This page is a one-stop hub for all the things I’ve written about practicing.<\/p>\n
Layakari and Melodic Variations Inside a Bandish<\/a>. Useful for Hindustani vocalists. If you can figure out an application for this material in another musical genre, please tell me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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The N+1 Game<\/a>. More layakari practice; this material can be used in any Hindustani context, and will also work well as part of general musicianship training.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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The Half-Speed Switcheroo: Rhythmic Cycle Practice in Exhaustive Detail. <\/a> Just what it sounds like. Instrumentalists can do this easily.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Practicing Inside Rhythmic Cycles.<\/a> Good advice for people trying to form a meaningful relationship with taal cycles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Two Techniques For Regulating Your Practice.<\/a> For any and all musicians who are trying either to get it together or to keep it together. If you’ve got it together, let me know; I’ve never met anyone<\/em> who’s got it together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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More Notes On Practicing.<\/a> General advice on problem-solving, time management, and keeping things going without falling apart. Part of a long-ago interview with my former student Brian O’Neill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Thinking About Palta Exercises.<\/a> Paltas are a powerful form of Hindustani exercise that are applicable to any scalar practice on voice or instrument.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Understanding Tala and Theka.<\/a> Advice for coordinating your relationship with these two core elements of Hindustani performance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Practice Tips & Techniques.<\/a> The first installment of my interview with Brian O’Neill, in which I discussed many of the ways I’ve developed to organize my own practicing and that of my students.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Thoughts About The Drone<\/a>
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