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Reimagining Music Practice

Paul McGlinchey

Reimagining music practice is about how musicians can redesign practice so they feel like they're playing their game rather than someone else's.

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Playing Honestly

I’m alone in my practice room. There is no audience, no teacher. Whatever happens in this practice session, no one except me will ever know.

I’m working on a piece that’s a big challenge. I’ve set a goal: for each repetition, play measure...

10 days ago
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The Effort of Play

Is this you? You listen to music and imagine yourself playing it.

Certainly, we’ve all imagined ourselves playing music effortlessly, flowing from the deep place inside where music is born and lives. It is an enchanting experience, a power...

17 days ago
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Play and Not Knowing

You’ve gathered your music, placed it near your instrument, gotten clarity about what you’re working on, and you’re ready to begin your first repetition of the day.

Or are you?

You’ve done your preparation and now is the time to play....

24 days ago
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Repetition as Play

Opening night! I’m playing the unforgiving 8th-note barrage of complex broken chords, the relentless New York City train ride of “Another Hundred People” from the musical Company.

My attention is in three directions: the singer on stage,...

a month ago
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Entering the Magic Circle

I’d said “Yes to the project”. Yes to playing for the Christmas party.1 I was working on 30 songs. I had played them the year before. I knew them. But working through them, rep set after rep set2, they all sounded dull, lifeless – definitel...

a month ago
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    I help musicians and teachers transform practice from a chore into a path of growth, joy, and meaning. Writing about music, learning, and the art of practice.

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