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If You Have Difficulty Staying Focused While Practicing, Could Clutter Be a Factor?

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Memory Reconsolidation: A Way to Dump Your Negative Audition/performance Baggage? AnxietyConfidence

Memory Reconsolidation: A Way to Dump Your Negative Audition and Performance Baggage?

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Three Ways to Teach Students How to Play More Expressively (And Is There a “Best” Way?)

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How Making Mistakes Can Accelerate Learning

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The Two Most Efficient (and Two Least Efficient) Memorization Strategies Practice

The Two Most Efficient (and Two Least Efficient) Memorization Strategies

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Brian Alegant: On Putting Music Back Into MUSIC Theory

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Why Your Playing (or Singing) May Become Less Musically Expressive on Stage

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Do the Best Performers Also Provide the Best Advice?

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