Music Practice
The Musician's Guide to Practicing and Mastering Your Instrument Like a Professional
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Narrated by:
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Jennifer Capunitan
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By:
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David Dumais
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Music Practice: A guide for all musicians.
Learn all the best practice tips, tricks, and techniques used by the greatest musicians in the world - all for the price of a coffee!
Do you want to know how to practice like the professionals do? Are you struggling with your playing? Having trouble getting motivated? Do you want to improve your playing and bring it to the next level?
I decided to write this audiobook because I was struggling with my own practice, and it took me many years to learn new strategies to get myself to where I wanted to be. Now, I want to share these proven strategies with you. Some of them I discovered myself, but most of these I learned from accomplished professionals.
If you are serious about playing, practicing, and improving your skills on your instrument, then this audiobook is for you! Whether you are a beginner or professional, classically trained or not, this audiobook contains proven strategies that can be applied by anybody.
Why should you buy this audiobook?
This audiobook is a compilation of the best practice tips and strategies from the best musicians in the world.
You will learn practice tips used by world class musicians, ranging from pianists to violinists, and trumpeters to clarinetists.
This audiobook contains over 80 tips for practicing everything from rhythm to intonation to challenging passages.
You will learn how to practice effectively and efficiently.
What you will learn and discover:
- How to set goals and the importance of setting goals
- What the experts do differently
- How to have an engaging practice session
- 10 Must-have practice habits
- 24 Ways to practice with the metronome
- Various ways to practice intonation
- Different ways to practice performing
- 10 different ways to practice memorizing music
- Fast practice vs. slow practice
- Many more practice tips, tricks, and strategies
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What do all those lines and squiggles and dots mean? Basic Music Theory takes you through the sometimes confusing world of written music with a clear, concise style that is at times funny and always friendly. The book is written by an experienced music teacher using methods refined over more than 30 years in schools and in his private teaching studio. Lessons are fun, well-paced, and enjoyable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very good portable and study anywhere book
- By Amazon Customer on 06-03-17
By: Jonathan Harnum
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Piano + Music Theory
- Start Playing the Piano, Songwriting & Reading Music Theory Right Away. Lessons for Beginners or Refreshing the Advanced Via This Book + Diagrams, Charts & Bonus Videos
- By: Tommy Swindali
- Narrated by: Joseph Turner, Brian Cohen
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Traditionally, piano lessons can be boring and require a fixed time. And most books are either too complex or boring. This often leaves people frustrated and feeling like giving up. Instead, this book explains the essentials in an easy to understand way. The lessons build on skills one by one, plus bonus videos to really guarantee you learn everything you need to play the piano. It’s like having a teacher in the room with you! By the end of this book, you will be able to understand the core concepts of playing piano and reading and composing music.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good music foundation
- By Sholom Proudlove on 01-27-21
By: Tommy Swindali
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The Practice of Practice: Get Better Faster
- By: Jonathan Harnum
- Narrated by: Jonathan Harnum
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 552
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 478
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 472
The focus of this book is music practice, but these techniques and mindsets can be applied to any skill you want to improve. The Practice of Practice covers essential practice strategies and mindsets you won't find in any other book. You'll learn what research tells us about practice, but more importantly, you'll learn how great musicians in many genres of music think about practice, and you'll learn the strategies and techniques they use to improve.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Read the Book Instead
- By Jazz Doc on 11-24-16
By: Jonathan Harnum
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Practice Like This!: 35 Effective Ways to Get Better Faster
- By: Jonathan Harnum PhD
- Narrated by: Jonathan Harnum
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 118
If you're alive, you're trying to get better at something. It could be your golf swing or guitar, parenting or painting, gaming, cooking, or any other skill. The strategies in this book are top-shelf, pulled from neuroscience, research on excellence, and world-class masters in many fields, presented in an easy-to-understand style that is sometimes funny and always friendly. Hundreds of helpful images and graphics. Six sections, 42 hacks.
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4 out of 5 stars
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meat and potatoes
- By Alphanso on 01-24-17
Amazing
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Practical and Helpful
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Exactly what I was looking for!
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Must Read for Beginner Musician
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Still learning at 68 years of age.
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