Day 147: the only 2 answers we need
Today I heard myself tell a student to “isolate the problem and SLOW DOWN.” I followed with “actually, that’s pretty much always the answer.” I mean, is there anything in our practice that can’t be...
View ArticleDay 252: don’t keep starting over
In practice, we need to stop starting over all the time. We all have a tendency to start over. We hit a rough patch, or forget what comes next, and then return to the beginning of the piece. Soon, the...
View ArticleDay 324: reminder: playing is not practicing
Today, just a reminder that playing isn’t practicing. Running-through a piece of music, even numerous times, is not practicing. Also it makes our work rather boring to just be playing through things...
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