Really good stuff, Don. I have seen some of these quotes repeated almost verbatim in musical instruction books. I agree wholeheartedly on all points. One fellow that I met at the first Mandolin Symposium said that they spent over an hour and a half in one of Chris Thile's classes just talking about how to sit in a chair when practicing. He was not as interested as Chris was in how to sit in a chair, but the point still transfers, I think, that there is right and wrong methodology to this fanatic pursuit we share. Thanks again, Don.
Tater On Jan 11, 8:50 pm, Don Christy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
