[04/14, 09:25] Here is an EXTREMELY valuable tip. Whatever you are practicing, make it a habit to combine different elements in different ways, for example left hand finger pressure and bowing sounding point. It is "varied" practice that sharpens your awareness and control. For example, when repeating an exercise or passage in a piece of music, pick a different bowing sounding point for each repetition. Do the same with left hand finger pressure. Next step, do different combinations of the two elements. Try to get the maximum benefit from everything you do when you practice. "Combining" and "varying"is a very useful way to do it.
[04/15, 21:49] How is this as an example of varied practice - of applying the law of Requisite Variety? Here is the great violinist Ruggiero Ricci, in an article in Strad magazine: “For years I experimented. I practiced with gloves on; fixing the instrument against the wall to make it stable; lying on the floor; playing with one ear plugged; playing with the other ear plugged; playing in closets; sitting down.”
04/16, 08:38] Remember: an exercise is only as effective as the quality of attention you bring to it. READ THAT AGAIN, PLEASE. And it is only as comprehensive as the variety you bring to it. This might be a good time for all of you to read Timothy Gallwey's book The Inner Game of Tennis. Absolutely worth you time! The best book on learning the violin, according to both Dorothy DeLay and Itzhak Perlman. I think they are correct. It is the best book I know of about learning anything.
[04/15, 21:49] How is this as an example of varied practice - of applying the law of Requisite Variety? Here is the great violinist Ruggiero Ricci, in an article in Strad magazine: “For years I experimented. I practiced with gloves on; fixing the instrument against the wall to make it stable; lying on the floor; playing with one ear plugged; playing with the other ear plugged; playing in closets; sitting down.”
04/16, 08:38] Remember: an exercise is only as effective as the quality of attention you bring to it. READ THAT AGAIN, PLEASE. And it is only as comprehensive as the variety you bring to it. This might be a good time for all of you to read Timothy Gallwey's book The Inner Game of Tennis. Absolutely worth you time! The best book on learning the violin, according to both Dorothy DeLay and Itzhak Perlman. I think they are correct. It is the best book I know of about learning anything.
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