The power of the daily practice

Hugh Ellis I guess quite a few of us picked up an unexpected, I-can’t-believe-s/he-is-doing-that, hobby during lockdown in 2020. For me, that hobby was the saxophone. I’d recommend learning a musical instrument to anyone, for both cultural connection and mental health, but this not directly what this column is about. It’s about the one big thing that impressed me about saxophone pedagogy, and indeed all musical instrument learning, as far as I know: you must practice every single day. I soon realised, as I guess most music students do, the great power that daily practice has. When you practice something…