Practicing Hacks
Stop! Don’t Practice a Mistake…
The hardest thing to do when practicing can often be – to STOP. Stop, and then evaluate. Somehow we tend to have it in our
Ari
April 6, 2018
The hardest thing to do when practicing can often be – to STOP. Stop, and then evaluate. Somehow we tend to have it in our
Why should I practice Technique? Isn’t it a waste of time and much better to practice songs instead? Whenever I heard that argument I used
Before you think this is some sort of hype – hear me out. There is good science behind this… The Tiny Habits® method developed by Stanford Behavior
I received an email this morning from a course participant (let’s call him CP). He received the Monthly Ask Ari reminder and felt pressured as if failing at school,
Eyes closed…. When I wrote this article for notreble about playing without looking at the fretboard, about the micro and macro ways of feeling the
Oh no, I have to Cancel my Lesson! I get it, you had all the best intentions since the last lesson, but just didn’t get
Hey, Ari, can you play that again a bit slower? Totally! Found some new tools… check it out! Ever watched a video and would have
At a recent bass camp I co-taught at, a student shared her frustration with me. She had been playing for a while but felt that
“May I have a large container of coffee?” This handy mnemonic never made it to my German speaking classroom back in high school, but it
A Tough Place to be It can strike without warning or creep up slowly over time- this feeling of being in a lull with our