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About Practice
A few
In last months column, I wrote about the This approach will not only use the
perils of repetitive practice, and how it available time more efficiently, but ulti-
words
could lead to cementing mistakes, rather mately save hours, if not weeks, of unnec-
than removing them. I showed how one of essary work in unravelling learned mis-
about
the best ways to conquer technical prob- takeswhich leads directly to this months
lems was to isolate and analyze difficulties; column: Practicing. Here are some very
practice
rather than to practice through the difficulty broad tips.
by playing the irrelevant bars before and af- Do not be intimidated by the follow-
ter the problem passage. Now, it may seem ing individuals: the shy, apologetic man
By Simon Wynberg rather obvious to suggest that you concen- who plays like John Williams and claims
trate on awkward sections rather than easy he last held a guitar in May 2003 (the man
ones, but you will need to remind yourself is probably a liarcheck left hand fingers
of this constantly, as it is so tempting (and for callouses); the nine-year-old girl in pig-
satisfying) to play things that are familiar tails who describes her punishing eight-
and comfortable under the fingers. hour practice scheduleFirst I get up at