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Technique: effective practice technique

2025-09-05T08:32:00

Max Baillie by James Champion

Advice on how to develop your own method of practice, for violinists and violists

The way we practise underpins everything we do to prepare for performance. Early on I found that developing my own method of practice, rather than following an existing system, was essential for maximising progress; of course we can learn from existing systems, but it is in the development of a personal methodology that the real discoveries lie…

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