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Improvisation for Classical Musicians

Improvisation for Classical Musicians

by Gerald Klickstein | Oct 30, 2019 | creative process, music careers, music performance, music practice

“It’s very gratifying to improvise in front of people. I feel I’m including them in what I’m doing, taking them someplace they might like to go and haven’t been before.” -Jim Hall, guitarist The Musician’s Way, p. 102 Improvisation is the most playful way that we can...
Better Practice on Difficult Days

Better Practice on Difficult Days

by Gerald Klickstein | May 29, 2019 | creative process, motivation, music practice

“It’s better to do 30 minutes of high-quality work than to spin your wheels for hours.” The Musician’s Way, p. 312 Although we musicians strive to maintain regular practice schedules, we all confront periodic obstacles that prevent us from working as...
6 Ways for Musicians to Minimize Tension

6 Ways for Musicians to Minimize Tension

by Gerald Klickstein | Nov 14, 2018 | injury prevention, music performance, music practice

“Three qualities are essential in a professional musician… the first is good health and the other two are the same.” Mark Hambourg, pianist -The Musician’s Way, p. 241 Whether we make music as professionals, students or amateurs, we strive to create transcendent...
The 5 Main Types of Performance Errors and How to Handle Them

The 5 Main Types of Performance Errors and How to Handle Them

by Gerald Klickstein | Sep 26, 2018 | music performance, music practice

“You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.” -The Musician’s Way, p. 196 In Chapter 10 of The Musician’s Way, I emphasize that musicians should view errors not as shameful failures but as neutral information. Having such a healthy...
Stability and Mobility

Stability and Mobility

by Gerald Klickstein | Aug 14, 2018 | injury prevention, music performance, music practice

“Advantageous postures have an active quality; they’re always subtly in motion.” -The Musician’s Way, p. 251 In his book, On Piano Playing, Gyorgy Sandor identifies two features of beneficial postures: stability and mobility. That is, they support the weight of...
The Perils of Mindless Repetition

The Perils of Mindless Repetition

by Gerald Klickstein | Jul 11, 2018 | creative process, injury prevention, music practice

“Ten dubious repetitions plus a single accurate one don’t equal security.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 52 Naïve practicers might repeat a passage profusely and make error after error. Then, on the eleventh try, when it finally comes out right, they say, “There, I’ve got...
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