Practicing perfection: How concert soloists prepare for performance

Musical performances by concert soloists in the Western classical tradition are normally memorized. For memory to work reliably under the pressures of the concert stage, the performance must be practiced until it is thoroughly automatic. At the same time, the performance must be fresh and spontaneou...

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Main Authors: Roger Chaffin, Topher Logan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw 2006-01-01
Series:Advances in Cognitive Psychology
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Online Access:http://ac-psych.org/?id=2&rok=2006&issue=2-3#article_14