9 Tips For Inspiration & Optimism In Your Practice Sessions!

[@isaiahadamsvlogs5309]

Bonus Tip #10 for inspiration: Watch Josh Wright! Love what you do!

[@PianoMan333]

Great video Josh, thank you for sharing your valuable insights :)

[@bjornviir3333]

yes, hearing a quality recording is best inspiration to practice....i hear a quality recording and i drop everything and hit that piece hard thinking, i m gonna play at 85% that level in a few years....ok...make that 5 years, but it does give you energy.

[@IainInLondon]

I like the camera pointing at the foot pedals - it's very useful. I'm an amateur and when watching someone play, I find myself looking more at their footwork than their fingerwork. Thinking about it, none of the instructional videos I'm using give any foot pedal instructions...

[@stephenkyambadde7393]

Slow practice is simply the best, it'll just take away all the pressure. Thank you for this timely piece of advice!

[@susanmorrison8403]

Love the idea of putting art on the wall for inspiration! I’m thinking of putting a print of an impressionist artist as inspiration for a Debussy or Ravel piece.

[@lonelycrescendo]

I definitely needed these tips, this video itself is motivational! 🙂 It's hard to keep motivated when there are years of learning ahead. My uncle teaches piano and I asked him if he could help me, but I just feel so weird getting help for free and I'm not that close with him.. Maybe I should call him.. I just don't wanna feel like I'm using him for the piano cause we barely even talk.. I'm gonna do it, gaah. I agree so much on physical health and mental clarity.

[@joannagarcia5264]

Mental clarity for sure!

[@susanmorrison8403]

He’d probably be flattered!

[@pierrecohenmusic]

Thanks!! I agree about working out! I find after a good workout session, I’m much more mentally focused.

[@vanessaellermann9206]

Thanks for these great reminders, Josh. I had the privilege of studying with Brian Ganz in the early 90s and he would always tell his students that we are athletes as well as musicians.

[@theemoparakeet]

Love it! I definitely agree with the part about lifting. Ironically, I was coached (for powerlifting) by a piano teacher, in a power rack in his garage. He had piano students during the day and five or six of us that’d show up in the evening to lift!

[@anar3915]

Great tips! I have noticed huge improvements in my playing since I started weight lifting 😉

[@metteholm4833]

I can´t afford a mentor, so I have installed Madame Conus (Russion Method) and John Browning in the back of my head - and hope, it will help, since I have been a music teacher before (classical guitar). Today I went into a shop an actually got to try a Fazioli 🌠 WOW!

[@BEZONANCE]

Thank you so much for all your amazing teachings! and the new foot view camera is really helpful!

[@SirFuguesALot]

Perfectly timed for me, thank you Josh!

[@GabLapolicePianiste]

It might be interesting if each of the ideas had its own video, because each of the 9 tips would deserve its own video. The Tips ''Take Break to create Mental Space'' should be named too ''Refresh your Mind''. Of course, thanks for all your video. I just finished this series of 109 videos.

[@soheiliz8330]

Thank you Josh.

[@chrisdei9121]

Loved the addition of the pedal shot.....brilliant!

[@adrianaelliott5620]

Thanks Josh, I loved this video! Taking deep breaths when practicing should be definitely my goal. I don't do that! Keep going with your videos.

[@ginasink1356]

Exactly what I needed right now! I’ve been tortured with anxiety over my practicing lately and your tips are so helpful. Any more tips for getting rid of massive self criticism?

[@kristy4343]

Love this video! I just finished watching the Martha Argerich documentary film "Bloody Daughter", would highly recommend it if you haven't watched it. I've gone back to it several times to hear her perspectives on music. Thanks for your videos 🙂

[@billdonahue514]

Wonderful suggestions!

[@stoppelhopser1848]

Helped me out, great video!

[@jasperandersson753]

Verry valuable!

[@IrishGoat2828]

gotta love these videos. practice help videos are great. thanks man

[@joannagarcia5264]

Couldn’t agree more! 😁

[@ritaireneguzmanaldeco6110]

Very useful tips, thanks for sharing them! Does anyone know which was the video about steps to learn a piece? I think it was 7 steps, like, rhythm, articulation, phrasing, pedaling and so on. I remember Josh talked about that in a video, but I can't find it now. Please, I'd be so so thankful if someone could like that video

[@BenSadounJeremie]

Great

[@connorbest1277]

Josh you should make some march sometime.

[@thekeyoflifepiano]

I noticed your interview with Robert Durso about the Taubman technique is not there any more. Is there any reason why?

[@jcpractices]

Thanks Josh, fantastic advice as always!

[@goofytube99]

You mentioned "bogner" at 8:42 into the video. I didn't catch the first name and could not find him. What is his exact name?

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[@mfurman]

Josh, I love your videos and advice but do you realize that the sound in your videos always has much lower volume than anything on KZbin?

[@pasawong1570]

My mom said, "Ohmigosh, is that Musk or..."

[@noscopekiller4351]

First!

[@harokoujishou7888]

Hey Mr. Wright, if you'd like a more rewarding experience doing KZbin guides and genuinely giving people really good piano tips and lessons, you should try attacking a different perspective of touching your audience. It's certainly going to put you in a risky position of doing what is trending than doing it the way you love, but getting over that decision will be the difference between fulfillment of your passion and big money moves. It should be obvious to someone like you how newer generations lack good teachers who can teach and has the right experience in their field. Less and less people can teach at all, traditionally, and passing on their experience.