The Road to Becoming a Better Musician
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*Have a more positive mental attitude*

*Learn to practice more productively*

*Practice the day of your lesson, after your lesson so you can immediately begin applying what you learned*

*Stop procrastinating*

*Prepare as you go...don't wait for miracles*

*Determine what role your keyboard playing has in the "big" picture*

*Do more serious score study with recordings*

*Work on the keys more consistently*

*Listen to other players to determine how you want to sound*

*Learn how to make it through those "burn out" periods*

*Motivate yourself and work on not being too hard on yourself when you are not progressing as quickly as you would like*

*SLOWER practice -- "Speed kills"*

*FOCUS*

*Practice more and take it more seriously while you are in a practice room*

*Learn to practice more creatively*

*Learn to be more aware of how you sound in a practice room -- the real world is not always as "boomy" as a practice room!*

*Prioritize your time and goals when you practice*

*Accept the fact that you have to sound "bad" sometimes in order to improve*

*Have a more positive mental attitude in general*

*Take notes in your lessons*

*Set a goal to play every day -- you can be sure that someone else is*

* Repetition and Patience*

*Listen to more recordings -- of all types of musicians*

*Set up practice time(s) in your schedule and stick to it*

*Practice every aspect of your playing every day*

*Remember to enjoy yourself and your music making -- Cherish your talents*

And my accordion teacher would have added:
"Practice doesn't make perfect ... Only PERFECT practice makes perfect" ...
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Taike, WOW, that's a mouthful, but lots of great advice.



In all the years I took lessons as a kid I never heard it put that way, it wasn't till it was mentioned here at SZ. It's something more teachers should tell their students.

Salvatore Fransosi my piano teacher use to say it " should be concentrated practice" not just sitting there playing notes.



[This message has been edited by Stephenm52 (edited 03-28-2007).]

Hey, professor...you nailed it, AGAIN!

Russ

2 gigs today. This wisdom speakes journals. Always room for improvement.

Thanks Taike,

zuki

WISDOM AND SPEAKS SOUNDS BETTER

zuki