Practising is the process of taking a task

13/07/2010 - 09:15 by Mike Saville

Practising is the process of taking a task that seems difficult and doing it repeatedly, over days and weeks until you are able to do it well, and easily.

— Ron Ottley

Bonetti, Ruth., Now I Love Music Practice (Amadeus Press, 2003), p.29

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Guest - 21/07/2010 - 20:05
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Re: Practising is the process of taking a task

Okay, now I'm confused. Smile Not sure if my first comment actually went through or not. Anyway...I love this quote and have been sharing it with my students and others this week. Thanks for posting it, Mike!

~Natalie

Guest - 21/07/2010 - 20:04
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Re: Practising is the process of taking a task

BTW, that was me that left that comment...didn't realize there wasn't a place to enter my name. Oops!
~Natalie
http://musicmattersblog.com

Mike Saville - 21/07/2010 - 20:34
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Re: Practising is the process of taking a task

Hey Natalie, glad you liked it.

I'm finding more and more over the years that I need options. Each student is different and whilst some will respond brilliantly to a quote like this others need encouraging in different ways.

As always nice to see blogs such as your discussing practice, there are more of us now Smile Not like the old days when there were just a couple of lone voices in the online practice wilderness . . . .

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