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Re: practice, practice, practice

Author: Brenda ★2017
Date: 2007-05-25 02:53

The thread that Katelyn suggested is very good.

I would also recommend the suggestions given by Peter Hadcock in his book "The Working Clarinetist", page 185 entitled "Practicing". Practice intelligently! If you just run through music at a rapid pace you're bound to make mistakes and get frustrated beyond belief because you seem to never get better. The section "Try Not to Practice Mistakes...The Five-and-One Method" is one I've always been grateful to have come to know.

There are some other tricks that have been mentioned on this BB, for example ways of learning 16th-note or 6/8 runs by changing the rhythms before returning to play them as written. There are lots of little tricks to train your brain more quickly than just beating your head against the wall for hours. Those long-time players on this BB can be full of great tricks.

It takes maturity to be patient but by using smarter methods of practicing you can reduce your total practice time considerably and is THE fastest way of progressing. Taking a phrase from Monty Roberts, a horse trainer and a long-time corporate public speaker, "Fast is Slow". The faster you try to accomplish something without taking time to think and do it well the first time, the longer it'll take, or your goal could simply continue to elude you.

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