A quote from musician David Russell
: « Instead of the habit of repeating by going back a bar, every time you make a mistake, you can practise jumping one bar ahead. »
A whole plan in itself!!!
I once read an advice from Mary Spender to start studying at the final bar, and then gradually progress backward until the first bar. This way you have the hardest part first and then it gets easier, which should be more motivating than the other way around.
In a performance, the quality at the end is what they will remember, so it’s best to nail it.
And I believe they’ve (the famous “they”) done studies where you are sick on the first day of a vacation, but are healthy for the rest, versus a healthy vacation, except for the last day, you will consider the former vacation a wonderful time, and the latter a nightmare… all with just one bad day.
Yes, I didn’t see Mary Spender’s vidéo, but practising « backward » seems to be efficient.
I did not put it to the level of bars, though, just to the le level of parts.
But practising to the level of bars must be very efficient when it comes to jump on the next bar when a mistake occurs.
Hello,
Well, sorry, as a non native english language guy , I cannot get the meaning of your saying,
Thanks to get in the loop anyway.
But reading it once more, I think I get a part of the idea.
… Well to get out of topic….
I remember rehearsal sessions. Oh, we went wrong on bar forty two, let’s get back on bar thirty seven and sort It out. And it is how it goes.
But, why not saying : Oh we went wrong on bar forty two, let’s jump on bar forty three, play the tune, let the music moove forward, and try to be better on bar forty two next time?
When you play in ensemble, maybe It is ok to get back to previous places, but when you prepare sessions as solo performer, it seems trivial to be able to carry on when a mistake happens.
Sorry sorry