Emmanuel Ax on Practicing Piano

  
​Even a seven-time Grammy award winner still has to practice and doesn't always find it fun. In his words, it's sometimes "kind of a slog."  But, this great pianist has several suggestions to make practicing more enjoyable and still productive.

1. Listen to great performances - live, Spotify, Youtube...
2. Get a partner - practice together, exchange ideas, enjoy yourselves
3. Try another instrument - get excited about something different--even for only a day
4. Experiment - discover new ways to do things
5. Come back to old pieces - helps you to know what you are facing ahead
6. Use an app - use technology like Tonara--a practice ap
7. Play Bach - Bach is hard and every voice is an individual voice--practice more Bach

Check out the entire article with Emmanuel Ax on Lifehacker and try some of his techniques to make practicing enjoyable and productive.

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