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Flamencito

Posts: 334
Joined: Oct. 31 2012
From: The Netherlands

'Personal practices that worked for ...

I have been thinking about starting a topic for a while, but not wanting to duplicate a topic as well. The following topic passed my mind and I think this could be a useful thread for many. I will make sure a nice overview will be presented as the thread follows.

Many of us are here to learn. We all seem to have some best practices that can work for some others as well. Choosing useful practices... I would love to know LOTS of practises from other guitar players to choose from.

What about a 'Personal practices that worked for me' thread/resource?

To keep things organized lets:

* give your input a number at the start of the post. (starting from 1 up)
* assign some kind of category.
* set the goal of your exercise.

Who's first / next?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 13 2012 23:10:13

Ricardo

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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC

RE: 'Personal practices that worked ... (in reply to Flamencito)

http://www.foroflamenco.com/tm.asp?m=208319&p=2&tmode=1&smode=1

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 14 2012 3:59:48

Elie

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Joined: Apr. 10 2010

RE: 'Personal practices that worked ... (in reply to Flamencito)

Pedro Sierra exercises discussion

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 14 2012 6:11:04

horationelson

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Joined: Jan. 31 2012

RE: 'Personal practices that worked ... (in reply to Flamencito)

Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. Proposed by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, the positive psychology concept has been widely referenced across a variety of fields.[1]
According to Csikszentmihalyi, flow is completely focused motivation. It is a single-minded immersion and represents perhaps the ultimate in harnessing the emotions in the service of performing and learning. In flow, the emotions are not just contained and channeled, but positive, energized, and aligned with the task at hand. To be caught in the ennui of depression or the agitation of anxiety is to be barred from flow. The hallmark of flow is a feeling of spontaneous joy, even rapture, while performing a task[2] although flow is also described (below) as a deep focus on nothing but the activity – not even oneself or one's emotions.
Buzz terms for this or similar mental states include: to be in the moment, present, in the zone, on a roll, wired in, in the groove, on fire, in tune, centered, or singularly focused.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 17 2012 11:59:55