Unfamiliar, Not Difficult It is good to view things as familiar or unfamiliar, rather than as difficult or easy. If you give yourself the message, "This is difficult," the piece may discourage you, and it will still be difficult to play even after you’ve learned it. However, if you believe that all music is easy, then you’ll assume that you are unfamiliar with the piece because "it hasn’t become easy yet." Sometimes you hear yourself botching things up that you’ve practiced, and you don’t even question it. That’s because the mistakes actually agree with your belief that "I am not a master," or
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Project has to become easy
