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| ‘Practice’ for many is a terrible word. Especially those who have had to learn things the teacher chose for them & learn that from sheet music. We're all doing this for fun & tackled in the right way that's exactly what it should be from the start. |
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Little & Often It’s better to think of it as ‘Playing’ – because in more ways than one, this is what you should be doing on your instrument regularly. It’s a cliché, but little & often is very important. Never force yourself to play longer than you really want to. You should find that you’ll feel the urge to have another go much sooner that way. Set yourself a minimum of 2 minutes - hopefully you'll choose to do a little more when the 2 minutes are up... & be itching to pick it up again very soon. |
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| Learning more than one instrument at a time can help! One really does give you a break from the other & they all complement each other wonderfully. All of the listening skills required for one will help with the other, especially if one is a mono-tone instrument & the other is chordal - ( guitar or piano ). Having a new way of listening & learning – doing the same stuff but from a different angle can be very rewarding. You can split a lesson in two at no extra cost if you wish. |
| You may find that you quickly feel frustrated with one, but are happy to jump onto the other….& surprised that once you are fed up with the latter, you are suddenly strangely keen to have another go at the former… it can go on all night…especially with some cool music on the hifi to work from, company of similar mind - & a bottle of red ..- though don’t get this out too early.... |
| Don’t put your instrument back in it’s case if you can avoid it. Buy it a stand so it can look at you all coy from the corner of the room. Only then can it send out it 's irresistible vibes to you & beg you to hold it & make music with it. |
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