I think one of the reasons so many top-notch music professionals I’ve spoken with about practice have said they’re still trying to figure out how to do it best is that there is always a further horizon. If you want to keep getting better, you have to reach beyond the horizon of what you know, beyond your current ability, whatever it is. But how can you know what you don’t know? Only through experimentation. That’s why a creative approach to practice is so crucial, because that creativity and willingness to change things up helps you figure out how to practice. Even veteran musicians bump up
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