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Clarinet Chronicles: Four Must-Have Apps for Musicians by Dylan M. Scroggins With the advancement of technology, it is now possible to have more concentrated and effective practice sessions using tools developed to help you improve.  In today’s media-driven world, musicians can harness the power within these tools to take their practice sessions to new levels, while efficiently managing their time. Here are the top four must-have apps for musicians. 1. Modacity: Developed by Marc Gelfo, a professional horn player with a degree in cognitive science, and Andrea Nysen, the creative director, Modacity has become my go-to app because it allows me to access many featuresRead More →

02 November
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Part 3: Teaching and the Learning Model, and Wrap-up by Jessica Pollack    In the last post we saw the best way to practice: Knowing what “correct” looks like Being able to tell what is different (and the same) between what you have and what you defined as “correct” Identifying what is preventing you from reaching “correct” Knowing exactly how to change what is preventing you from being “correct”     What this model says about teachers To be clear, you can absolutely learn all of that by yourself. But as we saw in the model, the fastest way to improve requires knowledge of whatRead More →

31 October
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Part 2: The Learning Process by Jessica Pollack   So science tells us we can learn. How should we do it? There are two things you should take from this post: 1.) There is a best way to learn long term, and it is a process you should cultivate every time you practice/learn. 2.) Every aspect of mastering your instrument is learnable, and complex skills like this can be broken into steps for you to manage. As we said in the last post, there is no evidence of a quality inherent to someone like Ricardo Morales, Sabine Meyer, Martin Fröst, Mozart or any other prodigiousRead More →