There are many piano learners who have this idea:
After I have practiced solid and stable playing skills, when my "basic skills" are good enough, and when I have a stable practice habit and mentality, it will be easy to practice again.
Let's not discuss it first, how can we do the above, today Wan and Luo want to share with you is:
Never think that stability is sustainable.
The reason why I think that my future practice will be easier is because I think that all the abilities I have cultivated will always exist and will always be sustainable.
This is actually a misunderstanding.
Through their own practice and teaching, Wan and Luo have found that stable performance skills, solid "basic skills", and stable practice mentality and habits are all deliberately "maintained" to become sustainable.
Once there is no "maintenance", stability will gradually disappear.
In fact, this is the famous "law of entropy increase", that is, the development of things is towards decay and dilapidation.
If we want to change this situation, we must exert "external forces" to stop its decay.
The process of blocking is "maintaining". Therefore, there is always an invisible "external force" behind the things that seem beautiful.
This is especially true for our piano practice.
It is indeed a gratifying thing to be able to achieve all of these "stability" in practice. But if you want this "stability" to last, you need to practice constantly.
Moreover, in the subsequent practice, you must continue to increase the intensity of practice and constantly break through your "ability boundary".
In this way, we can "maintain" everything we have practiced, and only in this way can we continue to "stimulate" ourselves and provide possibilities for the next progress.
For example, if you have gained a more stable practice habit, you should never think that you will be able to start practicing every day completely "automatically".
In fact, even if you have a stable practice habit and practice step by step every day, you need to think of "it's time to practice" in your mind.
That is to say, it is necessary to start "artificially" and "consciously", and then a series of practice steps and actions can be "brought" by more stable habits.
It is not possible to have a completely "automated" practice habit, or a certain amount of self-initiative is required as a "drive".
If you rely too much on the practice habits you have formed, delusions can help you to cope with each practice easily, and the result will only make the practice habits gradually "push".
Eventually, I will return to the point where I don't want to practice, or back to the point where I don't want to practice anymore after practicing for a while.
Therefore, if you want to "maintain" a stable practice habit, or even further "consolidate" your practice habits, you must take the initiative, continue to practice, and increase the intensity.