10 Ways to Practice Without Your Instrument

[@MeluzHann]

I did a lot of this in preparation for my senior recital c’: Words of affirmation is absolutely my love language 🎵🎶

[@matthewcasey892]

Thing is, every week I get a new lesson on KZbin! I have to stop chasing every new lesson I see.

[@angelgabrielgonzalez6473]

Awesome channel bud! Great job! Keep it up man

[@adrianhackford2806]

Hi Brent. All useful stuff. Oddly my most productive time is often when I'm not actually playing. I live in the country, and and walk a lot. Often, almost subconsciously, I find myself soloing in my head over the chords of a particular piece, and because I am not limited by the constraints of the instrument, but rather simply 'hearing' what I want to play, I often have a melodic idea for a certain phrase, perhaps a 2-5-1 or the last 4 bars of a blues. When I get home, I pick up the instrument and try it. Often, these ideas take me to new places.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

That's great to hear, Adrian! Thank you for sharing.

[@MarcPlaysDrums]

Number one is actually how I learn songs. I put the song on loop, find different versions and work, sleep and workout in the gym to it so it’s embedded and internalized in my brain. I don’t like the note for note sit down and shed on it technique because I hate premeditation.. I like to just play the song. Sure I’ll pick some spots to place things but I just want the form in my head. I’ll also memorize the solos. And the slow down technique is also great. I had a record player that could be slowed to 16 rpm’s so I could learn wild extended Billy Cobham solos. Great stuff, bruv.

[@insidejazzguitar8112]

Great advice. I find the part about naming the chords as you’re listening to the tune to be very helpful, and something I need to do much more

[@fingerrestyle]

11: you can learn music theory on youtube. 12: You can analyze the standards and remember what the masters are playing on top of the chords

[@robguitarwizard]

I am a far better jazz musician without my instrument.

[@christianalexander368]

Good tips regardless of musical genre as well!

[@yanavalvieja]

this is so interesting but so true. i used to dance a lot and what helped me learn the choreographies was listening to the song on loop and it helped me in _remembering_ and _understanding_ the musicality and structure of the songs. i also sing and had a 3-piece band last year as lead vocal and in our first-ever performance, i looped our setlist everyday even if i wasn't able to sing with it/hum to it all the time. now compare that to our last performance last year, i looped our setlist like half of when i did the first time. that performance was _so_ not as good as our very first. i didn't feel the music, the lyrics, or the structure as well as i did the first time. in the first perf, the songs were like "a part of me". and interestingly too, i thought i practiced more in our last performance than the first time. 🤓👍 so, these are *definitely* critically vital tips to practice as any kind of musician... or dancer

[@Hughesbayou]

This is exactly how I always learned new music. The mystery is how I used to give playlists to band mates to learn and the would show up at practice having maybe listened to it once in the background. Needless to say that was pretty frustrating as they would try to learn it on the fly and of course failing. Another problem would be if they did kind of get it but would be satisfied with it if we got through it once. As a band it is going to make the whole thing really good if you play a song many times as each time one hears new interactions between the instruments. It's not work, its fun. I don't care how good you are, I want to polish every song to the highest possible level.

[@DovidM]

If I‘m creating a playlist of a song I’m learning, I make notes on the tempo and feel of each recording, and what impressed me most about a given musician’s performance of the tune. It might be a particular lick or chord choice but normally it is the mood or pace they chose, and what they did to make the tune their own.

[@josephharley4770]

I work to visualize all the relationships on the circle of 5ths.

[@debcassens3734]

Great video! Thanks

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad you liked it!

[@tamistone2632]

Good stuff here

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thanks! I appreciate it.

[@BobMazzo]

Great advice.

[@gramophoneloopers]

11. Learn solfeggio. Recognize notes from a song, or solo. Sing your own solo with solfeggio notes.

[@astorina]

Another one is to sing the melody repeatedly while musicians on the record are soloing !

[@beatismylfe740]

Wow I do almost all of this

[@macleadg]

After I listen to a solo a bunch of times, I try to “play” it on my instrument in my head, without the instrument in my hands. Seems to work.