I know it’s summer and none of us want to practice. Me neither! But how about a different ‘practice’?
Get your instrument out but leave your music – you won’t need it.
Don’t worry about scales or anything else. Just play! Let your fingers wander on the string. Don’t worry about being in tune or bowing correctly. Just have some fun!
Write a song. Or play along with your favorite song.
This is helping to re-energize me on the bass!
It’s a great idea – I’ve been an advocate of this approach for year – a change during the holidays can really rejuvenate. I wrote about holiday projects recently at my blog:
http://www.howtopractise.com/?q=content/Holiday-practice-projects
It’s really easy when working hard at practice to forget to have fun. Thanks for the post and reminder.
That’s a great article! Kenny Werner also write about this approach in his book, Effortless Mastery.