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  • Noa Kageyama

    Administrator
    July 23, 2021 at 8:15 pm

    Hi Augustas,

    The idea is to have a quick centering routine before each excerpt, each piece, each movement. It’s a way to get yourself all lined up for the beginning of each piece/movement you’ll be playing. In the same way that you’d probably try to cue up the right mood or character of each movement anyway, even if you had never heard of the idea of having a pre-performance routine. It probably will take a little time and practice to be able to do this, but it’ll be pretty quick and natural once you get the hang of it.

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