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Hi all,
At the beginning of this year, I was sidelined with an injury to both hands leaving me unable to play for about three months straight.
Since I've been able to pick the horn back up, I've kind of been stuck in a vicious cycle. Every aspect of my playing - tone quality, intonation, technique, improvisation, etc - has (understandably) worsened. But I'm having trouble bringing my skills back. I don't have the endurance to put hours into improving each aspect of my playing every day. But I'm also struggling to rebuild my endurance. At the same time when I practice, it's largely quite demoralizing because I sound so bad now, making me loathe the activity altogether. So I practice less, so I find it even harder to improve, etc...
Given so many things to do, I'm really at a loss as to what I can do to make meaningful gains toward playing well again. I'm wondering if any of you have any suggestions as to a good starting place: something I can work consistently on that can serve as a springboard to getting back on the right track. I've been going in circles for months now and I've gotta get off of square one....
Thanks for your time and your advice
At the beginning of this year, I was sidelined with an injury to both hands leaving me unable to play for about three months straight.
Since I've been able to pick the horn back up, I've kind of been stuck in a vicious cycle. Every aspect of my playing - tone quality, intonation, technique, improvisation, etc - has (understandably) worsened. But I'm having trouble bringing my skills back. I don't have the endurance to put hours into improving each aspect of my playing every day. But I'm also struggling to rebuild my endurance. At the same time when I practice, it's largely quite demoralizing because I sound so bad now, making me loathe the activity altogether. So I practice less, so I find it even harder to improve, etc...
Given so many things to do, I'm really at a loss as to what I can do to make meaningful gains toward playing well again. I'm wondering if any of you have any suggestions as to a good starting place: something I can work consistently on that can serve as a springboard to getting back on the right track. I've been going in circles for months now and I've gotta get off of square one....
Thanks for your time and your advice