How often have you needed to learn or teach new techniques on your instrument? Some people seem to adapt very easily to change while others struggle. This short post is more for those of us who struggle with change. It’s about how to work on changing something that’s not working to something that feels and sounds better.
I think there is really only ONE WORD that describes how to best helps us adapt to a positive change. And that word is SLOWLY! I’m talking as slow as you need to actually feel the change in your body. So even finding every single note in our body- even if it takes an hour to get through one measure.
I do believe that the longer it takes us to feel something the longer the muscle memory will last. I also think that the faster we adapt the sooner we can forget what we learned.
