http://thepracticenotebook.com/the-practice-notebook/ 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/the-practice-notebook/#comment-20 The Practice Notebook » Blog Archive » 7 Ways to Make your Practicing more Efficient and Effective Starting TODAY Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:54:56 +0000 http://www.zaralawler.com/blog/?p=3#comment-20 [...] 6.    Plan and take breaks. Give yourself a time limit and stick to it.  If you’ll be practicing for an hour, take a 5-minute break after half an hour.  You’ll come back refreshed, and your second half-hour of work will be more productive than it would have been if you had just plowed through.  Pilots are required to take breaks, and musicians should be too! For more on breaks, see this post. [...] [...] 6.    Plan and take breaks. Give yourself a time limit and stick to it.  If you’ll be practicing for an hour, take a 5-minute break after half an hour.  You’ll come back refreshed, and your second half-hour of work will be more productive than it would have been if you had just plowed through.  Pilots are required to take breaks, and musicians should be too! For more on breaks, see this post. [...]

]]> http://thepracticenotebook.com/the-practice-notebook/#comment-18 Han-Han Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:35:53 +0000 http://www.zaralawler.com/blog/?p=3#comment-18 Wow, Zad-Zad! This looks awesome! Wow, Zad-Zad! This looks awesome!

]]> http://thepracticenotebook.com/the-practice-notebook/#comment-19 Bonnie Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:14:54 +0000 http://www.zaralawler.com/blog/?p=3#comment-19 Actually, I've done a really good job of keeping a practice log since July. It helps that I have an attractive notebook and I can write swear words in it. I think that should be part of your pep talk: if you keep a practice log, it can be attractive on the outside BUT you can write illegibly, draw pictures, and cuss in it. I think I hated keeping a log in school because my teachers insisted on seeing it. Actually, I’ve done a really good job of keeping a practice log since July. It helps that I have an attractive notebook and I can write swear words in it. I think that should be part of your pep talk: if you keep a practice log, it can be attractive on the outside BUT you can write illegibly, draw pictures, and cuss in it. I think I hated keeping a log in school because my teachers insisted on seeing it.

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