Re: focus/concentration
My focus tends to be split, since i usually play with my-husband-the-guitar-player; i listen to my notes as I play them and then to the chords being played behind me; if I'm reading, I focus on playing the right notes with an ear to the backup and what my pacing feels like. If I'm playing fairly slow music, I listen to tone and concentrate on rhythm and, again, pacing. This probably isn't particularly helpful, but I've never been the kind of person who obsesses on a single thing to the exclusion of all else -- one of the reasons I'll never reach more than a strong intermediate level!
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