Steve Hemphill, Percussion
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  • Preparing - College Teaching
    • Preparing - College Teaching
    • Graphic Ideas - College Teaching
  • Game-Teaching
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  • Auxiliary Percussion
    • Etudes
    • Concert Bass Drum
    • Triangle
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    • Crash Cymbals
    • Wood Block
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    • Tambourine
    • Castanets
  • Percussion Music & Videos
    • Study for Pandeiros & Tan-tan - trio
    • Brazilian Funk Study for 2 Pandeiros, Tan-tan, & Caxixi - quartet
    • Pandeiro - musical exercises & studies
    • Caxixi Exercises
    • Caxixi Duet
    • Brushes - A: preliminary exercise
    • Brushes - B: patterns
    • Brushes - C: legato coordination
    • Brushes - D: sustain & listening
    • Brush Textures - snare drum solo
    • Timpani Warm-Up
    • Auxiliary - World Percussion Etude - commerical percussion (solo)
    • Principles of Calabash - shekere trio
    • Haydn String Quartet in G major - for 4 Marimbas
    • Makin' Whoopee - vibe quartet
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Practicing (philosophy, strategy, outcome)


​This unit includes segments regarding intention, designing goals, intelligent practice, motivation (extrinsic and intrinsic), brain dominance theory, “preparation (potential) minus interference,” tools and strategies, habits, sensory learning, materials from The Musician’s Way, compositional constructs, journaling, schedules, how to practice, refinement, evaluation tools, health awareness, and resources.
Practicing - This AI-generated two-voice podcast (NotebookLM) covers primary components of the chapter. Beware of occasional mispronunciations of terms or names (e.g. composers). An option for listening to an informed discussion of key aspects of the chapter topics. [29:30]

​PRACTICING (below):
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