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These challenges will encourage you to explore and improve your:


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NICKY'S INTRODUCTION
TO THE DAILY CHALLENGES
Challenge 1: Lowering Your Centre of Gravity
Challenge 2: Focus in Practice
Challenge 3: Finding Calm Before You Play
Challenge 4: Positive and Present Playing
Challenge 6: Training the Brain and the Ear to be Kind
Challenge 5: Buoyant Elbows
Challenge 13: Finding Positivity in Movement (string players)
Challenge 14: Points of Connection
Challenge 7: Bow Hold Routine for Upper Strings
Challenge 8: Memory
Challenge 9: The Three Cs of Intonation
Challenge 10: Big Bold Pizzicato for Lower Strings
Challenge 15: Confidence
Challenge 16: Multi-tasking (Preparing Vibrato)
Challenge 17: Practicing Without Your Instrument & Without Your Music - 5 Step Challenge
Challenge 18: Left Hand Rotation & Extensions (Cellists / String Players)
Challenge 19: Balance and Connectivity
Challenge 20: Breath
Challenge 21: Creating a Richer Sound (string players)
Challenge 22: Finding New Pieces
Challenge 23: Connecting with Your Performance Space
Challenge 24: Getting Creative with Scales
Challenge 25: Flexible Mind, Flexible Body
Challenge 26: Experimenting with Dynamic Range
Challenge 27: Spending Time Thinking About Music
Challenge 28: Multi-tasking Challenge
Challenge 29: Practicing Gratitude
Challenge 30: Improvisation Challenge
Challenge 31: Preventing Bow Shake
Challenge 32: Playing By Ear
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