Sazi - 1-6-2010 at 01:18 AM
A few people are talking about practice how-to's - I found this and thought it may be of interest.
http://www.practising-in-flow.de/
FLIPAX - 1-6-2010 at 03:53 AM
Nice one saz!
I like this one u post......
Sometimes when we practice it does not cut but sometimes ideas just flow like butter....
Have u experience this in your practice?
Did u get stuck in a rut sometimes and no matter hard you internalize nothing seems to come out good or decent enough for satisfaction.
All musician has this some kind of point in thier career.
How do you overcome this. Just a simple practical answer will be helpful
Cheers Saz!
Best
regards
Philip
Ararat66 - 1-6-2010 at 07:59 AM
Go back to tone, feel and sensing in all of your posture and instrument and stay with it as long as possible. There is a time to think and a time to
feel - don't shy away from difficulties or comfort but don't force your way through them as if doing penance.
Try to play the instrument always - even (especially) when practicing tremelo or whatever. Focussed practice always helps but that focus is a
thousand times more meaningful if the feeling is there.
That's the best answer I have at the moment.
Cheers
Snowbound Leon
Sazi - 1-7-2010 at 02:12 AM
Well said Leon!
Just being aware of where any tension is while you play is very helpful, as long as you are aware of it your body should automatically adjust to the
best feeling positions.
I tend to have problems when I'm trying to learn 3 things at once, I mean as in a new piece that I've never heard before in a maqam I'm not too
familiar/comfortable with and in some wierd odd compound time that I just can't get the phrasing to
I just work on the bits I can get and by the time I've got them the rest (the tricky bits) kinda fall into place... or not.
One thing that sure helps me is to practice it in my head at times when I can't actually physically play the oud (either I'm out somewhere or it's the
middle of the night and everyone's asleep and would probably lynch me if I woke 'em up.
"Snowbound Leon" reminds me of one year in "Saarfend" in the late 60's, we had 4 ft of snow fall overnight and I had to climb out the window to clear
a path to the door!
Lucky I'm not a brass monkey