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From:  Patricia M Smith <dgcsorcmgr@j...>
Date:  Mon Sep 11, 2000  3:19 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Frequency of Lessons




Ah, the luxury of time, money & not having to work a day job!
Unfortunately, this is not reality for most people.
Question: why do you consider it a waste of time to spend time on
repetoire during personal practice? Or did I misunderstand your
statement? I find it helpful to help me to remember particular techniques
that were worked on in my lessons by taking the time to review what rep
that I am currently working on.

Pat Smith


On Sat, 9 Sep 2000 16:02:51 -0700 (PDT) Isabelle Bracamonte
<ibracamonte@y...> writes:
The more often
> you can study, the better, if you practice in between
> your lessons (mentally -- that's VERY important --
> and, on the off-days, vocally), and give yourself a
> day of rest once a week. Take lessons that are as
> long as you can handle before getting vocally tired
> (or, if you are a beginning singer, before your
> concentration starts to wane).
>

> Depending on what my goals are (sometimes we are
> making technical breakthroughs, which require more
> lesson time; sometimes we are drilling in those
> concepts, which requires more of my practice time), I
> study two or three or four times a week. Right now, I
> am taking two 1.5-hour lessons a week and practicing
> every off-day (but one) for 1.5 hours. I have studied
> as much as four times a week, two for 1.5 hours and
> two for 1 hour.

> Practicing: I think it's a waste of time to simply
> warm up and run through your songs during your
> practice time (unless your goal that week is stamina
> for a particular piece).

> So my advice, in a nutshell, is: Study as often as
> you're possibly able to without getting tired or
> becoming too poor, and specific concepts + dedicated
> practice sessions = progress. An hour of mental
> technical study a day, an hour of working on your
> languages a day, some squeezed-in bits of piano
> practice and dance/exercise, and you're golden. What,
> a life? This is great art. We don't need lives.
>
>
> Isabelle B.
>
>

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