| It depends what you're practicing, in my opinion. There are certain things that you practice that are best thought of on an intuitive or, at best, childlike level. In other owrds, rather than invoke the thoguht of the process, we invoke the thought of the result. All things being equal, the process will take care of itself. I never "studied" syllables, I studied sound. I listened to Mendez. Some people don't connect the ear soon enough and they become process-oriented and break things down to very small steps. Saying TOO, for example, instead of trying to make the tongue go in a certain place.
So, I believe musicians need to practice music. Sometimes we have to break it down a little when we're working on a problem. I believe you practice vibrato by listening and imitating and being patient enough to let it come over time. That's just another example.
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