Author: EEBaum
Date: 2010-05-06 19:49
Lately I've been intrigued with the possibilities of different ways to spend one's practice time... how long to play, what to play, how to play it, when and how long to rest. Am toying with the idea of doing some research on the matter, with live and/or internet-based guinea pigs, and, depending on how that plays out, possibly developing some methods.
Does anyone know of research/studies/experiments in that area that you could direct me to? Any other comments on the matter?
I'm starting to experiment with myself on this, but would love to build off and refer to other studies if there are any.
For context, I've wondered a lot lately how effective the many variations of "play it until it's right" actually are, and which common (or uncommon!) approaches are more effective. For learning a tricky passage, for example, there's no end to attention paid to playing it slow vs. fast, strange groupings, alternating articulations, etc., but I have yet to see assessments of how effective they are in comparison. Most of the time it's anecdotal, the same kind of anecdotal that tells you to breathe from the diaphragm. I'm also intensely curious about the effects of, say, a mandated 5 (, 10, 15) second rest between attempts, and of learning scales via variable and highly irregular configurations compared to straight runs.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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