. I hope to stick to it. It looks PERFECT to me.

[@KeepingOnTheWatch]

I stood in line at the Canada Post office waiting with anticipation. Got my yellow envelope and went straight to my car. Upon opening it I was really impressed with my practice journal. It definitely is nicely coloured. I did a quick scan, front and back, to make sure there were no flower prints - happily there were none (whew!). One feature I really like is the 'Yearly Goals' page. I know it's just a practice journal but it put a little sparkle in my day and I feel it's going to make piano practice just a little more fun for me. I recommend this! Good job Allysia

[@PianotvNet]

Ha ha nope, no flowers! Just bright colors. :) Thanks for sharing this and I hope it works out well for you! :)

[@hiyalanguages]

I hope you stuck with it. I've just got mine!

[@cxyeh2309]

I bought the pdf format during the peak of the pandemic time when international flights are not frequent. Although I printed them out on coloured papers (one colour for each month) I’d still love to get hold of a properly printed and bounded book (hopefully not with a steep shipping cost to Brunei !) I enjoy writing on the journal and it really helped me to keep track of my progress and reminding me to work on ear training, listening etc..

[@VOmaker]

Great idea. It looks very helpful. I will get one as soon as I can, but one thing is evident already. It would be nice if this were spiral bound instead of the standard binding for paperback books. The reason? It will lay flat on the desk (even the music desk), and stay open at the selected page, making it much easier to write in. I would think that over the course of the year of using this book, its spine will become broken in several places, pages will fall out etc. because of trying to keep it open to write in it. Not a criticism, but an observation.I'm not sure if Create Space can do spiral bindings or not, but you might check with them. A comb binding would be an ok second choice.

[@Avery_Piano]

This is an amazing idea! I think that this practice book will be very helpful to others and you are 100% correct about the colors, The colors you use for everything are so vibrant and pretty that it's very pleasing to see them, I hope to get a hold of a few copies soon for myself and other musical friends 😀 I wish nothing but the best for you and I hope everything works out great with this

[@2logj]

Yes allysia. It is available in the UK. I have ordered one.best wishes for your book and thanks for all the time you spend to teach music to all

[@PianotvNet]

Awesome, let me know how you like it!

[@CadenzaPiano]

I've just started my first journal last week and I've personnalized it a little bit today, adding some cartoons with pictures that inspire me. I'm not sure yet what will change from this. I already feel that I must ask myself what I want to work since I'm going to write it down. But I don't want to give myself specific objectives. I'm afraid I will lose part of the fun from playing piano if I set specific objectives. The same reason why I don't want to "rank" "how my practice went". I know my main goal (I want to do exams next year), I focus, short-term, on things I know are not mastered, but without telling me "I want to play at X bpm in a week" or "I want to memorize that in the month". But well! I'll see how that evolves. It is very preliminary in its form for now. There is one thing I'm sure though : it must stay simple, otherwise I won't fill it! I feel like sharing it with you (you-you and you the people here) even though it is not that useful, since I'm a native French speaker, so my journal is in French. You'll get the joke at the beggining at least. :D drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhV9gazVIzcQi1kR3RKdXprdkU

[@DonnaHarrisMusicStudio]

I decided in July that I would do a Music journal. I don't think I need to do one daily though. Maybe weekly might be better for me. I'll do it when I want to remember something. It's good that your encouraging this habit.

[@bobbiemullins1849]

Just ordered mine! I am a beginner so this came out just in time. I think it might help with holding myself accountable with practicing. Love your videos. You actually showed me how beautiful classical music could be. Thank you and keep the videos coming!

[@kirkbowman2439]

Just ordered one all the way over in Cornwall England! So excited what a FANTASTIC idea. Looking forward to using it.

[@8bitcarrot]

Starting lessons for the first time in years real soon. Will probably order one.

[@NaoshikuuAnimations]

As a total music tourist I had no idea this kind of 'practice journal' was even a thing But it sounds interesting, maybe that could channel a bit the totally random piano sessions I usually do... So even though I'm not sure I'll buy yours (pricewise ~), thank you for just introducing me to this concept \o/ I really like the way you endeavoured to keep honest and transparent; so once again thank you for everything.

[@sarahharris3747]

This is great! I was just thinking yesterday that I need to get back into the habit of writing down and planning my practice. I love your videos and have gratitude for you making them!

[@NicoleRetuta]

Hi! Proofreading for the second edition would be great. I have the first edition of your journal and there are typos. “Exercise” is spelled as “excercise” for instance. :)

[@timothysalfarlie1312]

Mine arrived today from amazon uk. Looks good, practical and user friendly. Looking forward to start using it.

[@ReginaCordoba]

New subscriber! Piano is awesome!

[@2logj]

Fabulous allysia. It is a great work. I hope it is available in uk

[@Dickens20]

Pretty cool looking music log book! I just ordered two from Createspace.com, one for my piano and one for my guitar lessons. I really like the idea of having all my practice records for an entire year in one book, for each instrument. Makes it easy to track my progress and the different colors for different sections is a great idea… kind of makes the log book seem more lively, bright and inviting, making it more likely I’ll use the books on a daily basis. I’ll let you know what I think after I receive them and use them for a month or two. Thank you for coming up with such a well laid out planning/log book.

[@PianotvNet]

Yes, please do! I'd love some feedback. Hope you enjoy it!

[@amoondria]

Mine is already on the way :))) Can't wait to try it out. I love the colors, they look so vibrant. Congratulations and good luck :)

[@noiJadisCailleach]

A good idea to make an app for this. I like the simplicity. I just realized the music journal apps available right now are horrible. Might as well make one.

[@rebekahl568]

This sounds great! I'll definitely check it out! Your videos are so inspiring to me and I've just recently been doing more technical training. I think this will be really helpful to see my consistency with a new practice type! Keep up the good work

[@bSharpHacker]

Good luck with the book! Maybe I will buy it, but I am not really a note taker or into journaling :)

[@dommer97]

Thanks!

[@Durtlepower]

You should do a video about Felix Mendelssohn

[@Carmelobrian]

Congratulations. You have one of the best piano teaching videos on KZbin. Good luck with the journal. Did Tsunami help with it :-)

[@NelsonStJames]

Createspace now seems to be defunct, so I guess, it's just Amazon now. Anyway I've just ordered a copy and looking forward to getting inspired !

[@marioescabi2529]

I'm so getting one

[@katiekeyboard]

Wow!! I really want that book, it would be so useful! I also noticed... is that Moonlight Sonata movement three on the piano behind you? I'm currently learning that and I love it so much!

[@PianotvNet]

Yep! It's a beast.

[@moji2596]

the piano player Hey I'm learning that too, I've been on it for a month and got it halfway, Did you manage to complete it?

[@yeeunkwon2399]

Oh my god I want this so much!!! ❤️❤️ ugh this is so sad I’m so broke :((((( maybe I’ll ask for it for Christmas

[@christiancortes4400]

Just went into my cart

[@EMPTYKProductions]

Is this not available anymore? Create space doesn’t seem to work when I enter in the url and Amazon doesn’t seem to be carrying it. Is there a specific link u can provide for Amazon?

[@JuuC]

Hi, is it possible to buy this in a pdf format or like an e-book? I'm not from the US or Canada and the shipping to my country would be way too expensive, shipping will cost me a lot more than the book. I really wish to buy it as I'm a classical singer and also studying piano

[@Adri-xn8ig]

Just ordered mine, amazon.com ships it to South-Africa! :)

[@PianotvNet]

I'm really glad to hear that!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Hmm, I went to my music store and a book store and didn't find a practice journal today. And this video shows up. Hmmm

[@foxymayah]

i can't believe i saw this 2 years after im so---

[@yongsoon4223]

What are you studying now? :)

[@SirSamsalot]

I'll give you $10 bucks straight up for the PDF. Boom, no middle man.

[@leaunce1204]

When you are poor

[@leaunce1204]

it wasn´t mine :´v it was for a proyect i had to do

[@JuuC]

Or when you live far and shipping is so expensive

[@jameslabs1]

Your videos are very informative and inspiring, so please stop saying the word "SO" at the start most of your sentences. In fact, stay away from any of the "FANBOYS" (for, and, nor, so, so, so) as the lead for so so many of you sentences. I've learned so much from you and, I'm so grateful, so... continued success to you. Thanks

[@TheShadowPerson.]

Art Music So you want her to stop saying so? So what? So what's the problem.

[@nina_rasmussen]

What's wrong with you? Unfortunately Allysia the more subs you get the more ignorant and asinine comments you'll receive.

[@PianotvNet]

Ha ha ha, I've had a lot of verbal quirks pointed out to me from doing videos. Some of them are Canadian pronunciation (saying "hunderd" instead of "hundred"), others are sentence-structure related. I don't mind the feedback - I always want to be a better speaker! Whether or not I'll succeed is another matter entirely. :)

[@MsTwiggy28]

Hi! I have a question: what do you mean by ear training? xxx ps: thank you for uploading videos, they are all very interesting and up my alley, I'm SO glad I found you