And a few more practice strategies to ensure effective learning and memory:
5) Practice extremely slowly. There has been a controversy for some time about whether slow practice is beneficial for learning fast music. Many of us were told early in our musical lives that in order to play a passage of music that is very fast, we should practice slowly and build up speed. But not everyone agrees. Influential pedagogue Abby Whiteside (1881 – 1956) declared that “Slow practice can establish habits that are completely unrelated to the coordination demanded for speed.” Abby Whiteside on Piano Playing
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