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The Pros and Cons of Binge Practicing

22 min • 5 december 2022

Have you ever heard of "binge practicing" before? So, binge practicing is kind of what it sounds like, it's where you are practicing for large amounts at a time.

And you can also binge practice often, so you are binge practicing frequently. It's kind of like binge-watching Netflix. It's like you watch 5 hours one day and 5 hours the next day, and it keeps on going on like that.

Well, today, I want to talk about the pros of binge practicing and the cons of binge practicing for your jazz playing.

In this episode:

The pros of binge practicing

1.  Drastic improvement in technical proficiency
2.  Sheer exposure
3.  Gain more confidence in playing

The cons of binge practicing
1.  Tendency to get burned-out
2.  Inability to sustain binge practicing which leads to frustration
3.  Inability to notice one's progress
4.  Tendency to practice mindlessly
5.  Exposure to possible injury

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