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Many musicians develop the ability to tune in to their ideal performance state by associating concentration with certain performance rituals. These, should be established during warm-ups, practice and the actual performance and should be designed to cue both the body and mind. It takes time identify your own ideal pre-performance concentration...

Before starting to play a note set a simple goal that you want to achieve in the next twenty or thirty minutes.
The focus of the goal can be either external, such as musical aspects (e.g., speed up a passage with metronome, learn a few bars by memory), or internal (e.g., the goal is to be aware of the use of the neck while playing). ...