#1 tip: Practice with the mindset of a performance 0:52 Practice preparation by: 2:17 thinking about what you're going to do 2:48 don't "doodle impulsively" #2 tip: Finish the phrase 3:15 3:50 the purpose? To think of the bigger picture & hone your mental/physical stamina #3 tip: Put your heart into it 4:16 4:41 I never liked practicing - but now I think of it as an "escape" 5:19 Practice is as much about discovering and freeing yourself as getting a particular passage into your system
I always tell my little students parents, that practicing, is like when a kid must have a bath. You spend like an hour trying to get them into the water, and like three hours trying to get them out of it. You are so right. Once I open the case, I don´t want to do nothing else but playing, just me and my violin. The whole world disappears.
For me and for a long time, I simply practiced because I really liked the process of learning the works. A long time later I realized that it was helping me escape from a very lonely reality; that was what made music one of the things I love most in life. I wish you good health always. Greetings from Argentina.
I just started lessons again after a 26 year break, and my new teacher has given me a couple of these tips already! I have a bad habit of double or triple checking my first note before starting properly, so I’ll be working hard to break that habit.
Hahaha thats great! I came back after 30 years and I have a habit of checking my first note too! But I simply broke that habit in a day cause I just decided I will not do it anymore. Let me know how you doing!
Excellent, sound advice! Practice is good for the soul. One additional piece of advice: play passages at times not just because you're trying to get them right. Practice the passages because you greatly enjoy them. Remove the frustration through enjoyment and your muscles will respond better.
Thanks Kerson, this video made clear many issue and learn things such as: - setting mental preparation as if in performance. -A conscious effort in visualization before is essential for clarity of thought. -to not doodle with random notes to reassure self and make clear of the passage with no immediate stops - practice is exploring vulnerability and boundaries of comfort
Thank youuu soooo much Kerson, we often have that mentality of practice = boring / chore (as you said) / something mandatory, but we forget that we can also enjoy it. I will try to put your advices on practice now, thaaank youuu sooo soooooo much !!!
Duuude! That's gold! This is what Flesh called Mental Hygiene in practice and it changed my approach to it as well. Completely. Doodle is the worste.. Thank you Kerson 🎶
Many of us were taught the 3hr per day model, but without good specifics... Specifics are actually the most important thing!! Practicing this way over the last few years, has begun to revolutionize the way I feel and teach learning the violin now. It's a game changer. Btw, I just discovered your videos and they are wonderful. Thank you! I love and teach the concept and importance of practice basically always as performance prep! (Fellow Nathan Cole fan here) Beautiful Bartok btw!!
Thanks Kerson, great advice. I got a great tip from That Viola Kid some years ago: Strive to improve 1% each day. That'll make 365% in a year. That simple thought has had a profound effect on me, and always makes me smile. While I'm here, thanks for all your brilliant videos, you've played a big role in my development. 😊😁
The "finish the phrase" one is so important! If you don't finish the phrase you might end up blocked in your mind because you are afraid of finishing the phrase (that happens to me) because it might not come up as you expected. Great tips!! 😁😁 About the third point, I feel like when I was little I had more fun practicing. It's true that I didn't study methodically the difficult passages but I kinda improved by playing and playing. Since I studied with another teacher, it's true that I've improved a lot technically, but while practicing I only focuse on those things I have to correct, and I don't have as much fun. I guess there must be a balance: working in those difficult passages without ceasing to play it all only enjoying the music ❤️
Thank you very much!!! Today, I attempted practicing with all these tips and it already significantly improved the piece I’m playing (Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro). I can already tell that my progress is going to be much quicker than how I used to practice. Thanks!! 🤘👌
I had a good practice yesterday because I focused on my bowing, and producing a beautiful sound! I wanted to make my songs sound their best and most beautiful I was capable of, and I’m only in Suzuki book one. I went over them because I know them now and wanted each note to sound pretty. I wanted to play from my heart, like I meant it. Now to start viewing it as a performance.
I couldn’t agree more. Thank you for sharing this tip! (PS I’m so glad I found your channel through your performance of Dvorak’s Songs my Mother Taught Me). I opened my violin case for the first time in a long time ~
I've been struggling with practicing efficiently for quite some time and these tips are great ones! Thank you for sharing these tips maestro it really meant a lot to me.
Kerson, Thank You so much for your insight . I am an adult clarinetist. I started later in life and have been playing for only ten years. I find all your advice and comments applicable to my clarinet playing as well. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge and life experience. Much appreciated. Tom F.
It made me realize what practice means to me and still don't know the asnwer. Your tips helped me and will apply in my practice. Thank you for sharinggg!!!
oof i feel like that helped me. somehow. i was feeling in a bit of a funk like playing violin was a waste of time. hearing you snapped me out of the funk. thanks so much 🥺
Wonderful tips. Some tips resemble those by Nathan Cole. Always practice for performance, don’t doodle. But if more teachers preach the same, we can be sure that it are good tips!
Your comment is wonderful, even if some of them should be familiar is great to be remained, I’m studying classical guitar and again your comment fits Perfect in, or how the way to absorb music Thank you for sharing
would love to have you talk about mozart and how to approach the different challenges the mozartean language brings mostly in the technical aspect aswell with some tips and thoughts of how you should practise it as you did with the etude series
Loved your tips and your voice!! ... I entirely understand what you're trying to say ... During this pandemia I found playing to be like an escape, a moment just for me, to scape and be free in my mind .. I learned so much! Thank you for your videos!
I agree, that your practicing will become more effective if you mean what you play but there is a cost to this type of practice. It requires more energy and it will be harder to be so effective if you do not have sufficient rest of nourishment. Since you need to be entirely present in your mind you also cannot be distracted. It is a significant change in mind but you also have to adjust your daily habits to be able to be productive like this.
But Ling Ling says I should practice 40 hours a day. Joke aside your videos are very interesting videos Kerson. You have one of the most impressive violin sonority I have ever heard.
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Here's a fun challenge - can you name the 7 different pieces playing quietly in the background?
Bartok concerto 2
Bruch concerto
Paganini cadenza concerto 1
Prokofiev 1
I'm that deaf that I couldn't even notice them :'((((
yes people, listen to bass eddy
eddy is nothing in terms of a violinist to this guy
Your deep voice startles me everytime 🧍
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Same!
Asian Wilson fisk
Why startle? I find it calming 😂
#1 tip: Practice with the mindset of a performance 0:52
Practice preparation by:
2:17 thinking about what you're going to do
2:48 don't "doodle impulsively"
#2 tip: Finish the phrase 3:15
3:50 the purpose? To think of the bigger picture & hone your mental/physical stamina
#3 tip: Put your heart into it 4:16
4:41 I never liked practicing - but now I think of it as an "escape"
5:19 Practice is as much about discovering and freeing yourself as getting a particular passage into your system
Many thanks!
I'm a simple girl
I see practice 40 hours
I click :)
You are not alone😂
Same 🤣
I always tell my little students parents, that practicing, is like when a kid must have a bath. You spend like an hour trying to get them into the water, and like three hours trying to get them out of it. You are so right. Once I open the case, I don´t want to do nothing else but playing, just me and my violin. The whole world disappears.
Your voice is very soothing. I dont even play violin but i watched the whole damn video.
For me and for a long time, I simply practiced because I really liked the process of learning the works. A long time later I realized that it was helping me escape from a very lonely reality; that was what made music one of the things I love most in life. I wish you good health always. Greetings from Argentina.
Darth Vader Voice of the violin! Love it
Your personality is really starting to shine... keep up the good work!
Awesome advice... tremendously deep.
Gift from heaven you are🙏
Wasn’t expecting such a deep voice 😅
IKR! haha I have been watching some of his vids playing the violin lately, but I just heard him speak now.
I just started lessons again after a 26 year break, and my new teacher has given me a couple of these tips already! I have a bad habit of double or triple checking my first note before starting properly, so I’ll be working hard to break that habit.
Hi, this might be a weird question, but can I buy your youtube channel? Please reply if you want, this is a serious inquiry :)
Hahaha thats great! I came back after 30 years and I have a habit of checking my first note too! But I simply broke that habit in a day cause I just decided I will not do it anymore. Let me know how you doing!
Finishing the phrase is a good concept for me. I get so flustered when I make a mistake, I need to learn to push through that discomfort.
Excellent, sound advice! Practice is good for the soul. One additional piece of advice: play passages at times not just because you're trying to get them right. Practice the passages because you greatly enjoy them. Remove the frustration through enjoyment and your muscles will respond better.
I needed that! Thank you, mr. Kerson Leong for your inspiration and wisdom🙏🏻
I like the affirmation of practice as both escape and fulfilment. This is what it has done for me in difficult times. I enjoyed this video. Thank you
Thanks Kerson, this video made clear many issue and learn things such as:
- setting mental preparation as if in performance.
-A conscious effort in visualization before is essential for clarity of thought.
-to not doodle with random notes to reassure self and make clear of the passage with no immediate stops
- practice is exploring vulnerability and boundaries of comfort
Thank youuu soooo much Kerson, we often have that mentality of practice = boring / chore (as you said) / something mandatory, but we forget that we can also enjoy it.
I will try to put your advices on practice now, thaaank youuu sooo soooooo much !!!
Duuude! That's gold! This is what Flesh called Mental Hygiene in practice and it changed my approach to it as well. Completely. Doodle is the worste..
Thank you Kerson 🎶
Thank you for all the great content!!! You are awesome!!!
A true virtuoso with a creative and brilliant mind-one of a kind especially in this day in which we live.
Many of us were taught the 3hr per day model, but without good specifics... Specifics are actually the most important thing!!
Practicing this way over the last few years, has begun to revolutionize the way I feel and teach learning the violin now. It's a game changer.
Btw, I just discovered your videos and they are wonderful. Thank you!
I love and teach the concept and importance of practice basically always as performance prep! (Fellow Nathan Cole fan here) Beautiful Bartok btw!!
Thanks Kerson, great advice. I got a great tip from That Viola Kid some years ago: Strive to improve 1% each day. That'll make 365% in a year. That simple thought has had a profound effect on me, and always makes me smile. While I'm here, thanks for all your brilliant videos, you've played a big role in my development. 😊😁
Even better: if you improve 1% everyday, at the end of the year you'll be 1.01^365 ≈ 38 times better
Wow Kerson, thank you for the insight! That's a great mindset to have about practicing. Thanks for sharing this valuable information! :)
The "finish the phrase" one is so important! If you don't finish the phrase you might end up blocked in your mind because you are afraid of finishing the phrase (that happens to me) because it might not come up as you expected. Great tips!! 😁😁
About the third point, I feel like when I was little I had more fun practicing. It's true that I didn't study methodically the difficult passages but I kinda improved by playing and playing. Since I studied with another teacher, it's true that I've improved a lot technically, but while practicing I only focuse on those things I have to correct, and I don't have as much fun. I guess there must be a balance: working in those difficult passages without ceasing to play it all only enjoying the music ❤️
Thank you for the wise words Kerson!
Wow!!! Looking forward!!!
Amazing, you bring the most important things together. I absolutely agree with all you said.
Thank you very much!!! Today, I attempted practicing with all these tips and it already significantly improved the piece I’m playing (Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro). I can already tell that my progress is going to be much quicker than how I used to practice. Thanks!! 🤘👌
i wasn't expecting that voice to come out of you
I had a good practice yesterday because I focused on my bowing, and producing a beautiful sound! I wanted to make my songs sound their best and most beautiful I was capable of, and I’m only in Suzuki book one. I went over them because I know them now and wanted each note to sound pretty. I wanted to play from my heart, like I meant it. Now to start viewing it as a performance.
I couldn’t agree more. Thank you for sharing this tip! (PS I’m so glad I found your channel through your performance of Dvorak’s Songs my Mother Taught Me). I opened my violin case for the first time in a long time ~
One octave scale vibrato
Kerson: tension release
Scale 60 arp 80
😆😆😆😆😆😆😆Ah, I can't wait🥳🥳we have missed you Kerson! 🤗
Great inspiration !!! and also the tone of your voice is wow
Priceless❤
I appreciate immensely your SERIOUSNESS! ( Your deep voice also projects it as does your playing).
I love all of your advise and wisdom thank you for sharing!!! 🙏
It was really helpful! Thank you so much.
Totally needed this. Especially your tip #1. THANK YOU!
Now I wanna hear you play the whole of Bartok's second concerto!
Marvellous tips. Very insightful. Thanks!🥀
Thank you master Leong!
did not expect him to have such a deep voice
Wonderful tips, Kerson! Thanks for sharing
This is so right on. Thank you so much!
Totally agree with this. I always say to myself ‘never waste a note!’
I've been struggling with practicing efficiently for quite some time and these tips are great ones! Thank you for sharing these tips maestro it really meant a lot to me.
Great work it’s really good work 👍👍
Kerson, Thank You so much for your insight . I am an adult clarinetist. I started later in life and have been playing for only ten years. I find all your advice and comments applicable to my clarinet playing as well. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge and life experience. Much appreciated. Tom F.
It made me realize what practice means to me and still don't know the asnwer. Your tips helped me and will apply in my practice. Thank you for sharinggg!!!
Thank you. Keep on please. This helps us a lot around the world. Hugs from Brazil
These are amazing tips. Thanks for posting!
Love your informative videos and humor🎉. You're funny😂 enjoy watching very much😊
Great practice advice for any instrument! Thanks!
oof i feel like that helped me. somehow. i was feeling in a bit of a funk like playing violin was a waste of time. hearing you snapped me out of the funk. thanks so much 🥺
This guy is so badass, and his fingers have this kind of a snap to them like they’re connected to a rubber band. You don’t see this everyday.
Thank you soooo much! This could be a game changer for me!😊
You're a good man
This is great!
Thank you so much !!! It is so helpful ! I will for sure use this tip !
Wonderful tips. Some tips resemble those by Nathan Cole. Always practice for performance, don’t doodle. But if more teachers preach the same, we can be sure that it are good tips!
Wow. Practice with the mindset of Performance. Thanks a lot
I’m happy I found your channel. And will follow your advice. Thanks again. You u just gain a new subscriber
Your comment is wonderful, even if some of them should be familiar is great to be remained, I’m studying classical guitar and again your comment fits
Perfect in, or how the way to absorb music
Thank you for sharing
such a cool guy
"Don't look Kerson's TH-cam channel while practicing!" haha!
Thank you, I find your videos very interesting and source of new ideas!
would love to have you talk about mozart and how to approach the different challenges the mozartean language brings mostly in the technical aspect aswell with some tips and thoughts of how you should practise it as you did with the etude series
Loved your tips and your voice!! ... I entirely understand what you're trying to say ... During this pandemia I found playing to be like an escape, a moment just for me, to scape and be free in my mind .. I learned so much! Thank you for your videos!
I love it, kerson-al gets personal
"practice with the mindset of performing"
Me, who only has performed to his mom once and shaked like a wash machine the 2 minutes of it: I got it😎
So simple, so beautiful--tons of thanks !)
So useful and so important! Thank you for all your videos, really great tips and information. You're one of the greatests players today.
40 hours!!
Great advice!!! Thank you maestro!!! 🙏
Guilty as charged, I'm a huge doodler. Those jazz standards are a big earworm, you know!
Very useful; thank you, Kerson.
Brilliant, well said!
Please tell me more. Thanks for the practice tips
Great tips!!
Excellent advice, thank you!
I really appreciate your tips . I will definitely improve in my violin and piano practice after watching your video
I agree, that your practicing will become more effective if you mean what you play but there is a cost to this type of practice. It requires more energy and it will be harder to be so effective if you do not have sufficient rest of nourishment. Since you need to be entirely present in your mind you also cannot be distracted. It is a significant change in mind but you also have to adjust your daily habits to be able to be productive like this.
Love your videos!
Dont even play an instrument anymore, but these are great tips you can apply to any skill or craft!!
Thank you so much for your advice ! 🤗
Just discovered you today, what a wonderful channel :)
The boss man
Every time I see a video of yours, your arms are wider. This mans be making some gains!!
Preach it, brother
Liked and subscibed!
After work, I know I will be opening the case with a different mindset. Thank you!
I'll be putting these tips to used to see if I can learn new music for my audition in the the next 6 days.
Thank you for that!!!
This is so valuable. Thanks
Thank you!!
Awesome content!!
ooooo wasn't expecting that voice....love it
But Ling Ling says I should practice 40 hours a day. Joke aside your videos are very interesting videos Kerson. You have one of the most impressive violin sonority I have ever heard.
The background music is as wonderful as the video 😆🥳🥳🥳