An etude for post-pandemic practice: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on practice methods and instrumental technique.

ABSTRACT: This paper considers how the pandemic-related concert-free time affected musicians' practice, specifically in relation to technique. A semi-structured interview was carried out on 22 musicians based in Switzerland (11 males, 11 females; 7 students, 15 non-students; 11 with school-aged children, 11 without school-aged children; 16 with teaching duties and 6 non-teachers). The amount of practice during the pandemic-related concert-free time was reported as different to usual by 91% and usual for only 9% of participants (p = 0.002). Forty-one percent of participants reported reduced, and 41% "fluctuating" amounts of practice. The proportion of practice time spent on technique was reported by 55% of participants to have increased and by only 9% to have decreased (p = 0.019). Of t

SUBMITTER: Fallowfield E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9810800 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature