Re: Unavoidable Programming During Practice
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:59 pm
Here's a quote from a web booklet called "How to Practice - 5 habits to help make your music practice more efficient and effective" that sums it up:
"Our brains learn patterns. When we learn to play a piece of music our brains
are actually learning the patterns within them. Each time we play any section
with 100% correct notes, the pattern is reinforced. Each time any notes are
wrong, it isn’t. In fact, the more times we play something wrong, the more our
brain learns the wrong pattern! Better not to play at all than to play incorrectly,
at least that way you aren’t reinforcing the wrong notes!
Educational psychologists currently believe that a pattern is learned after it has
been repeated 7 times correctly. If a pattern is learned incorrectly first it takes
an average of 35 repetitions to unlearn and learn the correct way! So, if you
want to make faster progress let this be your encouragement for getting it
right first time, and every time!"
The author goes on to say that when we practise we often work on it till we get it right then stop. When you look back at your practise session, you played it several times with problems and you worked them out. But that means you just played it several times wrong again so play it several time right once you get it. They suggest at least 5 more times. It sounds like more woodshed time to me.
Now I'm supposed to LEARN a song with no wrong notes. That's tough. Reminds me when I learned to play pool. I learned to play from a guy who sometimes missed a shot. I think that may be where I learned to miss too.
If you're curious, the site with the booklet was http://www.essential-music-practice.com
"Our brains learn patterns. When we learn to play a piece of music our brains
are actually learning the patterns within them. Each time we play any section
with 100% correct notes, the pattern is reinforced. Each time any notes are
wrong, it isn’t. In fact, the more times we play something wrong, the more our
brain learns the wrong pattern! Better not to play at all than to play incorrectly,
at least that way you aren’t reinforcing the wrong notes!
Educational psychologists currently believe that a pattern is learned after it has
been repeated 7 times correctly. If a pattern is learned incorrectly first it takes
an average of 35 repetitions to unlearn and learn the correct way! So, if you
want to make faster progress let this be your encouragement for getting it
right first time, and every time!"
The author goes on to say that when we practise we often work on it till we get it right then stop. When you look back at your practise session, you played it several times with problems and you worked them out. But that means you just played it several times wrong again so play it several time right once you get it. They suggest at least 5 more times. It sounds like more woodshed time to me.
Now I'm supposed to LEARN a song with no wrong notes. That's tough. Reminds me when I learned to play pool. I learned to play from a guy who sometimes missed a shot. I think that may be where I learned to miss too.
If you're curious, the site with the booklet was http://www.essential-music-practice.com