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The Power of Mental plus Physical Practice

The Power of Mental plus Physical Practice

by Gerald Klickstein | Dec 1, 2022 | memorization, music practice, The Musician's Way

“I suppose that when I play in public it looks easy, but before I ever came on the concert stage I worked very hard. And I do yet – but always putting the two things together, mental work and physical work.” -Jascha Heifetz, violinist (1901-1987) The Musician’s...
Uniting Solitary and Group Practice

Uniting Solitary and Group Practice

by Gerald Klickstein | Nov 10, 2020 | collaboration, creative process, music practice

“You adapt yourself to the contents of the paintbox.” —Paul Klee, painter The Musician’s Way, p. 121 Like a painter dipping into a limited palette, a musician practicing an isolated part has to adapt to material that’s incomplete. A part played or sung out of context...
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...
Varied, Distributed, and Interleaved Practice

Varied, Distributed, and Interleaved Practice

by Gerald Klickstein | Oct 14, 2017 | creative process, music practice

“To get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty and the inevitability of something.” –Meredith Monk, singer & composer The Musician’s Way, p. 19 Although we musicians practice in personalized ways, there are three fundamental...
Artistic Growth During Repetitive Practice

Artistic Growth During Repetitive Practice

by Gerald Klickstein | Mar 20, 2016 | creative process, music practice, The Musician's Way

“Repetition inevitably begets habits.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 52 Over the course of our lives, we musicians do a lot of repeating. There’s standard repertoire that we perform for years, and we revisit exercises to keep our technical abilities strong. On top of...
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