Ready, Set, Play!!

We all know that all loved saying of "practice makes perfect" but it never as much fun as just being able to do whatever it is that you are wanting to do. Music is no exception to that rule. We all just want to sit at our preferred instrument and play whatever music that we love. If only it were that easy! We all must practice. Our favorite musicians that we listen to on the radio or our most beloved classical composers spent hours of their day (every day) to be as good as they are.

When you first sit down to start that new piece of music that you've been dying to play and you get frustrated, it's okay. You're not going to get it perfect the first time that you sit down. Be patient with yourself and you will see (or should I say hear) yourself improving all the time!

For all of the beginners out there, don't give up! I know that you want to just go for it and play anything and everything that you can lay your hands on. But when you watch and hear others performing pieces that you want to and think that you should be able to play. Remember that it took them years and many many...did I mention many hours of practicing to get to where they got. But if you look back to where you started and only compare yourself with yourself you would be quite impressed with how far you have come :)

So after all this practicing, how much more do I have to do before I can be done? Here's the big surprise, you are never done practicing. Everything gets more fun and more challenging pieces but music is something that you will always be growing. This isn't a bad thing either. It means that there will always be something new for you to learn, always something new to play, always something you haven't done before. That's what makes music so great! You never have to worry about there being an end to your joy! So hopefully next time you go to your music lesson, when your teacher asks you, "have you practiced?" you'll see that they are really just trying to motivate you so that you can do all the amazing things that you are there to learn.

Just a little "practice" humor :)