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    Let's Practise: Be a Better Musician
    Let's Practise: Be a Better Musician
    Let's Practise: Be a Better Musician
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    Let's Practise: Be a Better Musician

    By Susan Whykes

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    Discover ways of improving your practice so that you spend your precious time wisely and efficiently. The reason why teachers ask us to practise is becasuethis is the way we make progress; we solve problems, develop our musical ability and think about the music. We need to have a system thatallows us toimprove day by day.It is the quality of practice that is important and not the quantity. This book is for students of any musical discipline to help them build a musical skyscraper with firm foundations. This will providesolid preparation for the next lesson, the up-and-coming concert or a music exam.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateJun 30, 2009
    ISBN9781467002776
    Let's Practise: Be a Better Musician
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    Susan Whykes

    Susan Whykes is a full-time music teacher and Tutor Mentor with Essex Music Services. She has an MA in Pyschology for Musicians with Sheffield University. The material in this book is the result of  working with pupils of all ages, helping them to develop their musical abilites through efficient practising skills.   She has also published the very successful Mind Over Matter, a handbook for musicians to help them overcome their performance anxiety.

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