Andy Eagle
Fractal Fanatic
Oh and there is no such thing as natural talent.
I respectfully disagree....Oh and there is no such thing as natural talent.
I respectfully disagree....
Then how do you explain musical savants? Your logic is flawed. Some people are born with abilities that are completely unobtainable by study, practice, or hard work. Take aptitude for example. You either have it or you don't. The same applies to the arts. This is why intellectuals like Einstein, composers like Mozart, philosophers like Socrates, and artist like Davinci have been coveted by our society for centuries. That's not to say you can't become "proficient" in a certain area with practice. I believe it's called the 10000 hour rule. However, that rule has been challenged by scientific study.This is entirely about work done already. Mozart was most insulted when described as "talented" protesting that nobody had studied the masters and theory more than he and this was to suggest that it was in some way easy for him. Have you seen Rick Beato on perfect pitch and who has it how and why. It's not talent .
Talent: n. natural aptitude or skill.Oh and there is no such thing as natural talent.
Then how do you explain musical savants? Your logic is flawed. Some people are born with abilities that are completely unobtainable by study, practice, or hard work. Take aptitude for example. You either have it or you don't. The same applies to the arts. This is why intellectuals like Einstein, composers like Mozart, philosophers like Socrates, and artist like Davinci have been coveted by our society for centuries. That's not to say you can't become "proficient" in a certain area with practice. I believe it's called the 10000 hour rule. However, that rule has been challenged by scientific study.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...lways-make-perfect-violinists-10000-hour-rule
We will have to respectfully agree to disagree on this one Andy
I agree those that work harder do get the rewards. What I'm saying is natural talent does exist. There are some things people with natural talent and ability can accomplish that no matter how hard you try or practice are unachievable. For example I could practice a lifetime and never play basketball half as good as Micheal Jordan, throw a ball like nolan ryan, or play as fast as Micheal Angelo Batio. If talent didn't exist there wouldn't be talent scouts.I have to disagree lol... yeah the case you picked out maybe, but that's not in the same context. For some, there are factors for and against when learning to play the guitar, no doubt, but by and large, those who work harder get the rewards, even if they have to work harder to get there than the next guy.
This certainly parallels my own experience, and makes a lot of sense.But at some point, you are going to run up against a physical limit that will be different for everyone.
I'm pretty sure I do this. For example, one of the things I'm working on is the intro riff to Never Enough by Dream Theater. Since it bounces between fretted notes and the open D string (song's in D standard), on 5 of the 8 beats, that open D falls on the downbeat, which is hard for me to "feel it" on the beat. So I'll play it as slow as I need to, so I can feel each one of those downbeats, before speeding it up. As soon as I lose that beat, I back it back down. I find it much easier to feel a downbeat that falls on a fretted note, so it's a challenging riff. Every now and again I get it about 90% up to speed, and I'm like, YES!!I teach this all the time and every student I have ever had has the same issue. The biggest part of getting fast is being able to hear the subdivisions on rhythm within the context of a song.
I don't understand what you mean.The biggest hurdle is MOST players practice as to where muscle memory and recall becomes their downfall.
How? Like, video lessons?I can surely help you with getting better at this!