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As a teacher, I think it's really important that

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we understand how our brains learn because that's

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what you're doing as a teacher, right? And as

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a musician, we spend so much time on our own

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in the practice room trying to improve. And if

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you understand how your brain works, then you

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can do that much more efficiently. And yeah,

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I mean, I think that's all of our goals, right?

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Like practice efficiently and get better. The

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mindset, especially in classical music of...

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You need to practice as many hours as you can

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possibly cram in the day. And you need to practice

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for as long as you can possibly. tolerate it

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like three hours, four hours at a time, right?

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And that's just like so not how the brain works.

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That's so not what the research shows. And so

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I'm very happy to help dispel those myths because

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it's just not how it works. Join the premiere

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of this incredible and educational episode, Unlocking

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the Brain, Neuroscience and Music Practice, featuring

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Dr. Molly Gabrian, violist, neuroscience researcher,

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and author of Learn Faster and Perform Better.

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This episode is packed with practical wisdom

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and deep insight from a professional musician

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who has dedicated her research to helping us

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understand how our brains truly work when we

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practice. She shares tools that can reshape how

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we learn, teach, and perform, grounded in science,

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but tailored for real musicians. All of us as

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musicians have had this experience too, of feeling

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like you practiced really well, and then you

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go the next day to practice the same music. again.

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And you feel like you have to redo all of your

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work that nothing really stuck with you from

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the previous day. Or like, you know, if you made

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10 steps forward yesterday, you have to go eight

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steps back today, you like basically have to

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go back to the beginning and like do it all over

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again. And like, that's really frustrating. And

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it feels like it just feels like a real waste

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of time. How many times have all of us gotten

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on stage, not played well, and been like, if

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I could just do that again, that would be so

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much better if I was given a second chance, right?

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Because it's much easier to do it a second time

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when you've just done it. It's really hard to

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just do it on the first try. And I mean, I think

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there's so many things that go into preparing

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for performance. And the biggest game changer

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for me with bridging that gap of, okay, I sound

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fine in the practice room and I feel confident.

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And then I go out on stage and like, it's a disaster.

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It's like, what's happening? The biggest change

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for me and the thing that I've seen be a really

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huge change for my students too is... Want to

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find out what neuroscience is all about and how

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it gave Dr. Molly Gabriel the tools to transform

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her own practice and teaching? Tune in Tuesday,

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April 22nd at 8 p .m. Eastern Time on our YouTube

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