So I was reading a rare vintage instruction book and thought it had some interesting and timeless advice:
- A few minutes in the right way are worth more than hours of practice in the wrong way. - Wrong practice will lead you in the wrong direction. - Never begin to practice before you are sure you know how. Languid, thoughtless practice should be avoided. - Put ambition, put energy, put the fire of determined will behind your practice, and the results will be astonishing. - Not only keep the muscles of the right arm in a relaxed condition, but guard against tension in any part of the body. - ... constant repetition is necessary in developing a good style. - ... the only way to learn to execute ... is to practice ... The really interesting thing is that this is not a book on learning to play music. It's a book on penmanship: The Palmer Method of Business Writing by A. N. Palmer. (1935) Who knew that becoming proficient in playing mandolin and in penmanship required so many of the same concepts?? Don --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
