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Three Ways to Use Tempo When Practicing Music

James Christian

 

Struggling with speed, accuracy, or pulse?  James describes three ways you can use different tempos to maximize your practice sessions. The following is a transcript of the video above (slightly reworded for readability):

 

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Hello, everyone.  This is James Christian with RudimentalUniversity.com. Today I would like to talk about three different ways you can use tempo to help you when practicing a piece of music.

I’ve been thinking about this topic for a while, and this last week several ideas came together.  I Read more “Three Ways to Use Tempo When Practicing Music”

Four Important Questions for the New Year

James Christian

For the first few days of the New Year, you will undoubtedly see various individuals and organizations urging you to create new goals, set New Year’s resolutions, turn over a new leaf, and do whatever you can to make this year better than last year.  Of course, I know readers would be terribly disappointed if I didn’t give similar encouragements with regard to percussion. 🙂

However, I don’t want to offer blanket statements about overly ambitious goals that have little chance of getting accomplished.  I genuinely want you to Read more “Four Important Questions for the New Year”

What to Do When You Don’t Feel Like Practicing

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Unmotivated to practice?

When I was a freshman in high school, I told my drum line instructor, “I didn’t practice this week.  I just didn’t feel like practicing.”  He replied, “What do you mean you didn’t feel like practicing!?  The only way to get better is to practice when you don’t feel like it!”

 

What Does It Mean “to Feel”?

My instructor’s mini-beratement led to an important shift in my thinking.  As I looked around the world, he was obviously correct.  If you examine the top experts in any field—whether music, sports, science, business, literature, or anything else—those who reach the top must Read more “What to Do When You Don’t Feel Like Practicing”