Habits of excellence

Here's is an excellent checklist that outlines good practice habits.  It's not unlike what you might have read on this blog.

http://musiciansway.com/blog/?p=1137

Notice the very 1st habit listed is "ease."  Where have we heard that before?  My very first post 4 years ago touched on playing with ease and I've written a chapter on this subject on the book I'm working on.  Remember to play as free of tension as possible.

Here's a link to my old post.

http://perfectnotes.blogspot.com/2008/10/free-music-lesson-1-unwanted-muscle.html