Weird how one thing leads to another. Either that or Google is watching me closer than I thought. Could be. Anyway, after posting Victor Wooten’s talk about how learning language and learning music can be the same, here’s the first year of data from a longitudinal study from Sean Hutchins at the Royal Conservatory of…
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Learning Music Like Learning Language: Victor Wooten
ABSOLUTELY! Victor Wooten speaks wisdom. Our approach to teaching music (often sight before sound) is backwards. Listen to Victor! Wooten’s book, The Music Lesson is pretty good, too. Like if Carlos Casteneda learned music from Don Juan instead of magic.
Polyphonic overtone singing explained visually.
Wonderful stuff from Anna-Maria Hefele. More tutorials here.
Brains of jazz and classical musicians work differently, study reveals. Which is Better?
The brain activity of jazz musicians is substantially different from that of classical musicians, even when they’re playing the same piece of music. Source: Brains of jazz and classical musicians work differently, study reveals – Classic FM Stoked to learn of this study and so glad we’re beginning to learn more about improvisation in music….
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Want the free color eBook edition of Practice Like This? Sign up for 6 Bullet Saturday. 6-Bullet Saturday is a newsletter that gives you six things I thought worth sharing every week. Mostly it’s about practice, and I always include specific tips or exercises or drills that I use to help me and my students get…
Born This Way? Nope. Do this instead.
This infographic below from The Practice of Practice is making the rounds. It’s one of the more powerful ideas from the book. The way we think about ability shapes how we approach learning anything. Check it out. Want to print it? No problem! Find the free, high-resolution, printable PDF (11×15) HERE, or on the book’s extras page,…
Music Practice for Babies and Littles? Yes! With These Precautions…
Learn more about the benefits of music for babies and kids at Mom Loves Best.com
The Practice of Practice: Now in Chinese!練習之道 | Pubu 電子書城
It’s official! The Practice of Practice is now available in Chinese! Super excited! It’s also out in English (of course), Spanish, and Italian. Source: 練習之道 | Pubu 電子書城
Free Practice Books (en Espanol tambien)
Two free books on practice, free for the rest of February!
Interview with Jonathan Harnum
An interview on practice with yours truly over at The Aspiring Guitarist from a few months back. You can also get it via podcast. Check it out! It’s always fun to chat about practice, and I always learn something, but it’s never a long enough convo to get all the good stuff out there. If you…
How to Become Great at Just About Anything
Listen to this greata Freakonomics podcast. Listen now. And these. Or listen to the same ideas in the audiobook version of The Practice of Practice. Better yet, do it all!
Why Do Beginners Quit?
It’s a huge question with no clear answers, but there are hints. Sosniak (1985)–as part of Bloom’s massive “Developing Talent in Young Peole” project–discovered that musicians who went on to become top-notch professionals had particular kinds of teachers as beginners: kind, caring, enthusiastic, teachers who gave praise for accomplishments, no matter how small. Angela Duckworth…
The Practice of Practice 