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From: malik@meteor.DEC (Karl Malik ZK01-1/F22 1-1440)
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Subject: how to practice?
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Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 12:57:28 EST
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Subj; How to practice

	For all you musicians out there; When you set yourself the
task of learning a difficult (for you) piece of music, how do you
go about it?

	From beginning to end?

	Concentrating on the difficult passages; repeating them
over and over?

	Slow and loud (for pianists)? so as to get the 'feel' of
the piece in your fingers?

	Do you study the score first? Looking for patterns, etc.

	Also, how do you keep your motivation up? Especially, if
the piece is difficult enough that your first efforts are very
unmusical/unsatisfying.

	I find that studying the score (without an instrument) is
really worthwhile for me. 

	How do you folks go about it?

						,Karl