garddwr Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 nm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 DD12..... giggle giggle giggle (she is practicing right now....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 DD wants me to print it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowing Brook Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I like this. I keep complaining that my piano playing is not getting any better. Then I remind myself that I only practice for about ten minutes about once a week. So I guess I can't complain my playing is not getting any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I need to print this for DS! Thanks. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garddwr Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 There's a nice printable version here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Yes, I should either be practicing or working on lesson plans. Certainly not watching TV and chatting with the hive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2Ride Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Love it! Need to get my violin out after i grade papers! I'd like to sound beautiful one day :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Yay! We already practiced here today. I play violin. But not professionally. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Printing a copy for our house and several to give away. I'm reminded of a wonderful post I printed years ago about practice. I'll have to see if I can dig it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Found it! See post #8 in this thread. This is a quote from the larger post and some of what I printed... IMPORTANT: Do not confuse playing an instrument and practicing an instrument. When I go play a gig with a quartet, I am playing. I enjoy it. People (hopefully) enjoy listening. I'm not playing anything that I can't easily play and we are just moving from song to song. It is fun.When I practice I am deliberately choosing things I cannot play. I have to slow it down, take it in tiny pieces, use a metronome, use a tuner, wear out my arm, strain my ears and frustrate myself. Then I improve. Then I do it again...and again....and again....and my playing still stinks. Then over the course of a lot of time and effort I improve. And as I improve I pick more junk I cannot do and I learn that. And I am in a constant state of stinkiness as the music gets harder and harder. And I am always self-critical........so I can get better. But, I am never good enough.And that my friends, is music. You play and enjoy yourself. You practice and want to tear out your eyelashes. Or eardrums-but they are harder to get to-ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Will print for dd. Playing viola w/o much practice hass been a bone of contention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 My ds has that on his bulletin board - his teacher handed them out last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garddwr Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 I have often heard music teachers tell students they need to practice "only on days when you eat". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zillymom Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 There's a nice printable version here. I'm printing it off and hanging it in my studio - lessons start back up Monday! (and to be honest, I should be practicing myself...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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