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improving one's ability to concentrate

Author: ruben
Date: 2020-06-10 13:04

First of all, I have had maths and physics students most of my life, and though they have tremendous powers of concentration when they do maths, this doesn't necessarily spill over into their ability to focus when playing music. So much for the cliché about musicians making good mathematicians and vice versa.
I find that concentration when playing music is a form of mindfulness; of listening to oneself. You have to turn yourself into subject and object: performer and listener. The listener-self is often not sufficiently developed. I have recently raised the subject of memorization on this board. If you don't focus 100 per cent on what you're doing when playing by memory, you will get lost. I'm not implying that everything should be learned by heart. But I am saying that it is a good way to muscle your ability to concentrate. Your thoughts on the matter and tricks for improving focus please?

rubengreenbergparisfrance@gmail.com

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