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Author: ruben
Date: 2025-12-20 13:33
A word of wisdom by Itzhak Perlman: "If you learn something slowly, you will forget it slowly. If you learn it fast you will forget it fast". This goes far in the idea of practicing a new piece or tricky passage slowly. I thought this was worth sharing.
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Post Edited (2025-12-20 13:46)
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Author: michelwoody433
Date: 2025-12-26 10:04
That is a profound reminder that patience is the bedrock of mastery; muscle memory built with precision lasts far longer than habits formed in haste. By slowing down, you give your brain the space to truly "etch" the movements rather than just sketching them.
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Author: JTJC
Date: 2025-12-26 12:47
I watched a video by a flautist the other day. The premise, based on research of how the brain and memory work, was that the brain stores and treats something done slowly in a different place to the same thing done quickly. Therefore, if you need to play something quickly, you need to learn and practice it by doing it quickly.
The technique involes slicing the line of music into sections which can each be done accurately at the required speed, or close to it. The deliniation of those sections is determined by the player, and they may be only two notes or more depending on how that person can manage them.
I've no idea whether that method is correct or which research the idea is based on, but it is an interesting alternative method to what one hears most frequently proposed, such as by Perlman.
I suspect both methods have their uses.
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Author: ruben
Date: 2025-12-27 02:25
JTJC: -very interesting!! But maybe it depends on the task you are performing. Playing tennis slowly, I should think, doesn't necessarily enable you to play it fast. Music-making doesn't take place in the same part of the brain as many other tasks. From a practical point of view, for the moment I will stick with Mr. Perlman's method as I am sure of its effectiveness.
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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2025-12-27 04:46
O.T. but hopefully educational.
Upon doing research into Itzhak Perlman's quote, I accidentally found the following:
“One must always practice slowly. If you learn something ... - Facebook
Mar 27, 2023 ... I'm sure Itzhak Perlman would have used the word practise, not practice!
I was totally caught off guard by this different spelling usage. I had used the word practice all of my life in regards to playing the clarinet.
OK, now the (hopefully) educational part:
Practise is a verb.
1. Perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, improve or maintain proficiency in it.
Example: I need to practise my French.
Practice is a noun.
1. The actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to it
Example: the principles and practice of teaching
Personal example...I practise the clarinet, however, it is not my practice to play it on a daily basis.
If the above comes across as intrusive or fault finding, I apologize.
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Author: ruben
Date: 2025-12-27 11:20
Dan: "practise" is the verb and "practice" is the noun...true! ..in British English. In American English, it is always "practice", whether a verb or a noun.
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