Part 1/3: A Reason to Practice (series: For the Love of Music Practice by Katelyn Emerson)

Written, recorded, and produced by Katelyn Emerson

For the American Guild of Organists’ Virtual Pipe Organ Encounter 2021

Music during opening and closing:
Fantaisie et Fugue en si bémol majeur, Op. 18, No. 6
Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785—1858)

Played by Katelyn Emerson
2003 Pasi organ, III/P/56
St. Cecilia Cathedral
Omaha, Nebraska, USA

0:15 Introduction
1:11 What is practicing?
1:55 Why are you practicing?
2:19 The brain's role in our practice

Practicing can occasionally be hard!
3:35 Examples of motivations and goals for practice
4:36 Actively choose to want to practice - even when it is difficult!
6:06 Two ways to help externally motivate ourselves on a day when practice seems a chore
7:59 A challenge for your practice
8:32 Practice for body and mind: change things up, turn off distractions

How do we remember things (including things we've practiced)?
9:27 The three stages of memory
11:26 Interleaving practice

13:08 Try this!

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