7 Tips for Effective Musical practice
If you thought music theory was a waste of time and not necessarily your musical goals continue then read these following 5 reasons why this is not true.
1. Sheet music read: being can play from any piece of sheet music. Also it can be hard to play, but you can read it!
2. Be able to transpose: say now read a piece of sheet music play but you think it sounds too high or too low, or just didn’t look right. Now you can move it to a new key and play better sing.
3. Be able to modulate: you will be able, with a few fast movements of the fingers move your music in a new key with a succession of notes, pleasant to the ear a smile on the faces of your listeners will bring.
4. It is your skill in improvise increase: enough said.
5. To know music theory, the sounds will help you recreate your favorite songs to enjoy. This fabulous chord progressions. The parts, a song that give certain sound. Gospel, contemporary etc..
You need to learn music theory become a scholar on the subject. Only at least learn the basics. Getting a good music theory book and spend a few minutes a day read it and jump all contained exercises can begin to play your music.
The quality of your practice is much more important than the quantity. The old adage “Practice makes perfect” applies only if the practice is perfect. Here are 7 tips to help make your practice more effective and more efficient.
Practice that allows memory of our body muscular movements slowly physically perform pattern of movement with little or even no conscious participation. Examples of muscular memory are to walk, bike ride, enter and of course play a musical instrument.
To develop this memory, the muscles require training in the form of repeated deliberate guidance of the spirit. The mind must first learn the pattern. Then must the mind “the pattern to the muscles lessons”.
The spirit must control first all applications of the muscles. Controlled and precise movements, the faster will develop the muscles muscle memory.
Slowly practice allows the mind to “antagonistic muscle” teaching to relax. Antagonistic muscles are the ones who move in opposite directions. Of relaxing antagonistic muscle can help reduce tension and quick and easy performance and avoid possible infringements.
Practice in small cells “practice a cell” a limited number of movements is easy. Musical cells can be anything from a few pointers for a body of work. If you practice it is important to practice small cells of a few notes. The amount of information that have the muscle to learn at a time limited practice small cells. It facilitates the spirit of the focus and concentration.
The first movement of the following cell should link to help the end of a cell at the beginning of the next, the muscles to develop music feeling the continuum throughout the piece, the last motion in a cell.
Practice of each cell in bursts once learned the muscles, a pattern, you run it without conscious control. Initiate the patterns through a conscious command to allow the muscles to perform in a burst.
Error required not practice for each iteration to learn it takes 7 times the number of times a pattern of movement to change the pattern. If you during your practice make a mistake to stop. Check the pattern in your mind. And further reduce your movements of the speed.
Pause between reps, when dealing with repetitive activities, the spirit is better able to focus when the repetitions of short breaks are divided. After two or three replicates break 30 seconds for about, to regain focus.
Take regular breaks; not “over-practice” b.f Skinner and other experts have found that the spirit is the ability to learn significantly after prolonged intense concentration. Research shows that study too long (i.e. more than four hours) chemicals in the brain can reduce necessary for learning. Therefore, it is best to make short breaks (a 5-minute break on every 20-25 minutes) and practice not more than 4 hours at a time.
By applying these techniques, you can greatly improve the quality of your practice. You are able to more effectively spend your time and increase the effectiveness of your practice.
Ben was professionally trained in music at the Royal Academy of Music, he passed with a first in Music Theory and Evolution. Having played in a few bands over the tears she finally decide to blog about it and gives here expert advice out to her many loyal fans. Ben is the founder & inventive director
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