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Hey Marc, thanks for that insight. The 3 methods you mentioned reflect precisely my experience with practicing. I have another habit that in my opinion is very helpful: When I practice a piece I start at the end of it. I might play tho whole piece a couple of times prima vista to get an overall impression and than I practice the ending first. When I can play it, I start some bars earlier, practice those and play through to the end, which by then I have already internalized. That way I know right from the beginning of my practice, where the music is going to rather than where I come from. And when I perform the piece in public, I get more and more secure in the course of the song. Also when learning it by heart, I will always be able to start at any song position and don't have to think my way through the song to where I want to start.

@PlayInTheZone

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for adding that, Mat. I know a lot of people find this approach helpful. I don't think it's *required* but definitely worth experimenting with in case you're one of the people for whom it works really well.

The knowledge and information that your sharing in your videos are really great. Im really grateful that i found your channel. If a beginner guitarist find your channel early and digest what your sharing in your videos, it will help them to have a great progress. Theres alot of gold to mined in channel. But sadly you stopped making videos.

Thank you so much Mark. Your advice and ideas on how to practce more efffectively are so so helpful. I have been putting them into practice and they are really helpng. Thank you for your generosity. Muriel

Great tips! They are all quite intuitional. People just don't always follow them because they are lazy, already exhausted when they start practicing or decide to learn slower with less effort.

@PlayInTheZone

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Honza. Yes, it takes effort to do things the right way...

When you go wrong and just keep repeating a section in the hope it will come out right in the end is the wrong thing to do, your brain will actually get used to going wrong at that point and you will keep on doing it. It is better to take that part to pieces and get it right in itself then you will find it will fit in seamlessly with the rest. We all fall into these traps of just repeating the whole thing. You may have to slow off a little when you reach the offending bit, but it will soon even out without thinking any more about it

Thank you for sharing. Amazing this could be applicable not for just learning music but learning a language on an elementary level. This is definitely therapeutic.

@PlayInTheZone

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I think there's a good chance that the same principles can be transferred across to other fields. That's frequently the case with learning strategies (though I don't have hard data for these particular ones so I'm just guessing about that...)

Thx for another very clarifying college about learning playing guitar. It matches perfectly with what I’ve learned by teaching and by observing my own learning proces. You help me to make it even more clear for myself. Thank you again and keep on going with the excellent work you do.

@PlayInTheZone

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help, Ruud! Glad you enjoyed it.

It have been training myself to think like a road map. Sounds silly?........ Not sure if I am good at explaining this. Because I am familiar with the roads of which i travel, should someone give me directions, after a short explanation it would be like oh yeah I know how to get there. I feel the same with music. I am familiar with the roads, which would be my chords, inversions, patterns etc that when learning a or memorising a song, which is the road map, It is like, oh yeah I know how it goes. I trust that I have the know how in getting there. I don't remember every detail, but when i arrive at a each point I know where to go from there. This self trust that i have when rehearsing is what I try and achieve when playing live. Sometimes I will be playing in the band and my solo would be coming up, so I just don't think about it and play. Why, because the knowledge is already there. Sorry about the long winded explanation, but hope this might resonate with some. 🤔

What about kids who will become successful musicians?

Hi Marc! I’ve noticed that book about time in the back of your last videos. Is this a good resource? As someone prioritizing my time in my practice routine, it would be nice to check it out.

@PlayInTheZone

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's a good book, Jorge. I can't claim to have spent any serious amount of time working with it yet, though. One of the reasons for having it there is to try and kick me into practising this topic more seriously...

Another great video. I play piano.

@PlayInTheZone

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it, David.

I don’t think that pyramid is a good idea for suggesting things lol

@PlayInTheZone

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you mean, Daniel... What's wrong with the pyramid?

@DanielKodiak

3 жыл бұрын

@@PlayInTheZone i guess it’s just an American thought of seeing a pyramid and thinking of a pyramid scheme. Or it’s just my ADHD lol. Either way I love your videos and I didn’t mean my comment in bad faith.

What an extremely extraordinary (and irritating) presenter!

@MishaSkripach

Жыл бұрын

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