When you practice, you listen to yourself.
When you rehearse, you listen to others.
When you rehearse, you listen to others.
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The difference between "practice" and "rehearsal".
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True. I would add to that that when I practice, I’m learning new material or new techniques. When I’m rehearsing, I’m preparing for a performance.
Practice is what I do at home before I go to next rehearsal with the band
Heard Thomas Lang say "Never play when you practice. Never practice when you play"
Practice is what you do at home/on your own, i.e. personal preparation or learning how to play something. Rehearsal is when you take what you've practiced and put it into a finalized form you'll use for performance, either with a band or group, or on your own.
All good thoughts. I practice on my own, and sometimes with others just because we are together, but when the full group gets together we are playing through what I have practiced, and that is rehearsal. We are almost always rehearsing for a specific performance, so we're working from an ordered setlist and thinking about things like transitions from one song to the next, etc. Whereas practice is usually just me playing through the music that I need to know for those rehearsals to make sure I know it well enough to play.
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Practice is where each person, on their own, learns their individual parts. Rehearsals where you put those parts together.
Ha, there are plenty of musicians who don't do that at rehearsal. They're in their own little world.
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I think this is a great thread 
. I'm surprised it didn't take off...
Practice is what you do in order to get it right.
Rehearsal is what you do to make sure you don't get it wrong.
. I'm surprised it didn't take off...Practice is what you do in order to get it right.
Rehearsal is what you do to make sure you don't get it wrong.
I get the distinction, but I still often call it "band practice", just out of habit. I'm probably too old and set in my ways to change. Now get off my lawn!
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I had a cousin who used to say “Amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they never get it wrong”I think this is a great thread
Practice is what you do in order to get it right.
Rehearsal is what you do to make sure you don't get it wrong.
I think the correct quotation (as if it really matters...) is - Amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they CAN'T get it wrong.
You're welcome. I'll see myself out...
Practice is what we do at home to learn the song. Practice is what the drummer does at rehearsal. 
You've met our drummer then!Practice is what we do at home to learn the song. Practice is what the drummer does at rehearsal.
He is usually listening to any new songs as we arrive at his house for a rehearsal (practice in his case). He has always been "a bit busy" so hasn't had chance to listen before.
The annoying part is that our guitarist and I have usually spent a considerable amount of time on them and a lot get dropped because the drummer wings them and they sound half-assed.
In that case, assign them as homework.
I feel your pain. It's annoying when someone habitually isn't prepared and you are. Could be terminal. I suggest a "Hey, you don't seem to have time to devote to the band; think anything can be done?" discussion. Life's too short to deal with folks standing in the way.
I know I complain about him but to give him his due he does book most of our gigs and keeps us reasonably busy, no mean feat in the current (shrinking) gig market around these parts.
I associate rehearsal with plays or the theater. So I practice, the band practices. Maybe if we ran through a gig from start to end it would be rehearsal? But we would probably still call it band practice.
Maybe the term rehearsal is a regional, or genre, thing?
Maybe the term rehearsal is a regional, or genre, thing?
Knayjunz! Always rernin everything!
Just kidding.
Yeah many use rehearsal and practice interchangeably. I don't.
Practice at home. Rehearse with the rest of us just to make sure what you already practiced is correct.
im a greenhorn to the band world,it hasn't even been a year yet, practice and rehearsal are one in the same to me at this time.....no pressure right!? im still ulocking fretboard secrets trying to absorb anything they have to offer (my band mates) its great. just got home from practice/rehearsal we have some gigs starting next month,bunch of new originals we been working on to get them solid enough..
