What is "Playing"?
Not focused, mindless
Auto pilot, for example: someone plays through a piece of music until they mess up, then they stop and play the passage again until it is a little better, then they keep going. This is only strengthening the ability to make mistakes in the music. It is also a waste of time to play the parts of the music where they weren’t mistakes.
It doesn’t make sense to play unconsciously, and then expect to perform consciously.
Auto pilot, for example: someone plays through a piece of music until they mess up, then they stop and play the passage again until it is a little better, then they keep going. This is only strengthening the ability to make mistakes in the music. It is also a waste of time to play the parts of the music where they weren’t mistakes.
It doesn’t make sense to play unconsciously, and then expect to perform consciously.
