Comments on: Is There a Link Between Performing And Practicing? http://musicianhome.com/musical-performance/is-there-a-link-between-performing-and-practicing For learning musicians. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:18:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mike Saville http://musicianhome.com/musical-performance/is-there-a-link-between-performing-and-practicing/comment-page-1#comment-5172 Mike Saville Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:31:42 +0000 http://musicianhome.com/?p=878#comment-5172 You raise some interesting points. I'm not sure I see the link between practice and performance in quite the same way as you - though I do agree there is a very important link. For me the link is much more tangible than you describe. It's not just something felt or imagined. The problem is that musicians abandon performance practice in favour of technique and notes. They forget that deportment, communication and ability to recover from mistakes are very important things to practice. In performance things can and do go wrong. The role of practice should be to make sure that you are as comfortable and confident as you can be so that you give the most musical performance you can. You raise some interesting points. I’m not sure I see the link between practice and performance in quite the same way as you – though I do agree there is a very important link.

For me the link is much more tangible than you describe. It’s not just something felt or imagined.

The problem is that musicians abandon performance practice in favour of technique and notes. They forget that deportment, communication and ability to recover from mistakes are very important things to practice. In performance things can and do go wrong. The role of practice should be to make sure that you are as comfortable and confident as you can be so that you give the most musical performance you can.

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