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Learning Music is like learning a language
When one reaches a level of fluency in a language it becomes second nature. There is no thinking about grammar or vocabulary when I am talking to my wife in English.
Switch to Spanish though and grammar and vocabulary dominate. I am heading toward speaking Spanish in the same way as I do English. A long, long way away tho.
Similarly with music. I can play sometimes so that I am thinking about nothing. It is just there. Most of the time tho, I am grappling with the Grammar and Vocab of music.
Looking for those glimpses though. Treasuring them when they come
Happy Festivus
Tim
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@timbothirroul Great post and parallel paradigm — very, very true. In the beginning, it takes effort and thought to know what, where and when, and the correct presentation and clear chords, and fingering and having both hands and fingers work independently yet in tandem. It slowly begins to become 2nd nature, or what we call muscle memory. Then it picks up momentum and becomes easier and more natural seemingly overnight, and all of a sudden you can pick up on other new songs, chords, strumming or finger picking patterns, and begin adding embellishments rather quickly. It is so much fun. Don’t get me wrong, you still have learning curves and need to practice, but the learning curves are much shorter.
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@Loraine thank you for your skilful reply. It got me thinking about it all day to the point where I have made it my guiding star (no north star in the southern hemisphere)
BTW the idea came from Mark at Jazz Guitar Lessons, a guy I follow on youtube.
kind regards
Tim
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Had a nice response to post in this great thread………..
Then………. yet again……….. POOF………. (the PINK SCREEN OF DEATH)……….
Why?????💩
I’m out. So frustrating.
theoldcoach
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@the-old-coach Mark, I feel for ya, because I’ve had that happen all too often. I’m not sure what or why triggers that to happen. Victoria thinks it has to do wit using a tablet or phone or needing to clear the cache. I don’t know whether it is a TAC issue or an issue on our end, but that doesn’t solve the problem. The only thing I can think of, as a work around, is to post a very short post, and then then go back and edit it. Because you’ve already posted something, then you should be able to simply add to it.
I would love to hear your comments. If you’re up to retyping that is. 🙂
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