As I mentioned in an earlier post, I've acquired some bad habits from practicing to audio that was way too fast, and then NOT READING BACK MY NOTES. In an attempt to break these bad habits, I have decided to take a deep breath, step back in time, and seriously review my theory.I'm going to follow a tip about studying theory from the book, 61+ Ways to Write Faster.
I have just completed my third day of hard copy practice from my theory book. It's a great review and I'm amazed at how much I'm re-learning about my theory. I'm sure I sound like a second grader learning to read as I read my notes out loud, but if nothing else, my read-back skills are improving!"When trying to "clean up" your notes, follow the routine of taking one lesson from your theory book and writing it from the hard copy. Do not write an incorrect stroke; take your time to write perfect notes, Read back the same out loud. Put it on the table where you will start your practice for the next day. When you are ready to do another lesson from your theory book, start by reading out loud the lesson you did the day before. Continue the process until you have covered all the lessons in your theory book. Toward the end you will be doing more reading of your notes than writing.
Reading the perfect outlines out loud will allow you to not only hear the word from reading your perfect outline, but it will give a mental picture of that outline to store in your "computer" brain. Do this for two weeks and you will pass those tests!"
Good call! I desperately need to read back more. I keep saying that, I know. Maybe I'll read back into my tape recorder and it will seem more worthwhile.
ReplyDeleteI know, easier said than done, huh?
ReplyDeleteLearning steno is similar to learning a musical instrument. You MUST practice your scales and you can't cheat during your practice session. Same is true with learning steno and reading back your notes. It's so important!