My piano playing is at a plateau. When I thought about why this was so, the answer was clear: I practice the same way every time, so I am reinforcing everything I am doing now including whatever bad habits I might have. I might get slightly better at what I can already do over time, but there is not really any improvement.
So yesterday, I practiced what I normally would, for 30 minutes.
Today, I will do something different. I think I will play blues in Db. I never do that, so it should stretch myself somewhat.
[update: a plateau is not a bad thing. When I switched back from the unfamiliar blues to what I normally would play I noticed an immediate gain in fluency. The Blues was noticeably stiffer. The good thing about a plateau is that it is stable. Still, the stretch is important as well. I can alternate between plateau days and stretch days.]
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