Develop your “inner drone” with advanced scale drone practice! This is a powerful practice which can also be applied to etudes and repertoire. Step 1 - Make a recording of the scale or passage. I use the voice memo feature on my iPhone. I also match the first note to the tuner, but keep the tuner turned off for the recording. ~Swipe left~ Step 2 - The moment of truth! Listen to your recording while playing the drone. Remember you were not listening to the drone during the recording so you will be listening to the reliability of your “inner drone”. After doing this practice consistently I begin to notice my tendencies and idiosyncrasies. Note: For me this practice is more effective than listening to the drone while playing. The reason for this is that I adjust without learning what the out of tune tendencies are. When I started practicing this way I was surprised to learn how the first position part of the scales were more out of tune than the upper octave shifting part. Crossing strings laterally and changing finger patterns presents more intonation traps for me than shifting! #viola #violateacher #violapractice #bratsche #bratscher #practiceroom #violintechnique #violinpedagogy #stringplayer #stringsattached #scalepractice #violintips #violapower #violaworld #violanation #practicemakesprogress #killingperfectionisminclassical #korgtuner #voicememo #musicteacher #practicediaries #musiciansofinstagram #100daysofpractice #onlinelessons #muzykaklasyczna #suzukiteacher (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGhlsglg7no/?igshid=97p0yx6igkpn