![]() If it goes wrong again, try to work out what it is that changed to cause your problems. So try your previously duff note in the phrase, rather than the whole verse. Don’t go right up to the full song! Just add another layer on. Once you can get it right, zoom out again to the next level. You need to zoom in until you can get it right three times in a row, or until you are confident of it. You can even zoom right into the intervals before and/or after. Can you identify what’s the problem? Are you flat or sharp? Are you missing your cue? Is it that you’re actually getting the note before it wrong too? Zoom in some more. To try and zoom in on it, try singing through the line or phrase with the note in the middle. ![]() For example, if you’re having trouble pitching a note, you might have marked the note or the phrase. Look back at your piece – the areas which you marked are the best place to begin to look at the micro level. Instead, we need to zoom in on the issues, and look at the “micro” level to fix the issues. Repeating over and over doesn’t give us a chance to look at the problems. What “rinse and repeat” misses out on is focus. It’s a really simple, physical and practical way to make sure you know where to go next. Then, as you go through, scribble a star or draw a line or circle at the parts where you’re not sure what’s going on. When you come to practice, grab a pencil before you sing. Unfortunately, the bits that are ok aren’t the bits that need our attention. Instead of using the first run through to identify problems and areas to work on, we ignore the problems and focus on the bits that are working. ![]() The problem with “rinse and repeat” is that we just repeat. So the first run through at the “macro” level is really valuable. We always need to look at the big picture of what we’re doing. Rinse and repeat does one thing really well – looking at the big picture. How many times have you discovered that you learnt some of the lyrics to a song wrong because you never stopped to look them up or think about what they were? To really get something perfect, we need a better method. You will get better simply by singing a song over and over and over – how many songs have you learned just from singing along to the radio? But, you won’t ever be able to really perfect the song without looking more closely. In the run up to a performance, this can be a good way to practice keeping going, but otherwise, it’s fairly hit and miss as to how effective it is. We fudge over the difficult bits and focus on what we can do. It can be far too easy to just run a song or piece a few times and count that as practice. Rinse and Repeat Image by Jennifer Brandel on flickrĪll musicians fall into the trap of the “rinse-and-repeat” method of practicing at one time or another. Where should you start? And what should you do next? ![]() Simply finding time and motivation is hard enough, but the biggest challenge is often the question of what to do when you finally start. Use the grid below to find the course that's best for you.Practice can be daunting. Our courses include precise exercise instruction to help movers of all levels move more and better. In-depth movement courses allow you to focus your efforts on a particular movement goal. It’s your new drop-in class, with unlimited access!Ī free class on us, right now! In-Depth Courses If you’ve been exercising without getting the results you want, try this ever-growing library of scalable, challenging classes that target our most sedentary parts. With a full range of classes, from complete beginner to movement professional, the VSM moves all different parts of the body, with a focus on strength, mobility, and balance, always minding your alignment and bolstering to make each exercise perfect for you. This subscription allows you to stream recorded classes taught by Katy at the Nutritious Movement Center Northwest, so you can take them anytime. Great for beginners when you take advantage of the 25-class Alignment Snacks Foundational Series. Not only is our Virtual Studio Membership the most moves for the money, it’s the most whole-body solution too.
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