I love this...

[bloke]

...because Mr. Markey is (though not directly stating) suggesting that "routines shouldn't be routine", and "routines have the tendency of developing the skills of 'being able to play the routines', rather than necessarily applying one's skill sets developed in one's 'routines' to music which is encountered.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1694597707948847

' ain't got facebook, but curious? Text the link to your friend, and watch the short video on their phone.

bloke "I'm thinking it's Kopprasch."

[Bread]

I guess one of the dangers of routines is that they become... well... routine, and we stop focusing on the bigger picture of what we are trying to improve one and stop evaluating whether what we are doing is actually moving the needle. I am super guilty of playing some exercises just because they are physically comfortable and then calling it practice.

[bloke]

I guess one of the dangers of routines is that they become... well... routine, and we stop focusing on the bigger picture of what we are trying to improve one and stop evaluating whether what we are doing is actually moving the needle. I am super guilty of playing some exercises just because they are physically comfortable and then calling it practice.

You and me, brother.

I really try - particularly during this last couple of years of C to B-flat transition - to put things at the bottom of the stack that become a little bit too easy...regardless of whether they are something that would be rated as "easy", or whether they are something that I worked pretty hard at, in order for them to become easy.

[Eutubabone54]

When you retire, and after a few years, this concern will pass. Just play and be happy!...unless it's too much tuba for your wife.