Shinichi Suzuki

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Repetitions on autopilot!

The last thing we think of in practice is to 'go on autopilot.' But this works.

Alan Duncan

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Today I want to share a new discovery about putting repetitions on autopilot. No, not the mindless wash-rinse-spin-repeat sort of repetition, but a way of polishing a bracketed section of a piece to build evenness and velocity. The example I’ll give is relevant to the violin repertoire but the practice technique is broadly applicable.

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