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How do your objectives as a performer inform and shape your practice technique? (Part 1)

How does my objective as a performer affect how I practise? For me there is a clear correlation between what it is I am trying to achieve as a performer and the way in which I practise.

As a performer,...

Playing from memory - summary

Let us summarise the main propositions:

• Memorisation should commence parallel to learning about a music piece.

• Such an attitude enforces a thorough analytical assimilation and “hearing” of all the texture elements.

• Auditory imagining should precede hand work.

• The above-described methods of checking successful memorisation provide a chance...