slow practice
Patience builds mastery
Slow practice is a technique for learning music or other skills by performing at a reduced tempo, allowing the mind and body to absorb correct movements before building speed.
Musicians use it to master difficult passages: I spent an hour in slow practice on those arpeggios.
The method applies beyond music—athletes, typists, and surgeons all benefit from deliberate slowness during training.
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
- patienceCalm during delays
- metronomeAdjustable beat-marking device
- half speedFifty percent of normal pace
- repetitionAct of redoing
tempo · gradual · careful · mindful · muscle memory · technique · precision · drilling · crawl · methodical · break it down · building blocks · incremental · steady · painstaking · unhurried · focused · mastery
slow practicecramming
Intensive last-minute study
rushing · going through the motions · running through · winging it
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