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Post by princessmoose on Jan 13, 2007 22:03:50 GMT
Can someone find some for me? I just don't have any, to do anything, even deadlines don't do anything. I have a performance to do in a week or so, and a recital to aim for in a few months which needs serious work, and I just cannot_be_bothered. Help?!
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Jan 16, 2007 15:52:38 GMT
I see nobody has posted a reply. I am not surprised because motivation to practise is such a personal thing. I go through some dreadful can't-be-bothered-to-practise spells too. Like you, Nat, deadlines make not a scrap of difference. I overcome the problem by doing lots of little bits - as little as 5 or 10 minutes at a time. Lots of these every day soon add up. This doesn't help you, sadly; you are hardly able to do this in a practise room at uni. As to your question about motivating yourself, I suspect nobody has answered because we cannot help. Motivation is either there or it isn't; I do not know any people able to force themselves to practise when they just do not want to. Good luck. I hope you can work through this.
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Post by petite joueuse on Jan 16, 2007 17:36:38 GMT
I'd agree with Steve. One thing that sometimes works for me is to try to inject some variety into my practices. It ususally involves food e.g. packet of Maltesers. Count them out - divide them into the piece (so many bars or lines per Malteser) - you can only eat a Malteser when you have played the required number of bars or lines perfectly 5 times. I did this with a piece of Shosta...and every time I play it now I get a craving for Maltesers. (make sure its a small packet...or you end up feeling mighty sick at the end of the practice session!)
I wonder if Steve's pupils go to pieces without their Heroes.....
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