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The quality of your practice is much more important than the quantity. The old adage "Practice makes perfect" applies only if the practice is perfect. Here are 7 tips to make your practice more effective and efficient.

Practice us slowly enables movements the muscle memory of our bodies physically perform pattern of movement with little or even no conscious participation. Muscular memory drive examples for hiking, bicycle, type and of course play a musical instrument.

To develop this memory muscles require training in the form of repeated deliberate guidance of the spirit. The mind must first learn the pattern. Then must the mind "the pattern to the muscles lessons".

The spirit must control first all applications of the muscles. The controlled and precise movements, the faster will develop the muscles muscle memory.

Slowly practice allows the mind to "antagonistic muscle" teaching to relax. Antagonistic muscles are those to move in opposite directions. Of relaxing antagonistic muscle can help reduce tension and faster and easier performance and avoid possible infringements.

Practice in small cells "practice a cell" a limited number of movements is easy. Musical cells can be anything from a few pointers for a body of work. If you practice it is important to practice small cells few notes. The amount of information that have the muscles to learn at a time limited practice small cells. It facilitates the spirit of the focus and concentration.

The first movement of the following cell should link to help the end of a cell at the beginning of the next, the muscles to develop music a feeling of continuum throughout the piece, the last motion in a cell.

Practice of each cell in bursts once learned the muscles, a pattern, you run it without conscious control. Initiate the pattern by a conscious command, and allow the muscles to perform in a burst.

Not practice required error for each iteration to learn it takes 7 times the number of times a pattern of movement to change the pattern. If you during your practice make a mistake to stop. Check the pattern in your mind. And further reduce your movements of the speed.

Pause between reps, when dealing with repetitive activities, the spirit is better able to focus when the repetitions of short breaks are divided. After two or three replicates pause for about 30 seconds to obtain the focus.

Make short breaks; not "over-practice" b.f Skinner and other experts have found that the spirit is the ability to learn significantly after prolonged intense concentration. Research shows that study too long (i.e. more than four hours) chemicals in the brain can reduce necessary for learning. Therefore make it best short breaks (a 5-minute break approximately every 20-25 minutes) and practice not more than 4 hours at a time.

By applying these techniques, you can greatly improve the quality of your practice. You will able to more effectively use your time and increase the effectiveness of your practice.