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Focus and Attention: How to maximize the results of your practice time.

Visualization and Mental Rehearsal: The power of the movie theater in your mind.

Neurology Applied: How science is returning music instruction back to expressive development.

Pitch Development: Exercising your "inner ear".

Rhythmic Development: A mathematic and kinesthetic rather than traditional labeling approach.

Time Awareness: The sixth sense of music.

Hardware: The impact of reed, mouthpiece, sticks, bow, and strings on your results.

Private Instruction: How and when to find a great instructor.

The Myth of "Talent": Every person has innate musical intelligence - unlock yours.

End the Addiction!: How to find and eliminate bad playing habits.

Who's Running This Show?: The body/mind ego and how it holds back your progress.



More to come!

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