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31 Days To Better Practicing

October 25, 2007 By Graham English

The Collaborative Piano Blog started 31 days to better practicing on October 1st. I'm only just finding it but so far it looks like some really good advice. It would probably go well with my schedule to turbocharge your practicing. A couple tips … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: piano, Practice, Practicing

Ear Training or Listening Practice?

March 15, 2007 By Graham English

You can make ear training something you do once in a while or you can make it part of who you are. That's the difference between ear training and a listening practice. Ear training has often been half-jokingly, half-seriously referred to as "ear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: deliberate practice, Ear Training, ear training exercises, EarTrainingHacks, exercises, listening, listening practice, listening skills, musical vocabulary, Practice, Practicing, unconditional listening

Hacking Your Musical Strategies Day 2: Motivation Strategies

October 7, 2006 By Graham English

Elicit your motivational strategy for dong something that's not necessarily fun, like practicing scales. Next, elicit your motivational strategy for doing something you love, like jamming with your friends. Are these strategies the same or different? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: exercises, GTD, hacks, LifeHacks, motivation, motivation strategies, MusicHacks, NLP, Practicing, strategies

Hacking Your Musical Strategies Day 1: Decision Strategies

October 6, 2006 By Graham English

While practicing your instrument today, notice your decision strategy for choosing what you are going to practice. Slow the decision process way down and write down each step of your strategy. Identify the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic components … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: decision strategies, exercises, GTD, hacks, LifeHacks, MusicHacks, NLP, Practicing, strategies

Advice To Beginning Musicians

August 11, 2006 By Graham English

If you're new to the world of playing music or even if you're just now thinking about playing your very first note, here's my 7-step plan for beginning musicians: Get a cheap instrument. You probably have an idea of what instrument you want to play … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: 80/20 rule, advice, beginners, Elite Musician Society, Instruments, music fundamentals, music study, music teachers, Music Theory, musicianship, Practicing

Music from 12-14-05b

August 3, 2006 By Graham English

[tag]Practicing[/tag] [tag]walking bass[/tag] and soloing over [tag]Bb[/tag] [tag]rhythm changes[/tag] on the [tag]Hammond[/tag] [tag]organ[/tag] at [tag]195bpm[/tag]. [tag]jazz[/tag] [tag]Perdido[/tag] [tag]bebop[/tag] [tag]organ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 195bpm, Bb, Bb blues, bebop, hammond, jazz, organ, organ solo, Perdido, Practicing, rhythm changes, walking bass

Noise Can Make You Smarter

July 30, 2006 By Graham English

From Noise can make you smarter: Wired Magazine interviews Bart Kosko, author of Noise, a book that argues that adding noise to our signals can actually make them clearer. Can background music make you smarter? The more you can concentrate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: brain, concentration, Ear Training, noise, Practicing

Turbocharge Your Practicing

July 13, 2006 By Graham English

A practice schedule is an important part of your musical development. My sax teacher, Nathan Davis, used to tell me, "Go without practicing one day, and you know. Go without practicing two days, your friends will know. Go without three days, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: arpeggios, breathing, confidence, deliberate practice, goals, GTD, harmonics, LifeHacks, musical development, MusicHacks, Nathan Davis, overtones, Practice, practice schedule, Practicing, saxophone, technique

Music from 12-16-05e

July 6, 2006 By Graham English

0:00 - [tag]iPod[/tag] recording. [tag]Hammond[/tag] organ and [tag]Trinity[/tag] [tag]synth bass[/tag] [tag]Ebmin7[/tag] | Ab7 [tag]100bpm[/tag] [tag]funk[/tag]. 1:08 - [tag]wah wah clav[/tag]. 1:30 - Hammond [tag]organ solo[/tag]. 4:49 - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 100bpm, clav solo, Ebmin7, funk, hammond, iPod, IV bridge, motif, organ solo, Practicing, synth bass, synth solo, Trinity, vamp, wah wah clav, wurly solo

Music from 12-16-05c

July 6, 2006 By Graham English

[tag]PRACTICING[/tag] [tag]Bb[/tag] [tag]rhythm changes[/tag] on the [tag]Hammond[/tag] organ at [tag]130bpm[/tag]. 0:00 - [tag]Walking bass[/tag]. 1:30 - Right hand comps. 2:30 - [tag]Perdido[/tag]. 3:40 - [tag]Organ solo[/tag]. 7:15 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 130bpm, Bb, clav, funky, hammond, iPod, jazz, Nord Lead, organ solo, Perdido, Practicing, rhythm changes, swing, Trinity, walking bass

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