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Old 11-25-2020, 09:27 AM
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Whenever one of my students asks me how they can improve their playing, I usually tell them this:

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Super valid points. I'll often practice outside where there is a decent amount of ambient noise and my playing feels to seamless. But then when I record in a silent room, there are countless little things such as string or finger noise, high/low balance, and even noise from postural changes that appear on the recording.
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Wise advice I need to follow more for sure. Thanks for posting this Mr. Walker.
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Coincidentally, I’ve just started to record myself. Turns out I’m not as good as I thought I was...😀
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Wise advice I need to follow more for sure. Thanks for posting this Mr. Walker.
You're very welcome Bob.
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Good idea for an introspectve approach to learning. I take one on one lessons and we are doing them on Skype right now and I record them. It is interesting how much I don't retain two minutes after the lesson ends and how helpful it is to be able to go back over it.
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Good idea for an introspectve approach to learning. I take one on one lessons and we are doing them on Skype right now and I record them. It is interesting how much I don't retain two minutes after the lesson ends and how helpful it is to be able to go back over it.
I agree. I always encourage my online students to record their sessions.
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