Lesson: Repetition in Music Practice

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

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[@wyokid5552]

Very nice lesson. I've also heard it said "Practice doesn't make perfect, PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENT." If you practice it wrong nine times and correctly once, your just practicing mistakes more than practicing correctly.

[@SharonMerlier]

Thank you so much! As, usual you seem to have intuited just what I was needing to hear and do.

[@Shravan_Vasishth]

Thank you again for all these incredibly useful videos.

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Oh wow, thank you so much for your very kind and generous support! I hope you continue to enjoy the channel. Happy practicing!

[@kirklandgavin6858]

I am really enjoying your music lesson's, Sir. Very cool. Once again thank you

[@ScotsEtude]

Brilliant advice and tips Bradford - I'm using your Technique book (& Scales book etc.) and found myself just repeating some things mindlessly today - this video was very timely for me. Keep them coming - they are very very helpful. Thanks.

[@MiltRodgers]

very helpful for this cellist

[@RuudLaponder]

Fantastic and so important lesson !

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Thanks! 😃

[@scottkleyla7752]

Great pep talk coach! Just do it -BREAK AWAY on a one and a two GO! GO! GO!

[@MK-sc8md]

You bring whole new meaning to "practice", blending discipline with mindfulness. I've got a lot of corrupt muscle memory to unpack! Will strive to methodically LEARN Guiliani Op 50 I just bought!

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@rpaldridge1]

One of your best lessons. Thanks so much!

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Glad you liked it!

[@steveb9325]

This is extremely helpful Bradford. Thank you. I'd like to add something I learned (on a KZbin post) from Scott Tennant. That is : time (actual time in one's day..) He said you're busy with all your other responsibilities in life (work, school etc) and don't have hours or even a half hour to practice that day. Take the 10-15 min you have and work slowly on a passage, a measure, a phrase and actually work it out. You've actually accomplished something as opposed to not touching your instrument at all that day and go to bed depressed...(I of course did my own narrative at the end here, though one gets the message. Thank you again!!! Ps: Mr. Tennant states he's doing this inbetween students or if a student is running late etc.

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Absolutely, between teaching students I'll often practice the two or three most difficult passages of a piece or just play something well no matter how short.

[@delalia2253]

What an helpful lesson, it deepens the lesson you made in january 2020 "Accomplish Small Goals and Feel Positive When Practicing". Thanks a lot !

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AlGuitarist]

I think it’s very easy for forget the importance of HOW to practice rather than how MUCH we practice. Thank you for great tips! I am not sure if you have already posted tips on performance but I would like to know how to get into performance mode during a practice session to practice performing.

[@prabhneetsingh13]

You're absolutely right! I really needed to hear it out loud. Thank you so much for these tips!

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gene35z]

Thank you

[@zakbraverman]

Such a great and useful video! I’ve been banging my head against the wall wondering why I haven’t been making good progress, and this video really helped me realize that I’m the idiot who practices something 9 times badly, 1 time well, then goes on to the next thing. Repeat for hours a day to…bad effect. :) Reminds me of the joke about the bad businessman: “We lose money on every sale, but make up for it with high volume!”

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Well, my advice is a bit idealized but just add the ideas into your practice and don't be too hard on yourself. Number one thing is to enjoy yourself!

[@christopherstanford5599]

Wiser words were never spoken🤗

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Thanks so much!

[@gardnep]

Great tips and thanks. I always enjoy your videos.

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Thanks for watching!

[@佐藤忠夫-m8x]

very excellent lesson indeed😊

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Thank you! 😃

[@dcoch2000]

GREAT video! Thank you!

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Glad you liked it!

[@22okansezer22]

Always very helpful thank you so much 💕🎶🎶

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Glad you think so!

[@AlanMcCarthyguitar]

Super lesson and huge food for thought. Thank you

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@thepickerhat6996]

Some great valuable Advice in that Video. I will take a lot of that into my practising. Helpful Stuff!

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bisqous]

Thanks for these amazing tips on practice - one of my favourite videos, that this will be. . practicing in different rhythms is such fun. All these amazing ways to practice a piece makes it so much interesting.. Thanks again.. Will love to know the piece you are playing here, thanks..

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

It's No.6, Op.50 by Giuliani, there will be a video on the piece next week.

[@bisqous]

Thank you

[@subject_5056h]

This is so helpful! Thank you so much.

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

I'm so glad!

[@mscir]

Varying tempo, block chords, really good lesson. Thank you. Do you have books for complete beginners that aren't for duets so we can learn on our own?

[@patrickwwallace89]

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[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

I list it on my gear page: www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/classical-guitar-store-reviews/

[@patrickwwallace89]

@@Thisisclassicalguitar thank you thank you for taking the time to reply to me and share the link! I want to protect my finish if possible.

[@StevenBornfeld]

Some great nuggets there! I wonder if you're familiar with Dr. Molly Gebrian's work, and if you do what you think about it. Her videos cover some similar material, with particular emphasis on memory, and she does it from a more overtly neurobiological approach with lots of references to literature (she's a violist with neurobiological training). It makes a lot of sense, but I've had a devil of a time trying to actually put her techniques into practice.

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

I'll look her up and explore. That said, finding a happy medium between efficiency of learning and enjoy your practice time is also a consideration I don't mention in the video.

[@eliseleonard3477]

I love these videos, am getting back into classical guitar after years away and with COVID your videos are replacing regular lessons to keep the motivation going!

[@OkuboVitor]

what are you playing on 18:00 min ?

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Giuliani's No.6 from Op.50. Coming up next week.

[@bobpeticolas121]

Thanks so much. I wonder if you can clarify. At one point, you say you increase the tempo by just one click on the metronome each day. In another place, you say you vary the tempos from much slower than target tempo to faster than target tempo. Does "add one click per day" refer to when you are first learning the piece, and varying tempos refer to when you really have the piece in your fingers, and you're maintaining and polishing it?

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Good point. It really depends on the passage and the difficulty. In general I bring up 'entire pieces' one metronome notch at a time but I'll then also experiment bringing phrases up to speed to hear what the musicality will be like and the practicality of the fingering I've chosen. Again, totally depends on the piece.

[@d.d.70]

That helps a lot!! That was a really interesting lesson with loads of valuable information!! Love to see more of these kind of lessons! Sorry for so many exclamation marks but you'd just makes me very enthusiastic! Thanks!!!!!!!!

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rubenkoster1015]

When to speed it up?

[@chriswitt4573]

I remember reading something in a book on pitching mechanics once which stuck with me. Practice doesn't make perfect. PERFECT practice makes perfect. If you're practicing wrong, you're just ingraining bad habits.

[@litoboy5]

COOL

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

thx