http://thepracticenotebook.com/process-not-progress/ flutist Zara Lawler shares tips on learning music Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:46:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://thepracticenotebook.com/process-not-progress/#comment-298 The Practice Notebook » Blog Archive » Memorizing a Whole Program Fri, 04 Feb 2011 20:11:53 +0000 http://www.zaralawler.com/blog/?p=667#comment-298 [...] Process, not Progress [...] [...] Process, not Progress [...]

]]> http://thepracticenotebook.com/process-not-progress/#comment-279 admin Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:44:13 +0000 http://www.zaralawler.com/blog/?p=667#comment-279 Cathy, thanks for reading and commenting. Great to see you at the NFA. Cathy, thanks for reading and commenting. Great to see you at the NFA.

]]> http://thepracticenotebook.com/process-not-progress/#comment-278 Cathy Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:46:34 +0000 http://www.zaralawler.com/blog/?p=667#comment-278 Zadie, I love your practice notebook!!! Keep up the wonderful and inspiring entries!! Zadie, I love your practice notebook!!! Keep up the wonderful and inspiring entries!!

]]> http://thepracticenotebook.com/process-not-progress/#comment-277 The Practice Notebook » Blog Archive » Inspiration from John Steinbeck Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:13:27 +0000 http://www.zaralawler.com/blog/?p=667#comment-277 [...] I was going through some old notes and quotes the other day, and came across this one from East of Eden, which I think is a nice follow-up for Process, not Progress. [...] [...] I was going through some old notes and quotes the other day, and came across this one from East of Eden, which I think is a nice follow-up for Process, not Progress. [...]

]]> http://thepracticenotebook.com/process-not-progress/#comment-276 gottagopractice Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:55:28 +0000 http://www.zaralawler.com/blog/?p=667#comment-276 I spent my last cello lesson discussing this very thing. There is a big difference between learning a piece of music you can easily grasp in total, and one that covers multiple pages and multiple sections and multiple new skills, especially the first time. Learning what process IS adds another fascinating layer of complexity, and can be frankly discouraging. Coming out of the intermediate wasteland requires a huge dose of faith, for how do you know that process is going to work until you have experienced it? Your post is tremendously encouraging. I spent my last cello lesson discussing this very thing. There is a big difference between learning a piece of music you can easily grasp in total, and one that covers multiple pages and multiple sections and multiple new skills, especially the first time. Learning what process IS adds another fascinating layer of complexity, and can be frankly discouraging. Coming out of the intermediate wasteland requires a huge dose of faith, for how do you know that process is going to work until you have experienced it? Your post is tremendously encouraging.

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