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PRACTICE TIPS #49: A mental case . . .
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Brent Hugh
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Dec 18, 2000 00:09 PST
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PRACTICE TIPS #49: A mental case . . .
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More about the Alexander Technique is coming in a future issue. In the
meanwhile:
Are you a mental case? Maybe you should be . . .
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[Researcher G. Rubin-Rabson conducted studies addressing these questions:]
(1)Is *mental prestudy* of benefit to subsequent learning?
(2) If it is, will *mental rehearsal* be of value at other periods in
the learning process?
Affirmative answers were found to both questions. The best period for
mental rehearsal was found to be a time roughly midway among the keyboard
practice sessions. Thus it would appear that the ambitious piano student
should not only analyze and study his scores before he starts his formal
keyboard practice but should take time considerably before his top skill is
reached to rehearse mentally what has been going on.
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(from _The Social Psychology of Music_, Paul R. Farnsworth (Iowa State
University Press, 1969), p. 170)
Happy Practicing!
--Brent
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