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- May 31
- 8 min
9 Ways to Build A Sustainable Practice Habit
Feel like you don't have enough time to practice? Read this.
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- Apr 23
- 6 min
Practicing Music is Putting Marbles in a Jar
A new piece of music you set out to learn is represented by a jar. The things you do to practice the piece are marbles.
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- Mar 7
- 5 min
The Quickest Way to Sabotage Your Music | Practice Tips for Musicians
When you’re trying to make progress in your music, start by moving from Step 1 to Step 2 instead of Step 9 to Step 10.
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- Feb 22
- 4 min
Body Doubling | Practice Strategies for Musicians
In music, body doubling can look like warming up with a friend, playing duets together, or going to the school practice rooms together.
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- Jan 30
- 3 min
How To Practice Better | Tips for Musicians
Everything can inch forward. The beauty is in NOTICING the inches.
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- Mar 19, 2023
- 7 min
How Much Should You Practice? | Music Practice Tips
You have to put the time in even in the messy in between, even when you aren’t inspired, if you want to see any real improvement.
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- Oct 21, 2022
- 4 min
Intentional Growth | Flute Practice Tips
I have been really interested in exploring the balance of intentionality in practicing.
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- Jun 4, 2022
- 2 min
What do I need for flute lessons?
These materials are essential for flute lessons to get the most out of your experience.
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- May 26, 2022
- 3 min
Why Do We Play Scales? | Flute Practice Tips
Fundamentals themselves are non-negotiable, but the way we approach them is entirely flexible, free, and LIMITLESS.
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- Feb 8, 2022
- 4 min
Which Music School is the Best Fit For You?
How do you choose with wildly different offers in different locations?
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- Aug 27, 2021
- 3 min
Advice From the Other Side
I promise you that no one your age knows what they are doing, some of them are just better at hiding it.
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- May 24, 2021
- 4 min
Mistakes Are Not Inherently Bad
The thing about mistakes is that they themselves are not bad, but they are sending us a message.
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- May 4, 2021
- 5 min
How to Play High Notes on Flute
The problems with high notes range from getting lightheaded, forgetting fingerings, or just plain not being able to get the notes out.
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- Apr 2, 2021
- 4 min
Creativity
All humans are creative beings, whether or not we were told this as kids or adults.
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- Mar 19, 2021
- 4 min
Slow Practice
Young musicians can benefit immensely from this patient process and they will grow into self-aware teachers of themselves. Slow practice pro
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- Mar 12, 2021
- 4 min
6 Tips for Practicing When You’re Tired
We’ve been in this pandemic for a year. Some of us are uninspired with our instruments and some of us are drained in general. No matter...
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