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Practice Tips
Practice Tips
1.Practice makes permanent, not perfect! If you start out by practicing wrong, you will permanently play that spot wrong
1.Practice makes permanent, not perfect! If you start out by practicing wrong, you will permanently play that spot wrong
2.Good practice is hard work.
2.Good practice is hard work.
3.Practice is NOT always fun (sometimes it is - especially when you can feel the improvement!).
3.Practice is NOT always fun (sometimes it is - especially when you can feel the improvement!).
4) Practice is working on small sections until you can play them, and then add the small sections together to make slightly larger sections, etc.
4) Practice is working on small sections until you can play them, and then add the small sections together to make slightly larger sections, etc.
5) Putting the horn to your face and blowing (or grabbing the sticks & banging) is not practice. Think before you play.
5) Putting the horn to your face and blowing (or grabbing the sticks & banging) is not practice. Think before you play.
6) Don't quit as soon as you "get it". Do it four or five more times. If you really want to make it permanent, make yourself do it correctly three times in a row. If you mess up the 3rd time, you have to start counting all over again.
6) Don't quit as soon as you "get it". Do it four or five more times. If you really want to make it permanent, make yourself do it correctly three times in a row. If you mess up the 3rd time, you have to start counting all over again.
7) "Great! I got it!!" Tomorrow you probably will have lost it, but the good news is that it won't take as long to get it back as it took to learn it the first time.
7) "Great! I got it!!" Tomorrow you probably will have lost it, but the good news is that it won't take as long to get it back as it took to learn it the first time.
8) It may take many days or weeks to get it right and be able to play it correctly every time. BE PATIENT!
8) It may take many days or weeks to get it right and be able to play it correctly every time. BE PATIENT!
9) Practice is more than just notes and rhythms. Go for the details. Get a beautiful tone. Make sure the notes speak clearly. Get the dynamics & accents. DETAILS!
9) Practice is more than just notes and rhythms. Go for the details. Get a beautiful tone. Make sure the notes speak clearly. Get the dynamics & accents. DETAILS!
10) If you start making more mistakes or getting really frustrated, take a break. Come back to the spot later in your practice, or even tomorrow.
10) If you start making more mistakes or getting really frustrated, take a break. Come back to the spot later in your practice, or even tomorrow.
Click on the image on the left for extra help explaining rhythm.
Beauty takes time. Mastery takes effort.
Rhythm Trainer
is a free, Flash-based program for learning and practicing rhythm. There are two types of exercises; A Mode, where you click in the rhythm you hear, and B Mode, where you see a rhythm and choose the sound that matches. At the end of your session, you can email your results to anyone (for example, your teacher) and they can then see how you are doing. Click the image on the left for link.
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