Category Archives: Music Practice Tips

Increase Your Focus: Know the Real Issue

Posted on February 8, 2019 by David Motto

Today’s strategy for increasing your focus is specific to learning new skills. It works best for skills that have are physical and also have a mental component to them. The good news? This focusing strategy will give you amazing results. … Continue reading →

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Chord Families: Learn with These Simple Tips

Posted on June 5, 2018 by David Motto

This is a guest blog post from Marc-Andre Seguin of JazzGuitarLessons.net. Marc’s giving some crucial information that’s helpful for all musicians.–David Motto When first learning how to play a musical instrument, most students realize that the same chords keep showing … Continue reading →

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Eliminating Mistakes

Posted on January 24, 2018 by David Motto

David Motto’s Practice Tip of the Week: Put an End to Making Mistakes Are You Learning Mistakes Every Day? Many musicians teach themselves mistakes at every practice session. They’re usually not even aware that these errors are happening. This habit … Continue reading →

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Best Counting Methods

Posted on January 17, 2018 by David Motto

David Motto’s Practice Tip of the Week: The Best Counting Methods One of the top pieces of advice music teachers give their students is to count all the time while they’re playing. Keeping the count allows musicians to improve their … Continue reading →

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Controlling Your Inner Voice

Posted on January 10, 2018 by David Motto

David Motto’s Practice Tip of the Week: Take Control of Your Inner Voice It’s important to use your inner voice very carefully when you practice and perform. Did you just think to yourself, “What inner voice?” If you did, that’s … Continue reading →

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Achieving Your Musical Dreams

Posted on January 3, 2018 by David Motto

David Motto’s Practice Tip of the Week:Achieving Your Musical Dreams Today is the third day of the new year. Some people have already dropped their resolutions! Research tells us that 25% of new year’s resolutions are dropped in the first … Continue reading →

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Drill, Baby, Drill

Posted on December 20, 2017 by David Motto

David Motto’s Practice Tip of the Week:Drill, Baby, Drill! Finding the Right Solution Even when you’re already using efficient practice techniques – like Very Slow Practice, focusing on Tough Stuff, and Breaking Down songs into small chunks – you may … Continue reading →

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Practice in Front of a Mirror

Posted on December 13, 2017 by David Motto

David Motto’s Practice Tip of the Week:Really Seeing Yourself When we practice, we often feel that our technique is strong and we are playing efficiently. It would be interesting to know if someone watching us practice would come to the … Continue reading →

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Long Practice Sessions

Posted on December 6, 2017 by David Motto

David Motto’s Practice Tip of the Week:Making Long Practice Sessions Efficient Advantages of Long Practice Sessions While you can accomplish a great deal in a short amount of practice time, there are advantages to long practice sessions. Aside from the … Continue reading →

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Improve Your Ear

Posted on November 29, 2017 by David Motto

David Motto’s Practice Tip of the Week:Four Ways to Improve Your Ear Jazz, pop, and rock musicians play by ear on a regular basis. If you play these styles, you know how important it is to learn music by ear. … Continue reading →

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