

PracticeMind:
The Complete Practice Model
By Hans Jørgen Jensen and Oleksander Mycyk
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How this book will help you...
- Improve your practice and performance with proven methods backed by decades of teaching experience and research.
- Build practice skills and habits that will elevate your playing (and teaching) to new heights.
- Harness the power of your practice mind to improve the effectiveness of your daily practice and bring joy to the process of advancing your abilities as a musical artist.
- Using proven methods backed by extensive research and teaching experience PracticeMind provides a complete model for improving and sustaining an effective practice routine.
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12 Things This Book Will Teach You
- How to develop great practice habits
- The secrets behind successful goal setting
- How to become much more patient
- How to become stronger and deal with setbacks
- A simple but smart method for mental practice
- Effective problem solving techniques
- The value of fundamental practice
- The reason that the Deliberate Practice Method is so important
- The importance of score study
- The many ways of listening
- The significance of intuition for musicians
- The urgency and importance of recording yourself
Praise for PracticeMind
"Hans Jensen and Oleksander Mycyk have crafted a beautiful, fascinating, and of course, brilliant guide to practice and musical problem solving. No stone has been left unturned. I love this book and will refer to it over and over again."
- David Kim
Concertmaster, The Philadelphia Orchestra
"In “PracticeMind”, Hans Jørgen Jensen and Oleksander Mycyk have made a huge contribution to the art of stringed instrument playing. What makes this so innovative and powerful is their in-depth holistic approach. By combining the physical, psychological, and emotional in the study of a stringed instrument, they have addressed the full human being. This holistic approach is crucial for success as an instrumentalist as well as for anything else one wants to accomplish in life. I wholeheartedly endorse “PracticeMind” and congratulate Jensen and Mycyk on their artistic and educational vision!"
- Daniel Heifetz
Concert Violinist, Founder, Heifetz International Music Institute
"Hans Jørgen Jensen and Oleksander Mycyk have successfully undertaken an incredible challenge, for both authors and readers— that of managing our “Practice Mind”. For musicians, self-management of this critical element remains highly valuable throughout their student and professional lives. This volume lays out a definite path, breaking down the multi-faceted task of efficient and productive practice. PracticeMind guides us step-by-step to a functional and successful “Practice Mind"."
- Paul Ellison
L. S. Autrey Professor of Double Bass
String Department Co-Chair
Shepherd School
Rice University
"PracticeMind is a staggering achievement, one of the most well thought-out and comprehensive books on music pedagogy I have ever seen. Though specific to string music instruction, the practical and philosophical lessons in this book read like a blueprint for success in virtually any field. Highly recommended!"
- James Ehnes
Grammy award winning
Concert Violinist
Artistic Director Seattle
Chamber Music Society
About the Authors

Professor of Cello, Northwestern University
Bienen School of Music

Cellist, Toronto Symphony