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Tactics and Techniques, Part 2: Techniques

Tactics and Techniques, Part 2: Techniques

...There are quite a few other techniques that I would broadly lump broadly into this category. Each could have their own essay, and some already do. Here are a few examples:

  • Knowing when to stop and fix something.

  • Knowing how to prioritize between competing priorities.

  • Knowing when to move on from a passage.

  • Knowing when practicing under- or at-tempo would be (in)effective....

Jordan Randall Smith is the Music Director of Symphony Number One.