Why The Best Musicians Learn SLOWLY (Practice Tips)
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- Did you know that the best musicians learn slowly? People often choose the wrong practice strategies because they don’t understand this. Here are some tips for faster progress.
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00:00 Intro
00:14 Bill Evans’ story
01:10 Research shows slower learning is what leads to lasting knowledge
02:08 Mechanism behind this
03:25 Key insight (don't go by how much progress you seem to make in any given practice session)
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I completely agree. The things that I learned slowly are the things that I use the most often, and enjoy the most.
I really like this concept. I have ALWAYS been a slow learner, slow reader... :)
You are a great example of what you are teaching...you are slowly getting better and better!
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Marc, each of your videos is like a pearl in the oyster. It helps so much getting better and prevents from doing the wrong things. Thanks a lot!!
Glad you like them, Stephan! And thanks for the feedback.
Letting go of ‘time’ can be the best decision we make
Thank-you. This word about learning slowly is particularly timely for me !😏
So glad it was helpful, Phyllis.
Thanks again mark, how about a small demonstration as a suggestion, I.e how slow is slow? (am sure will vary), regards, brendan
Hi Brendan. This is not referring to the tempo at which you practice something. Rather it's about practising in ways that don't seem to give good results in the short-term but actually drive deeper learning in the long-term.
An example would be spaced repetition. So deliberately leaving periods of time between going back to practice something. This will mean that you can't play it as well on the day as if you just do hundreds of repetitions all immediately one after the other in a single block. But if you check back in a week or a month, you'll find that practising it in the "harder" way leads to more progress.
I too, would classify myself as a ‘slow learner’ and I agree with what you say here, based on personal experience!
I have often been pleasantly surprised to come back to something (a few days after practicing it with a particular strategy or other fresh approach) to discover that I have ‘got it’!
Incidentally, this is why I feel that having a weekly piano lesson feels wrong for me - I end up feeling overly pressured when I’m practicing, thinking “I won’t be able to learn this (the way that I want to) within the time frame!”
Could you change your attitude to what progress you expect between lessons? It doesn't necessarily have to be about you achieving a specific result each time. It could be more like an ongoing regular check in and tune up as you work on things over a longer time.
Or you could always schedule longer spaces between lessons. I've varied between having lessons weekly, every 2 weeks, and about once a month. Different approaches can suit different people and different situations.
@@PlayInTheZone Yes, of course. : ) But I do prefer the bi-weekly / monthly timing at this point.
Very interesting and encouraging. Thank you.
You are so welcome
Hi Mark, Audio is out of sync with the video, check it out as none of the other comments mentioned it?
Thanks so much for this feedback, Mike. I think I've located the source of the problem so hopefully it shouldn't happen again. (But I'm still slightly surprised that I didn't notice it when checking the final edit)
Thanks Mark, for me the next step when I slow down is - what am I doing with this extra time. What am I thinking or working on? Am I actively hearing the current note in relation to the chord/scale, am I working on hearing ahead (or reading ahead) to the next note, am I micro focusing on breathing, tone, tuning, posture, etc. What's your thoughts? Thanks!
Whatever is the priority for moving you to the next level.
As an example, this week I'm focusing on giving full value and shape to the last note of the phrase, because I have identified a tendency to cut it short as I think ahead to the next phrase.
If you try and improve everything at once you end up improving nothing. So it's best to work on one or two priority issues at a time. And that requires careful listening so you can identify your main weaknesses...
Sounds like me.
I thought I was too slow.
What does slower learning mean? Slower than what? What if I think I'm going slow and it isnt slow at all? Slow is relative.