Archive for January 23rd, 2010

Performing Music Well: More Focus on Middle Sections

0 Comments Published by David Motto January 23rd, 2010 in Music Practice Tips, Performing Music

In yesterday’s post, I wrote about the importance of practicing distinct sections of music to aid learning and memorization.  However, one element of music composition works against us as we prepare and learn music: repeated sections.  Most pieces contain musical material that keeps coming back throughout.  So, if we break up the music based on the sections [...]

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