{"version":"1.0","type":"link","provider_name":"Hardcover","provider_url":"https://hardcover.app","cache_age":86400,"title":"Learn Faster, Perform Better: A Musician's Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing","url":"https://hardcover.app/books/learn-faster-perform-better","description":"\u0026quot;Growing up, I hated to practice. I thought it was a frustrating waste of time that didn\u0026#39;t accomplish much of anything. I did it because I was a diligent student and I knew it was expected of me, but I didn\u0026#39;t quite see the point. My practice in those days consisted of getting out my instrument, playing through a few times the music my teacher had assigned, and then calling it a day. When I messed up, I\u0026#39;d start over, trying to play without the mistake. Or sometimes I\u0026#39;d repeat the spot where I had tripped up once or twice to correct the mistake, and then I\u0026#39;d just go on. Anything that wasn\u0026#39;t immediately made better by these two methods was essentially ignored. Maybe my teacher won\u0026#39;t notice that I can\u0026#39;t really play that part, I thought\u0026quot;--","author_name":"Molly Gebrian","author_url":"https://hardcover.app/authors/molly-gebrian","thumbnail_url":"https://assets.hardcover.app/edition/31549633/1cd3b2af79c9ceee0797be7c9f67ab5b8fb1decb.jpeg","thumbnail_width":331,"thumbnail_height":500}