Learn Faster, Perform Better: A Musician's Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing For a few beautiful months

For a few beautiful months

including Chang'e

Douglas Garrick has done wrong

this return to the classroom is his "one last chance" to learn the great literature he'd neglected in his youth--and

Learn Faster, Perform Better: A Musician's Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing For a few beautiful monthsPracticing is an essential part of every musician's life, but we are rarely taught how to practice in the most effective and efficient way. Many of us find ourselves frustrated when we sound good in the practice room only to embarrass ourselves on stage or in front of our teachers. We feel overwhelmed by the amount of music we have to learn, unsure how to balance everything. Playing from memory can feel terrifying and an insurmountable challenge, and