Applying an Effective Practice Framework to Create a Lesson Syllabus for Undergraduate Jazz Trombone Students

This essay provides a review of concepts and findings from recent research in the psychology of expertise that are relevant to the unique difficulties of jazz trombone practice. An adapted framework is developed based on deliberate practice and motivation psychology concepts to help jazz trombonists and teachers design an effective, organized, and personalized system for skill development. This framework is applied in the creation of a syllabus for an undergraduate jazz trombone studio.