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Sort your stack according to what you want to practice. Just list "Practice music". If that's not enough, enter the specific song or songs you want to practice soon.
August 18, 2011 at 22:35 |
Alan Baljeu
Alan Baljeu
I believe Mark's guidelines for something like music lessons (or learning a language) is to set an appointment on your calendar for when you want to practice, and then use the calendar to drive your practicing, not AF.
As for what to practice -- why not put the songs in a stack, sort through them one at a time, and practice the one that stands out as something you'd like to practice right now?
As for what to practice -- why not put the songs in a stack, sort through them one at a time, and practice the one that stands out as something you'd like to practice right now?
August 19, 2011 at 4:06 |
Mike Brown
Mike Brown
Yes, I think I was just overthinking it--trying to get specific songs into the AF rotation... Thanks for the replies!
August 19, 2011 at 13:19 |
DS
DS
I guess it all depends just how casual you want your music practice to be.
If you are practising just in order to enjoy playing with no particular aim in mind then I'd put "Practise Music" in AF, and then have a list of tunes and just pick out whichever stands out to practise (as Mike suggests).
If you are doing this for a specific purpose, then you need to be more systematic. Set aside specific practice times, and set specific goals for your practising. Taking a bit of time to sit down and work out exactly what types of practice will best serve your purposes is a useful exercise in itself.
For any significant advance your practice needs to be purposeful.
(In case any of you are wondering about the inconsistencies in my spelling, in British spelling it's "practice" when it's a noun and "practise" when it's a verb).
If you are practising just in order to enjoy playing with no particular aim in mind then I'd put "Practise Music" in AF, and then have a list of tunes and just pick out whichever stands out to practise (as Mike suggests).
If you are doing this for a specific purpose, then you need to be more systematic. Set aside specific practice times, and set specific goals for your practising. Taking a bit of time to sit down and work out exactly what types of practice will best serve your purposes is a useful exercise in itself.
For any significant advance your practice needs to be purposeful.
(In case any of you are wondering about the inconsistencies in my spelling, in British spelling it's "practice" when it's a noun and "practise" when it's a verb).
August 19, 2011 at 13:26 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
I've tried just listing "Practice music"--which leaves me open to anything in the stack to practice.
Also, specifically, "Practice Song A", with a dozen or songs I want to get to.
Any thoughts on the best way to approach this? Thanks!