The Perfect Wrong Note
by William Westney · first published 2003
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…all embarrassment about making mistakes. Practice should give a chance stumble at the edge of your ability and take chances you wouldn't in a live performance. For more detail I highly recommend "The Perfect Wrong Note" by William Westney.
on “How to do deliberate practice” ↗…when learning. The trick is to note them, fix them, and then practice the correct version. Don't spend any time practising errors. At least that's how I think of it. A great book on the subject is "The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self" by William Westney. He believes worrying too much about being flawless on the initial playing causes anxiety in students. Being ok with errors helps people relax…
on “How I Practice Piano” ↗There's a great, short book on how to practice while making "good" mistakes. It's called "The Perfect Wrong Note." I've been found it helpful while teaching myself to pick the banjo.
on “After 15 years of practice..” ↗This reminds me of the book "The Perfect Wrong Note". The book is focused on learning to play music but the principles it teaches apply to learning just about anything. The core message to not be afraid of mistakes during practice. Little kids fall over…
on “Mathematicians are chronically lost and confused (2014)” ↗…explanations of how notes and chords relate. It's a college workbook that you write-in for the exercises. Really terrific. Also, not a theory book but the most important music learning book I've read: The Perfect Wrong Note [1]. Reading this permanently changed the way I approach learning the piano (or synth. in my case) and I my playing has vastly improved over the last couple of years because of it. [0] https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810862333/Foundations-of-Diatoni...…
on “Ask HN: Tools to Learn Music Theory?” ↗