{"id":54559,"date":"2019-06-18T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/?p=54559"},"modified":"2020-10-22T03:37:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T10:37:07","slug":"tq-josef-lhevinne-variety-boring-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-josef-lhevinne-variety-boring-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Pianist Josef Lh\u00e9vinne Shuns Boring Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday Quotes<\/a> are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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\u201cVariety in practice is most important. Repeating monotonously over and over again in a treadmill fashion is the very worst kind of practice. It is both stupid and unnecessary\u2026[Practice] using your brains and your ingenuity, and your practice will not be a bore to you.”<\/p>\n

Josef Lh\u00e9vinne (pianist)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Repetition is part of mastery. Indeed, mastery doesn\u2019t come without it.<\/p>\n

Grand Masters play game after game. Poker champions play tens of thousands of hands. Runners run and swimmers swim and martial artists do their forms.<\/p>\n

But blind repetition, or \u201cauto-pilot\u201d, doesn\u2019t work. It\u2019s low-quality and largely ineffective.<\/p>\n

So how do we stay interested on the millionth major scale? How do we stay engaged day after day of the same exercises or patterns?<\/p>\n

Variety is the way forward. Changes make things new.<\/p>\n

When we set new challenges, we perk up. When we force ourselves to sweat a bit, to give our best or fall flat, we pay attention.<\/p>\n

Risk breeds engagement, and engagement is the currency of progress. Time alone won\u2019t do it – we need both time AND attention.<\/p>\n

And nothing demands attention like novelty. When something is new, we become curious<\/a> and interested. This is where the brain lights up and learning happens.<\/p>\n

To create variety in practice, we can change certain elements of our music (or scale, exercise, etc.).<\/p>\n

We can alter the speed<\/a>, rhythm<\/a>, tone quality<\/a> or volume<\/a>. We can change the mood or feel<\/a>. We can even change the notes<\/a>, if we know what we\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

If we become bored, it\u2019s our fault. It\u2019s not the exercise, the tune, or the drill. These only become boring if we don\u2019t make them interesting. And this takes creativity and courage.<\/p>\n

Only with an ongoing positive agenda<\/a> in each practice can we move ahead and reach new heights in our music. Only by \u201cplaying\u201d can we truly \u201cpractice\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Enjoy! \u201cVariety in practice is most important. Repeating monotonously over and over again in a treadmill fashion is the very worst kind of practice. It is both stupid and unnecessary\u2026[Practice] using your brains and your ingenuity, and your practice will not be a bore … <\/p>\n

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