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I am a pianist; so my work is with a different sort of keyboard but the issues are similar. Interruptions/distractions are of two types - external sensory distr
by kashunstva 4y ago
I am a pianist; so my work is with a different sort of keyboard but the issues are similar. Interruptions/distractions are of two types - external sensory distractions and my own internal thoughts. The former are more easily recognized and remedied. In my practice room there is a window off to the side where the flash of a passing car might distract me. Easy fix.
The internal tugs on my focus are harder to pin down. But one seminal observation is that thoughts that distract are often recurrent; so writing them down, along with a brief plan about when you will deal with that thought and how, can help. There is evidence that this reduces distraction.
- tomcam 4y agoSorry to take this in the wrong direction but I don’t meet enough pro pianists. Concert pianist, teacher, studio musician, what? How much do you practice per week? Have you avoided repetitive stress injuries? Are you a good enough site reader that you can always read through a piece fairly well are you a 2 measure-a-time grinder like me and almost every Chinese piano student?
- tpoacher 4y agoOoph, back when I was a pianist, I caught myself thinking random crap WHILE DOING A CONCERT all the time; then suddenly you think "dude wtf, you're in the middle of a concert, snap out of it", and then the shock from the context switch of going from autopilot to "shit where am I in the piece" always resulted in me messing the piece up ...