Music Practice

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Athena Reich, and I'm a singer, songwriter, and music coach here in New York City. In this clip, I'm going to talk about how to practice music. Studies show, the latest research shows that you actually learn more in your long-term memory if you practice in short spurts. So, rather than sitting down and working on the same piece for an hour you will do better if you break that up and you do five minutes every day of that piece. It will go into your long-term memory better. Now, say you want to learn three pieces. You know, you could do five minutes, you know you could play that piece for a minute, go wash the dishes, come back, play that piece for two minutes. Go wash the dishes, go clean the couch or whatever, vacuum, you know, come back, play a, play your piece number two for five minutes, play piece number three for one minute. Actually, jumping around chaotically but regularly every day is the most effective way to put learning music into your long-term memory. This is Athena Reich, from New York City."