ah so that happens to you too!! Robin
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Don Christy <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, this book had a ton of pictures and discussion of proper sitting and > arrangement of the arms, legs, etc. > It's amazing how much of the physical and mental aspects of proficient > (name just about any endeavor) are the same. My experience is more with > motorcycles and sports. In the case of the former, tension in the arms can > be a KILLER (say when you panic and tighten up because you're into a > decreasing radius curve a little too hot). Probably the same thing when a > mandolin player tenses up trying to play too fast or too loud or just trying > to play for Tater [?]. Just another kind of crash [?] > Don > > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:47 PM, mistertaterbug > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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