Comments on: Tips On Practicing Music http://www.jeanwelles.com/91/tips-on-practicing-music/ Chistian Guitar Lessons blog Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:44:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: L R Lidbom http://www.jeanwelles.com/91/tips-on-practicing-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 L R Lidbom Wed, 20 May 2009 00:01:01 +0000 http://www.jeanwelles.com/?p=91#comment-1207 Only perfect practice makes perfect Only perfect practice makes perfect

]]> By: Dave Gorski http://www.jeanwelles.com/91/tips-on-practicing-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 Dave Gorski Tue, 19 May 2009 21:38:42 +0000 http://www.jeanwelles.com/?p=91#comment-1206 For those starting guitar, practice without making practice a chore. Make it a special worship time. Even though your practicing, your playing to the Creator--and any music directed to Him is beautiful. Don't let your practicing become painful. Get to the point where you want to play your guitar without letting it collect dust in a distant corner. Have fun, worship God, and you will be successful! For those starting guitar, practice without making practice a chore. Make it a special worship time. Even though your practicing, your playing to the Creator–and any music directed to Him is beautiful.
Don’t let your practicing become painful. Get to the point where you want to play your guitar without letting it collect dust in a distant corner. Have fun, worship God, and you will be successful!

]]> By: Christine Branigan http://www.jeanwelles.com/91/tips-on-practicing-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1205 Christine Branigan Tue, 19 May 2009 21:17:37 +0000 http://www.jeanwelles.com/?p=91#comment-1205 My favorite practice technique is the metronome. I start out with one measure (if flat or finger picking) or the measures of music that make up a phrase (if I am strumming). I then set the metronome to the lowest possible setting. My goal then is to play that piece and only that piece 5 times without making any mistakes. If and only if I have accomplished that, then I advance the metronome by five bpms and repeat the process until I have that up to speed. I then proceed to the next measure or phrase and repeat the process. Then I combine the two, and repeat the process. At the lower settings, is the best time to work out things like good tone, etc. so when you increase the speed, those things remain with you. This technique works well if the music is difficult to master or has difficult sections. If you practice the whole song this way, you won't be as tempted to slow down for the difficult parts. It also helps with memorizing the music and the sense that you know it. My favorite practice technique is the metronome. I start out with one measure (if flat or finger picking) or the measures of music that make up a phrase (if I am strumming). I then set the metronome to the lowest possible setting. My goal then is to play that piece and only that piece 5 times without making any mistakes. If and only if I have accomplished that, then I advance the metronome by five bpms and repeat the process until I have that up to speed. I then proceed to the next measure or phrase and repeat the process. Then I combine the two, and repeat the process.

At the lower settings, is the best time to work out things like good tone, etc. so when you increase the speed, those things remain with you. This technique works well if the music is difficult to master or has difficult sections. If you practice the whole song this way, you won’t be as tempted to slow down for the difficult parts. It also helps with memorizing the music and the sense that you know it.

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