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Achieving consistency with pad controllers

Practice: If you practice playing from as low velocity as possible to as high velocity as possible, in a smooth and gradual way, you should get better quite quickly. … I think practice is the most important of all of these. …
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What to do when you get lost in a jazz song?

Take 4 bars at a time and loop it up so that you can practice all sorts of different rhythms and melodic contours while trying to stay within the 4 bars. … Then try to practice odd phrases against that, such as 3 bar phrases or 5 bar phrases, or maybe a 3 bar phrase followed by a 5 bar phrase, and try to keep track of where you are within that 4 bar loop. …
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tips for switching from g chord to c chord on guitar

This would allow you to practice placing each finger individually. … Make sure to practice regularly to get the fastest results and remember that practicing for long periods of time is not always better. Practice smarter, not harder, as they say. …
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Best drum sticks size for practice pad?

If you end up on the practice pad with heavy sticks more often than on the kit with lighter sticks, you may end up playing worse, or the sticks could feel so light that they pretty much fall out of your …
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What contributes to good piano posture?

I was taught what @tim said as well as a few other tricks (My teacher also taught children so some of it was presented that way). Legs: When sitting at the piano you want your hips above your knees. …
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Theory vs Practice

As I often mention on this site, theory is basically two major things: An explanation of what is happening within the music; A language used to read/write/discuss the music. With that in mind, I …
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Guitar exercises for precision and accuracy

One highly recommended approach is to play things slower... much slower. Cut the tempo in half and try to play it all with just as much expression/emotion. This allows you more time to focus on each …
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