http://thepracticenotebook.com/what-to-do-on-breaks/ 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/what-to-do-on-breaks/#comment-121 The Practice Notebook » Blog Archive » Operator Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:45:11 +0000 http://www.zaralawler.com/blog/?p=316#comment-121 [...] may remember an article on What to do on Breaks in which I suggested that the only thing to do on breaks is nothing.  Of all the things I suggest [...] [...] may remember an article on What to do on Breaks in which I suggested that the only thing to do on breaks is nothing.  Of all the things I suggest [...]

]]> http://thepracticenotebook.com/what-to-do-on-breaks/#comment-120 The Practice Notebook » Blog Archive » The 30-Minute Rule Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:24:40 +0000 http://www.zaralawler.com/blog/?p=316#comment-120 [...] Keep an eye out for more on how to organize your practice in following posts.  And for more on breaks, see What to do on Breaks. [...] [...] Keep an eye out for more on how to organize your practice in following posts.  And for more on breaks, see What to do on Breaks. [...]

]]> http://thepracticenotebook.com/what-to-do-on-breaks/#comment-119 The Practice Notebook » Blog Archive » 7 Ways to Make your Practicing more Efficient and Effective Starting TODAY Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:14:31 +0000 http://www.zaralawler.com/blog/?p=316#comment-119 [...] 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. [...]

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