The old saying, "Practice makes perfect" is complete bull.
It sounds like a pretty ridicules statement doesn't it?
Actually it's not. This is why:
Let's think about what most people do when they start to play a new chord, scale, lick, or chord progression.
They tend to start practicing something and when it's not fun, frustration leads to impatience. So they stop "listening" to what they're playing and start 'playing' instead.
It's jam time! Then their fingers go off into "la la land". The next thing they know, 10 minutes just blew by like seconds and euphoria lights up the room.
Hey, almost everyone does it at some point. Who in the world can't understand why?
Sure it was fun to do but what really happened? Was that really practice time?
How many of these questions would you answer, "Yes" to?
Do you play the same things, the same ways, over and over?
How about taking little "musical excursions" when you get frustrated to blow off a little steam?
What about playing something too fast because it sounds cool at the moment?
Did you say yes to any of those questions? Most of us do those things.
Here's the problem. If you try to master a new technique, but spend more time "playing" than actually working on the new thing, you're 'not getting it down' even if you "practice" 15, 20, 45 minutes, or even 2 hours like that.
Of the time you spend practicing, exactly what you do with that "practice time" as you play?
You can move mountains in your playing progress buy doing these things:
This is the big one that makes the other two happen: Take the time to enjoy the sounds of the notes you play and focus on the sound.
Play everything accurately without 'play time'.
Play everything slow!
Now go try out this crazy theory. You'll be amazed at how much faster your playing will progress, even if you're a pro player. If you do all three, you'll cut your "practice time" in half, or even more than half.
You'll accomplish more to improve your playing in 5-10 minutes that you would have in 20, 30 or more.
Think about what I first said:
The old saying, "Practice makes perfect" is complete bull.
Perfect practice, makes perfect!
If you give this a try, your playing will improve radically faster than you ever dreamed.
It sounds like a pretty ridicules statement doesn't it?
Actually it's not. This is why:
Let's think about what most people do when they start to play a new chord, scale, lick, or chord progression.
They tend to start practicing something and when it's not fun, frustration leads to impatience. So they stop "listening" to what they're playing and start 'playing' instead.
It's jam time! Then their fingers go off into "la la land". The next thing they know, 10 minutes just blew by like seconds and euphoria lights up the room.
Hey, almost everyone does it at some point. Who in the world can't understand why?
Sure it was fun to do but what really happened? Was that really practice time?
How many of these questions would you answer, "Yes" to?
Do you play the same things, the same ways, over and over?
How about taking little "musical excursions" when you get frustrated to blow off a little steam?
What about playing something too fast because it sounds cool at the moment?
Did you say yes to any of those questions? Most of us do those things.
Here's the problem. If you try to master a new technique, but spend more time "playing" than actually working on the new thing, you're 'not getting it down' even if you "practice" 15, 20, 45 minutes, or even 2 hours like that.
Of the time you spend practicing, exactly what you do with that "practice time" as you play?
You can move mountains in your playing progress buy doing these things:
This is the big one that makes the other two happen: Take the time to enjoy the sounds of the notes you play and focus on the sound.
Play everything accurately without 'play time'.
Play everything slow!
Now go try out this crazy theory. You'll be amazed at how much faster your playing will progress, even if you're a pro player. If you do all three, you'll cut your "practice time" in half, or even more than half.
You'll accomplish more to improve your playing in 5-10 minutes that you would have in 20, 30 or more.
Think about what I first said:
The old saying, "Practice makes perfect" is complete bull.
Perfect practice, makes perfect!
If you give this a try, your playing will improve radically faster than you ever dreamed.
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