2. INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE A
WEEK 4: REHEARSAL VS. PRACTICE
▸ Rehearsal vs. Practice
▸ Practice Habits
▸ Getting the most out of rehearsal
▸ Dangers of over-rehearsing
3. INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE A
REHEARSAL VS. PRACTICE
▸ What is the difference between rehearsal and practice?
▸ Rehearsal:
▸ Practice:
4. INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE A
7 PRACTICE HABITS
▸ Operate on a schedule
▸ Break goals into manageable
chunks
▸ Warm up every time
▸ Record yourself
▸ Sing your part
▸ Switch up your techniques
▸ Keep a clear head
5. INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE A
PRACTICE HABITS
▸ Operate on a schedule
▸ Have practice goals
▸ To reach maximum potential, keep a structured schedule and stick to it.
▸ Break goals into manageable chunks
▸ Break your goals into small, manageable steps
▸ Warm up every time
▸ Keep finding warm up exercises (magazines and websites)
▸ Warm up at the beginning of every practice
6. INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE A
PRACTICE HABITS
▸ Record yourself
▸ Recording your practices will help you see and hear what your are doing wrong, or
could do better
▸ Your recordings will become a record of your progress
▸ Sing your part
▸ If you feel that your progress is becoming stagnant, an extremely useful technique
is to put down your instrument and sing your part.
▸ This will remove any instrumental inhibition you may have and take you straight to
the music.
▸ You'll actually have to feel the pitches firsthand instead of just pushing through
them.
7. INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE A
▸ Switch up your techniques
▸ Lean on proven successors, but never become completely content
▸ Periodically reevaluate your methods, and in doing so, you'll
continue to learn about yourself.
▸ Keep a clear head
▸ The goal of practice is to improve a skill by addressing and
correcting mistakes in an effective nature
▸ The most important thing in that moment can often be
remembering to take a deep breath and remain calm.
8. INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE A
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF REHEARSALS
▸ Establish roles and responsibilities
▸ What are some roles within a band?
▸ What responsibilities do these roles involve?
▸ Who is going to fill each role?
▸ What are some roles and responsibilities outside our band,
but necessary for performances?
▸ How do we fill those roles?
9. INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE A
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF REHEARSALS
▸ What is the main point of rehearsals?
▸ What are some elements of a rehearsal?
▸ How can rehearsals be structured to be the most effective?
10. INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE A
▸ Load in (15 mins)
▸ Warm Up (30 mins)
▸ Work on transitions (30 mins)
▸ Break (15 mins)
▸ Intro’s and outro’s to each song (30 mins)
▸ Run your set (45 mins)
▸ Load out (15 mins)
11. INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE A
DANGERS OF OVER-REHEARSING
▸ Injuring yourself
▸ Second-guessing yourself
▸ Band tension
▸ Missing out on opportunities
▸ Losing focus
▸ Forgoing time to be creative
▸ Burning out and loosing passion
12. INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE A
OVER-REHEARSING
▸ Playing music is a physical activity - so if you over rehearse you run
the risk of hurting yourself.
▸ Singers - popular opinion is don’t rehearse for more than an hour
at a time
▸ Drummers - technique is in the wrist
▸ Guitarists, warm up your fingers, wrists and forearms to avoid
injury
▸ But most importantly; rehearsing too much at too loud a volume
will damage your ears
13. INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE A
▸ Sometimes taking a 20 minute break is more productive
than rehearsing for an extra 20 minutes
▸ A well-rehearsed band is a strong band, but if your band is
getting to the point when you’re arguing over the music a
little too intensely, you might want to take a break.
