
I'm engrossed in this book. It is packed with ideas, which I will share over the next few weeks. There is a link for additional material at www.musiciansway.com
Overview
1. The five practice zones
- New Material: absorbing the artistic and technical content through precise practice, slow tempo
- Developing material: refining interpretation, increasing tempo, memorizing
- Performance material: reviewing the interpretive and technical particulars, maintaining tempo and practicing as performance
- Technique: honing your skills so you don't make a fool of yourself
- Musicianship: sight-reading, ear training, improvisation
- Have a plan, work the plan
- Musicians are notoriously out of shape which combined with anxiety from their ambition and crazy deadlines leads to all sorts of health problems, including injury
Cheers,
David Story