Practicing

Hello everyone! There’s a new feature added to the site that I’m very excited and happy to tell you about.

I hired someone to create a “Practice Page” for the site. This page contains the video for the matching transcription, a timer to track the practice session, a running total of the time practiced for that particular item, and a “Notes” field.

You can find the “Practice Page” under the “More” menu item and also in your Profile menu item.

The reason for this? As some of you may or may not know, I’m a big believer in the idea of “productive practicing” or “focused’ practicing, and I owe a lot of my progress and ability to make weekly YouTube videos for the past 5 years to this form of practicing.

I like to compare learning and playing music to that of learning a language and playing a sport.

We've all heard that learning music is like learning a language. To learn a language it's helpful to learn grammar, and in music, it would be helpful to learn the music theory - scales, chords, and rhythms.

I also like to compare playing music to playing a sport and I think of playing a song would be the equivalent of playing a game. I then think of professional athletes and how they practice. Do they only play games when they're training and practicing? No. They do warm-ups, weight training, cardio training, run plays, scrimmage games, and many other exercises to prepare for a game. I like to practice music in a similar way and I think you can advance faster and have a deeper understanding when you learn more than just songs.…