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Practicing can make you sound better..or worse

There is a lot more to this than this simple explanation. One can practice for many different things. If I was practicing for endurance for example I would adjust this.

the basic premise is: practice in short 20-30 min segments with short breaks and stop on a high point.
I will deal more with this in a later article.
Typical practice pattern.

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Sheet Music resource

Sheet Music Downloads plus Audio Files at Virtual Sheet Music

I use this daily and have just renewed my membership. A years membership is the same as buying 1 book at the music store. The music comes with accompaniments at different tempos and the quantity of music you can download and play is staggering. For a family with kids in music it would be one of the best investments you could make

Alban Classical


Private performance April 14

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Wind World Alban classical school show April 23 and 30