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A very long time in the past once I was nonetheless enjoying concert events on my guitar, I got here to the belief that I HAD TO TRUST REPETITION OF THE MUSIC I WAS MEMORIZING FOR A CONCERT.
What do I imply?
After I was enjoying concert events I believed as a solo classical guitarist, that I needed to play an entire hour and a half live performance by reminiscence, which is what I did. It was anticipated on the time, however the sheer terror of memorizing the music was making me loopy.
I’d play the piece a couple of occasions, then I’d check whether or not I had memorized it but. If I hadn’t, I’d frantically play the piece time and again a couple of occasions, after which check if I had memorized it. This was making me loopy!
THIS WAS AN INTOLERABLE SITUATION! My concern was insupportable.
What did I do?
I needed to discover a strategy to follow for five to six hours a day to get the live performance memorized and efficiency prepared with out going mad from the concern that I wouldn’t get the music memorized.
So, what I did was play sections of the items time and again for 50 occasions and NOT TEST MY MEMORY TO SEE IF I HAD MEMORIZED THE SECTION OF THE PIECE, UNTIL I HAD PLAYED IT 50 TIMES.
This was an act of religion.
What do I imply?
I trusted that if I allowed myself to play a bit of the piece time and again f 50 occasions, that on the finish of of the 50 occasions, having not checked to see if I had memorized the part, that it might be memorized, or not less than near it.
Did it work?
YES!
Or not less than darn shut, so I used to be in a position to full my memorizing with out concern, understanding I used to be going to get it accomplished after I had accomplished this excessive repetition a couple of occasions, and it had labored.
Why did this work, aside from the apparent reply that I had performed it time and again 50 occasions, at occasions greater than as soon as?
IT WORKED BECAUSE I HAD ALLOWED MYSELF THE LUXURY OF PLAYING FOR HOURS AT PEACE, WITHOUT FEAR OF FAILURE. I DID THE REPETITION WITH FAITH THAT I WOULD GET THE MEMORIZING DONE, WITHOUT PRESSURE AND FEAR.
THE MUSIC WOULD MEMORIZE ITSELF!
On the time I had not accomplished the Alexander Method, however what I did was very Alexandrian.
What do I imply?
By my working towards for hours WITHOUT concern and NOT repeatedly testing myself, placing myself underneath the gun, the bodily stress stage in my physique was dramatically decrease. I wasn’t hurting myself bodily and mentally to get the music memorized.
This may be utilized to any instrument or any sport. REPETITION WITHOUT TESTING lets you study what it’s worthwhile to study to carry out or compete with out concern you received’t get the job accomplished.
Whenever you add the rules of nice physique use and nice approach based on the Alexander Method, then you definately actually are specializing in the means to the aim WITH FAITH.
You’re not scary/threatening your self and harming your physique to win or carry out fantastically.