Archive for January 15th, 2010

Centering Your Focus in the Practice Room

0 Comments Published by David Motto January 15th, 2010 in Music Practice Tips

To learn to play music successfully, musicians must focus their attention on the most important details of their music while practicing.  No matter if you play guitar, piano, violin, trumpet, flute, or drums, there are always certain details that matter more than others. You need to decide what to pay attention to while you’re practicing [...]

Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity.
--Barney Kessel