Practice strategy I. HOW to deal with compositions?

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You have already started creating weekly and daily plans. How to work with single compositions to make your work effective? Couple of suggestions for you! As you divided your whole practice material into parts, divide also a composition to be played. Within small forms, this is not necessary, but within larger pieces such as a movement from a concerto, this section making will her you much. Most of the time we praktice linear way - from the top to the end. Then, many compositions are out of balance. We "rule" the beginnings, manage the middle and hardly play the end... We spend most of our energy for beginnings and much less remains for other parts. So, divide your composition into couple of parts - for example: a, b, c -…
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INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHO-HYGIENE

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Considering psycho-hygiene means to redistribute your energy wisely and keep balance between body and mind issues, between work and compensation in your everyday life. Psycho-hygiene helps you clean yourself from mess, which causes stress and long-term discomfort in your body and mind. Although we have a plenty of "psycho-hygiene techniques", psycho-hygiene is basically entire attitude to your life and time structure of your everyday well being. The main goal is basically reaching balance between aspects of our lives and daily activities. The aim of our articles is not giving you exhausting information, but to provide insight to get familiar with the topic and get inspiration how to integrate it in your praxis. What can be included in the psychohygiene approach? considering balance between work, compensation and relaxationbalance between rationality and…
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How to practise effectively? III.

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Couple of basic tips for practice. How to reach effectiveness of learning process? In the next article you will be given a couple of basic tips, how to think about your practice process to keep concentration, energy and motivation.  Do not praktice every day the same way! Change an order of your practice duties after couple of days. If you practise every day in the same order, begin with scales, continue with etudes and finish with compositions, your earning process may not be that effective. Additionaly, you raise doubts about your ability to play well for every casein which you cannot follow this habit and you must play a composition straight…this can be an extra reason for your uncertainty before lessons, exams and concerts. Divide your practice material into couple…
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How to practise effectively? II.

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Practice and planning. If you have no goal and plan to reach the goal, you basically do not know, what you are doing. It is like to set off a journey to nowhere… Without clear considering of your goals and plans you have no chance apply effective strategy to become more productive. Although compositions and practice material brings the needs of what to fix and work on itself, such a way of work is less effective, sometimes chaotic and stressful more on a long term basis. Therefore, it is good to make plans! Even “having no plan” for some day is a plan, if you KNOW and decide it consciously and with clear reasons. So making plans is even more about awareness of where you are, where you want to…
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How to practise effectively? I.

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This is the question all the students ask often in every school, every country and age the most. We all know that just practice is not enough. What counts more is HOW we practice.  In the next articles I will provide you tips about time planning, practice structure and also practice strategies to make your work efficient. Now, some points generally… Time structure.  This is where our day and our effectiveness begins. Certain amount of structure provides us safe space and framework, in which our minds can work, concentrate better ad create. Being without structure does not mean to be free, but the more - chaotic. Sometimes, a day without structure makes us perfect feeling of independence and creativity, especially after many of structured days and much hard working… If we…
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Welcome to the CoronaBLOG for students of instrumental playing!

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This period of time is not very promising for studies... It is very difficult to keep focus on instrument, motivation to work, discipline and effectiveness. How to keep our minds working despite times of Corona and improve?  This will be the issue of following Blog! In the next days and weeks, I will share couple of techniques and tips with you, how to make your self-study more efficient, your mind more concentrated, your body more relaxed and how to prevent stress and anxiety.  Do not take this time as something that ruins your progress! Take it opposite way and think: What can I learn from this situation for my further studies? How can I profit from it? You have a choice between letting yourself be weakened or strengthened by this…
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