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Whether in an audition or a jury, you may be presented with sight-reading.  Usually you are given a few seconds to look over the music. Es...

As we learn, we build habits. Some help us play better. Some hinder us. When we try to learn a new habit (ie "Break an Old Habi...

  Suppose you are playing through a piece and you make a mistake. What do you do? Stop and fix it right away? Keep going? Well, unl...

In theory, once the ball leaves the club head, the club should have no further effect on the ball. Right?? And yet ... we all unders...

When sight-reading, I always stress to my students: don't stop and restart! It's as if you are playing with an invisible band...

Over a tuning drone, try bending the pitch just the smallest amount. For that matter, try it during your long tones.  The goal: sensiti...

Some notes just need reps. Behind all that beautiful phrasing and artistry, some notes just need enough reps (repetitions) to become au...