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 This page is for sharing ideas about playing / practicing, particularly for making practicing fun.
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 Try to play / practice at least 20 minutes a day, per instrument, or sing, with enjoyment, and socially some of the time.
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-At least 20 minutes a day of playing, per instrument, or singing, with enjoyment, and socially some of the time?
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 Use the word playing, vis-a-vis playfulness, to transform the negative connotations of the word practicing, linguistically?
-sociocultural context ... if music is all around, with a lot of good models, and people to play with, the learning of technique, which can take hours, can be part of a conversation. Create an immersive milieu, by playing yourselves, where there's so much music around to 'converse' with, your children pick up music freely, and learn by playing with.
+sociocultural context ... if people are making music all around, with a lot of good models, and people to play with, the learning of technique, which can take hours, can be part of a conversation. Create an immersive milieu, by playing yourselves, where there's so much music around to 'converse' with, that your children pick up music freely, and learn by playing with.
 I think playing / practicing a musical instrument is more fun socially, than independently and wants to start a group music playing time in a Google Hangout in group video chat, possibly Wednesdays at 9 pm PT, where everyone plays their own instrument, but can turn on this instrument or person, or that one, to play together, if so desired ... (bagpipe, voice, guitar ... the instrument you want to develop 'flow' experiences with :) Let me know if you're interested ... this will help further the World University Music School - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Music_School. (S.M.)
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-How to make regular playing / practices, in a rock band, pipe band or chamber music group, really fun, getting to 'space,' for example, like the Grateful Dead did?
+How to make regular playing / practices, in a rock band, pipe band, acapella group or chamber music group, really fun, getting to 'space,' for example, like the Grateful Dead did? What's the 'structure' of regular, most-fun music-playing together (in the beginning of music-making, and for experienced musicians)?
+ideas: ... listen, relax, let musicians choose their own music, keep the group small, regularly make time to explore improvisation, with a musician facilitating this with the other musicians, begin with the blues. J.S. Bach or similarly moving, and accessible, music, listen to good, related CDs, mp3s, in Music-playing Spaces in a Google + Group Video chat hangout ...
+Explore jamming at http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Musical_Jamming :)
-ideas: ... listen, relax, let musicians choose their own music, keep the group small, regularly make time to explore improvisation, with a musician facilitating this with the other musicians, begin with the blues or similarly moving, and accessible, music, listen to good, related CDs ...