INFJ~Gryffindor~Follower of Jesus Christ~Bandgeek~Girl who sucks at femaling like 98% of the time (and that's ok)~Nebula On Fire~More Than a Conqueror
"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. " -Romans 8:37
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It’s hard to make a living being a scavenger these days… now they’ve got me on a big yellow speeder picking up little urchins. 💙 #ymca #aftercarecounselor #nerdgirl #thelifeforme
There may be times you just feel like you’re getting no where.
Stepping away in some cases for me is what I need to inspire myself again. Something to fuel the fire as I burn myself out. Cooking or tv shows help distract me and help appease any craving I have.
The best time to practice is when you’re not hungry or thirsty. Don’t push yourself too hard and plateau. It’s no good for your creative process. Step away and learn more about what you’re playing. The composer. The life they lived. When they wrote the piece. Who inspired them or who they wrote it for. Who the clarinetist was. Who else was composing at the time, etc.
Practice can be done playing and while not playing. Remember, knowledge leads to more ideas and practice. Taking a break from a specific piece can always help too. Look at some of the keys and scales you could practice that work with the piece. For instance, C major scale studies could benefit your work on the Mozart Clarinet Concerto or an excerpt from Rimsky-Korsakovs Cappricio Espagnol. A study of the Concertino by Weber will reveal that it has operatic themes to it or that the Copland Concerto was written in Rio de Janeiro and then you might start hear the spice of Brazil within the cadenza.
Attacking a piece from different angles will lift the weight from taking it head on and you’ll feel less stressed. Less fatigued and you will have inspired new ideas. New ideas are good. They keep you motivated and in positive momentum. Don’t lose that positive force or you’ll just torture yourself trying to learn the piece.
Happy practicing!
Oscar
Silence can be tactical. Even God used silence as a strategy.
Can I just say, it is so personally reassuring when a professor emails me a bunch of stuff really late at night. Like, my practicum adviser just sent out like three emails about stuff to do this week, and my exact thought was “I feel so much better about sending my thesis draft at 2 am now.”
It’s like, this professor has her life together precisely as much as I do.
