Practicing/current Brain Research |
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Practicing/current Brain Research |
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Nov 5 2007, 10:20 AM |
Interesting reading. The author is an a teacher, in the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, and has degrees both in music and Neuroscience. Discuss?
http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/stud...chbyGebrian.pdf |
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Nov 5 2007, 10:47 AM |
Interesting reading. The author is an a teacher, in the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, and has degrees both in music and Neuroscience. Discuss? http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/stud...chbyGebrian.pdf Fascinating stuff - the role of sleep in learning was especially interesting as was the mental practicing bit. It kind of adds legitimacy to the metronome practice - practice perfect execution at a speed you can manage and you are training your brain to perform, the task, trimming neuron connections etc - repetition is the key. So in theory you should practice metronome for a while, then leave it over nght and the next day you will have improved ... Interestingly, it implies that practicing the same thing for a long period of time is not a lot more effective than practicing it then sleeping. Of course, more practice is better but this implies that you should vary it and not practice any one thing to exclusion. -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Nov 5 2007, 09:11 PM |
Very interesting article fkalich - thanks.
At the very least it has to be worth a try. So for this week - maybe longer - I'm going to switch my practice session accordingly. At the moment I usually practice in the morning first thing after breakfast. Maybe not a great time anyway as I'm often still half asleep then. So I'll try switching the time to last thing before bed. Now the only possible downside - for me anyway - is whether I can 'turn off' when I go to bed or if I'll just lie there in the dark seeing notes . Still, if it stops me lying in the dark worrying about money it will have done at least some good . I'll try to remember to let you all know how things go. Cheers, Tony -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Nov 5 2007, 11:54 PM
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That's why I always want to play air guitar!!
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