Share a personal tradition or ritual you have related to your music practice!
Share a personal tradition or ritual you have related to your music practice!
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For me, I typically start my day with a shower (I like to LITERALLY warm up my body) and then 10-15 minutes of full body stretches + arm stretches.
Then I really need to drink water (hydrate!) and decide:
What is my goal for today?
That is how I always start, no matter how small or simple the goal might be.
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I like to take a clean cloth and gently dust off the keys before I start. Sort of showing my respect for the instrument.
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I wake up and I usually think "what small repertoire goals could I accomplish today?" I have found if I start thinking about what specifically I want to fix, it not only gets me to the piano, but also gives me a sense of accomplishment when I meet the goal... which gets me back to the piano. My goals used to be very general (i.e. fix page one) now they are more specific (measure 10, 12-14 and feeling the pulse on parts I can already play). Seems to help at the moment.
I have also started doing 10 minutes of meditation between between practice sessions - giving my brain a rest, letting the work sink in and giving my body a rest.
...oh and of course, I have a crystal or two on my piano :-)
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Closing the door to the Piano room.
At this point, nobody bothers me, they know I’m working, practising, thinking, sometimes, just listening and enjoying the silence.
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Ever since I got worried if I was practising for too long at a time, I turn on my practice app that will track how long I spend practising each time and on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. I like checking out the stats. I also practice "publicly" on the app and love chatting to the other members when they drop in to say hi or to listen for a bit.