MusicMyLife

Let’s face it: there always comes a point in our life where we just get bored of playing our instruments and practicing them every day. We start by skipping a day, then maybe two, and ultimately we just stop practicing, and soon we lose our interest and stop playing the instrument altogether. This has happened to me and to so many people I know, and because I got back out of this phase and continued playing, I realized how important it is to continue playing…and that’s what today’s article is going to be about.   Why does this happen?   We’re humans, and we get really bored of doing the same thing every single day. Even if we love music, if we keep practicing every single day, there comes a time when we just don’t feel like doing it anymore. So we think “okay, nothing happens if we skip one day”. While that stands true in a way, what happens is you start thinking that it’s okay to skip a day in between sometimes. Therefore, you start doing it more regularly and...

I assume most of us reading this post right now play some sort of instrument. Surely, you've seen people play it faster than you and you're just sitting there thinking "I have to be like this guy"...well, I've gone through it too, and I still do, but here are a few tips I've learned that actually did help me become faster at my instrument. 1)Play it slow: Nobody started playing their instrument fast from the beginning. It takes patience and effort. Just play the lick slowly, and repeatedly. It will go into your muscle memory soon, if you do this step properly. That would increase your speed over days, weeks, years, whatever your capacity is. (I really hope it isn't years) 2)Play it fast: In contrast to my previous point, there's another theory which most people disagree with, but I've tried it and it worked for me. Try playing it fast. In the beginning, you might not even be able to get the notes right, but sometimes you just don't have the...