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Practice

  • 02-12-2010 05:40PM
    #1
    Scráib
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 593 ✭✭✭


    This may sound pretty ridiculous, but does anyone have any particular method for getting themselves to practice their respective instrument(s)?


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  • #2
    Blade
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭Blade


    Do you mean to motivate yourself to practice? Personally I think you're wasting your time if you're doing something you don't enjoy or feel like it's a chore.


  • #3
    Scráib
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Scráib


    Maybe I'm fooling myself but I love the music. I'm learning the Harp and I love the instrument. I've invested over a year into learning the instrument and I'm not giving it up.

    I suppose I'm asking do people with a lifetime of experience than I do ever have problems just sitting down and playing a tune for the sake of playing a tune?


  • #4
    Blade
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭Blade


    Well I only have a few years of experience. At home I tend to only play tunes I'm not up to scratch on and never bother with the ones I can play properly, cause I'd be playing them in the pub anyway. So I suppose I don't play a tune for the sake of it at home, unless I want to change something in it.


  • #5
    Futurecrook
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,869 ✭✭✭Futurecrook


    Scráib wrote: »
    Maybe I'm fooling myself but I love the music. I'm learning the Harp and I love the instrument. I've invested over a year into learning the instrument and I'm not giving it up.

    I suppose I'm asking do people with a lifetime of experience than I do ever have problems just sitting down and playing a tune for the sake of playing a tune?

    Yes. I've been playing for 12 years or so now and study music in college and I still find practice tedious sometimes.

    I find what works best for me is setting up a routine. When I practice I start off with tone & breathing exercises. Then if I have new tunes to learn I'll go through the different methods I have for doing that. If I don't have anything new to learn but just want to practice then I would pick a set of tunes (either ones I know well or ones I might not be too great with) and play through them. Then I'd have a listen to a recording of someone else playing them. (In my case it's usually Matt Molloy as I'm a flute player :)) Then I'd play the tunes again trying to throw in different variations, trying to imitate a certain style, trying new things, etc. That's how I stop myself getting bored.


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