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I was recently teaching a lesson and my student (who is a member of this Studio) was struggling to play through his new tune on the practice. He became exasperated and finally exclaimed "I was just playing this at home!" I told him that we all feel that way at one time or another. Most of us feel the comfortable at home, so that's where we play our best. In a lesson situation, we're often distracted by the different surroundings and by the internal voice that says "don't make a mistake! the teacher is watching!" A quick search for "why do I play better at home than at a lesson?" came up with this great article called Four Things to Do at Your Lesson to Make Your Playing Better. How many times have you thought to yourself or said to your teacher, "This went much better at home." There are a number of reasons why it ...