Posted by: clariniano on: May 23, 2009
There are a number of strategies that musicians can use to improve the quality of practicing. Practice your pieces or difficult sections of pieces backwards. Don’t play the piece backwards! Learn the last bar (or part of a bar if it’s a sequence of sixteenth notes or faster) or two first, then go back two [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: April 28, 2009
There are many musicians, especially advanced ones, who resist the idea of learning music to the point of mastery. A typical response often runs along the lines of “I have so much material to work on, how do you expect me to master it all?” Another common response is “if I were to learn all [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: April 18, 2009
There are a number of strategies that musicians can use to improve the quality of practicing. Practice your pieces or difficult sections of pieces backwards. Don’t play the piece backwards! Learn the last bar (or part of a bar if it’s a sequence of sixteenth notes or faster) or two first, then go back two [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: April 8, 2009
“I/My son/daughter didn’t practice much this week. Can we cancel this week’s lesson?” Many private music teachers I know get this one on a regular basis. Private music lessons, especially for beginners, should never be missed, and it comes down to one basic factor: motivation. You see, when a student hasn’t practiced much, they have [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: March 24, 2009
Some musicians occasionally experience extreme focus in their practicing, in which they accomplish a lot in a very short period of time. Other musicians practice in a scattered manner, accomplishing very little if anything, even over an extended period of time. Fortunately, there are a number of ways musicians can develop focus in their practicing. [...]
