"Passion for Practice With Musings From Music Masters"

Passion for Practice With Musings From Music Masters inspires music practice by explaining what a musician of any age or level can do to solve problems while learning music, and practice more efficiently. This book is more in depth for older students - teens or adults - than book 1, Have Fun With Your Music, with all new fun paintings. The book also includes over 30 stories about practicing from music masters around the world.

Testimonials:

“A delightful and valuable resource for musicians of all ages and abilities, Passion for Practice offers instructive strategies for practicing effectively. Chaffee’s book promotes a positive message that resonates with the reader while encouraging patience, self-discipline, creative problem-solving, and self-reliance. Her wonderful illustrations add a vibrant display of color and imagery to reinforce each lesson. A clever use of wordplay presents analogies to solutions for musical and technical issues…augmented with insightful comments, stories, and advice from professional musicians and educators… an entertaining, supportive, and informative approach to learning music.”

Steven Greenman, Internationally Renowned Klezmer Violinist, Educator, Composer

A must have for musicians!!

“Becky’s book is superbly written, fun to flip-through, and includes pages and pages of important information for musicians of all levels and ages. I simply cannot recommend it for your personal library enough. Buy it and pass it on! Bravo to the author and thank you for your contribution to the musicianship and also the growth of your readers.”

William Shaub, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster

“Ms. Chaffee’s creative book reminds people who grew up learning music that they can successfully pick up their instrument again. Whether playing by yourself or in a group, you have to practice to be proficient enough to enjoy playing. If you practice smarter, you will set yourself up for a fun challenge and have a rewarding experience. This book offers ideas for improving your practice sessions. Amazing practice tips and stories from very accomplished musicians included in the book will remind you of others out there practicing too and give you an understanding of what some of them went through to get to their playing level.”

Ransom Wilson, Professor of Flute, Yale School of Music

Thru her music gifts company, Becky raises funds for music education. She also hosts a Youth Composition Competition for ages 10 thru 18 and has distributed $1,000s in funds and prizes to youth.

The book is an 11 by 8.5 inch paperback colorful coffee table quality book.