Evidence That Listening to a Recording Could Accelerate the Learning Process for New Repertoire
The Bulletproof Musician
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The Importance of Listening to Multiple Recordings
The researchers asked participants to come back for another task the next day after a night's sleep. The group which heard the recording, despite no further practice, ended with an average final accuracy score of a hundred and eight point seven five at the next morning's test. But the two groups ultimately achieved different levels of performance too. At glance, the results of the study seem pretty clear, but it's hard to say from the results what's best in the long term. It might be that the optimal approach depends on how much time is available and also one's personal preferences.
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