At first glance, this volume is a practical handbook for effective practicing. But readers will quickly find that Purpose In Practice: 26 Goals for the Practicing Musician goes beyond the merely practical, into the truly meaningful. Indeed, this handbook provides a reading experience that is precisely as any practice session should be: practical yet dynamic, meticulous yet musical, focused yet enthralling. Rachel Lee Hall's top secrets for successful practice are here revealed in full, along with jewels of insight and advice from legendary musicians like Yolanda Kondonassis, Simone Dinnerstein, Richard Weiss, and others. At its heart, this book calls out to you, to abandon the endless monotony of ineffective routines, to instead seek out true meaning in your practice sessions--to practice with purpose--and so find great #PurposeInPractice.