A New Year is like a blank book, and your dulcimer is in your hands.It is your chance to write a beautiful story for yourself. By Linda Ratcliff New Year’s Resolutions for DulcimeristsThe New Year is coming up in just a few days, and now is the perfect time to make some musical resolutions! As […]
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Training Your Auto-Pilot
by Linda Ratcliff Don’t practice until you get it right! Practice until your auto-pilot takes over and you can’t get it wrong. – Linda Ratcliff Training Your Auto-Pilot There is something we all have in common. Once we were ALL beginners. And do you remember when you went to a jam session for the […]
Make a Goal
by Linda Ratcliff Goals in writing are dreams with deadlines. – Unknown Make a Goal List in Your Journal … Every Week My husband and I recently moved in with my daughter and her family about 4 weeks ago (there are now 7 of us at the dinner table), and she donated her formal dining […]
Map Out Your Practice like a Workout
by Linda Ratcliff Map out your practice session out like a workout. When athletes are getting ready to go for a run, they usually warm up first with some stretches to loosen their muscles. Then they walk for 3-5 minutes, gradually working up to a brisk walk, then jogging, and finally breaking out into a […]
“I Have to Practice every day…
by Linda Ratcliff …to play as bad as I do. —Woody Allen Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg) is a passionate fan of jazz, and jazz music has often been featured prominently in the soundtracks of his movies. He started playing the clarinet when he was a teenager and actually chose his stage name, […]
Habits From The Muse
by Steve Eulberg This new promised resource is now available to you here! Habits from the Muse is a short, weekly email sent to your in-box, with ideas, suggestions and tidbits we’ve collected to help support your daily practice of music. We all know that habits come from repetition and that habits, once set, are […]