Effective Practice of Musical Instruments

Practice, Practice Practice! But it's not only the time we spend practicing that makes us good at playing our instrument, but it's also the "how" we practice that matters!

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When we play an instrument, our brain trains visual, auditory and motor skills, and simultaneously engages our emotions, an exceptional situation which can be described as a firework of the brain.

There are different tips and tricks that make our practice more effective and fun. Such as Practicing a piece backward and many more.

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[kobinsadvance]

The best way to learn a musical instrument is not to focus on being the greatest or bestest player at the beginning session of your Just learn or practice because you genuinely love the sound of it and enjoy playing and not because you think it will make you look cool or stand out from the crowd.

[NickBottini]

Summary of tips in this video:

1. Practise slow and mindful
2. Keep it interesting
3. Practise hard parts first
4. Imagine
5. Process learning

Great advice, that I've personally seen really benefit students in practice. Great video - thank you for making.

P.S For anyone interested in the 10, 000 hours 'rule' concept alluded to in this video - I HIGHLY recommend reading what K Anders Ericsson (the academic whose work was the basis for Gladwell's moniker) himself writes about it in his book Peak: How All Of Us Can Achieve Extraordinary things. It's pretty critical of the idea that Gladwell popularised.

[ernestpatrickzaragoza]

I really admire how the narration is being done in all your videos; everything is organized and explained so clearly which makes the lessons understandable.

[BxJct]

thank you soo much I really needed this, I've been playing self-taught violin for 10 months and my worst habit is playing/practicing fast

[musicnoobpentragon]

What helped me at the very beginning was listening to songs I like the most and that sounded easy to play. I wrote all the notes down, one by one, since I couldn´t find music sheets for them. This way I already learned a bit the rythm and which notes I need to play.
Starting with songs you like is very motivating.

[aniven]

Ling Ling focuses while practicing 40 hours a day.

[emilyscroggie]

Great video! But the woman in 0:38 is holding the violin the wrong way round 😉

[vadimuha]

If you can play slow, you can play fast

[amandaschmitz]

As an orchestra teacher, thank you for this!

[fitforfreelance]

step by step guide to practice! It's crucial for business and health goals too!

[nik-btpb]

I like your videos and simplicity without any advertising a video on procrastination in detail and how to deal with?

[anak_kucing]

Sprouts let me tell you that I so like British accent therefore I like your channel.

Guys, what's your favorite instrument ?
My favorite instrument is piano.

[Peterjon]

"accompanied by the flute"

pLaYS thE CLaRiNeT

[wintermist]

Hii there!!I love almost all your techniques.I request you to pls make a video on the "4 hour sleep"!!I don't exactly know the word!I have heard that it is very helpful and effective

[aran_]

Hey man great video as always love your drawings

[augustinechinnappanmuthria]

Super super super tips
Augustine violinist from Malaysia

[rachit]

Can you please make a video on "failure and it's effects on life".
And thanks a lot for this video.😊

[cupcakkittn]

I'm watching this because I have a playing test today-

[kelvinmburu]

You are really doing great work in all your videos.. its amazing how learning from a few minutes video can do more good than a whole week of classroom work.. God bless you for this work.

[Hadriandidnothingwrong-zc]

well, you have to practice slow too but you can not not play the thing you are working on fast as well because if you don't, you will try to walk really fast instead of running later, when you have to increase the tempo. different movements....