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6.0 Keep Your Instrument in Tune S ome instruments are harder to keep in tune than others. For a piano, you need to call a professional tuner to tune it. Instruments can get out of tune while playing if you are playing in very hot or cold rooms or if playing outdoors. Violin strings need to be attended to for intonation corrections while playing. Wind and brass instruments often have certain notes that are hard to play in tune. You need to learn which notes on your instrument are harder to play in tune, and how to adjust your fingers or mouth/airstream to make sure they are in tune. You can occasionally play scales and music while watching a tuner to learn which notes you have trouble with on your instrument and figure out how to make adjustments. It is also worthwhile to practice tuning your instrument to a (tuned) piano, then compare all your notes by playing scales or other music along with a pianist.
7.0 Sleep On It S cientists who have studied the physiology of sleep have determined that, if you practice a musical passage late at night, and then take your night’s sleep soon afterwards, this interval of sleeping that occurs right after practicing will improve your memory of the passage. The reason is because your brain goes over and over what you practiced while you sleep making neural connections in the brain to store it in your memory. If you experiment with this on your own, you will find it to be magic. Getting a full 8 hour night of sleep is more important and effective than reviewing and cramming information into your brain all night without getting enough sleep. This applies to learning or memorizing any kind of information. I wish I had known this in college when I stayed up all night before tests. If you have more interest in this topic, explore Dr. Molly Gebrian's website again, and also read "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker.
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