Ah…I see…you’re original statement was about a teacher tell you ‘what and how to practice’, and I took that to mean ‘do thus and such for 15 minutes, then proceed to XYZ’, but I think what you were trying to say was that a teacher should point out your specific practice needs and show you how to not practice flaws.
Musical technique must become instinctive in order for the musician to be able to exeucte flawlessly
I can’t even execute my own name flawlessly sometimes. Thgy, TTgy. . .Tyggy…there, that’s better.
Thanks for the response, Conal. I’ll keep going for awhile, until I can get a reliable tone, run scales and broken chords and such, then look into a more formal tutoring.