Re: [Harp-L] What do you do when you practice

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> would anyone have tab on the scales that are mentioned here i would love to have something different to practise all i
do is try to figure out tunes by ear and it's getting a little stale if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.

thanks
> I have a set routine that can get stale, and a few  ways to keep it fresh. I warm up by playing precise scales in
> first,  2nd and 3rd position. After i run thru them straight a few times i try  to play them with the feelings i'm
> having about life at that particular  moment in time, so the notes aren't in the cold abstract but an  expression of
> who i am now.
>
>   I play blues, so the next part of my routine i play all my favorite  licks - intros, outros, turnarounds, runs of BW
> triplets, etc. and  solos & instrumentals - from the classic songs by LW, BigW, Sonny  Terry & Muddy. I copy them just
> like they are on the records.
>
>   My training and education is painter. Classical painters copy the great  masters. My teacher's teacher was the
> French post-Cubist Amadee  Ozenfant, who founded Purism in 1929, with Le Corbusier. They believed  discipline, and
> attention to basics and technique are what allow an  artist to "dance in their fetters". It can get stale but i try to
> just  do it and dance through boredom. Sometimes i move to a different room  for a few weeks. Or get a few hours early
> sleep and wake up to play in  the wee morning  hours.
>
>   When the weathers good I go outside and play solos and instrumentals.  Sultry summer days are good for blues. I try
> to feel it and play the  music how things are right then - laconic, hyped, ticked off, happy,  whatever. I play for my
> goats. They're a totally disinterested audience  but they don't throw things, usually.
>
>   Don't know if this is what your looking for but it's what works for me.
>
> Mark Wilson <markwilson53@xxxxxxx> wrote:  Looking for some new ideas to fire up my practice sessions.   Anyone out
> there following a routine that's helping with mindless improvisation?
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
> P.S
> I already own a copy of Effortless Mastery
>
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