The Gold Standard of Music Practice
If there is any musical instrument, or even vocal, practice tip universally recommended, it’s this.
Go over tough spots three times.
Suppose you are singing a new song and one spot just gives you some resistance. Maybe it’s the words, could be the intervals, or even the rhythm. But it doesn’t go smoothly.
Then, stop! Go over the hard spot three times. Maybe slow down a little. Make it easier to do. The, do it three times
If you have studied music with a teacher, I’ll bet you heard this already. It really is the gold standard of practicing music.
I recommend taking brief pause before each repetition. Don’t try to be a tape loop. Reset your mind to learning mode each time. You will make fewer errors and learn more quickly.
f you want to increase the speed, that’s good. Just allow yourself to go over the part three times at a doable speed. Then, push ahead a little and do three times more. This encodes your brain synapses for success.
The hard part for beginners is focus on the difficult part. Find a good starting place just before the challenge area, and a good stopping place just after. That’s the new skill to learn. And it is a very valuable skill. Expert musicians can do this effortlessly. But, it didn’t happen overnight.
If you haven’t mastered the skill of isolating a short, hard part, do it right away. It will pay you huge dividends.
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