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Finding the time isn't the problem; I've found all the available time I can physically manage. I can pretty much tell you what I'll be doing minute by minute until my head hits the pillow tonight at 10:30 and I'll be asleep a minute later. I'm happy with my choices, most likely because I made them several days earlier and am simply tweaking them a little closer to the time - when stuff arises (or where I've bitten off more than I can chew) or when I set aside time I get to be spontaneous.
What I see as the problem is the world is flooded free advice: scale tutorials, kata tutorials, how to do the perfect push-up - they're not unique and often serve to distract from really good sources. Because of this new definition of success there's a real lack of innovation and revelation in the mainstream. People are happier to improve their recitation and trivia and overall the art suffers for that.
I have a simple policy: get taught by people who charge and are professional practicioners at an international level. The reason for that is simple - learning is a means to an end not a destination.
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My eldest learned Maths at School and the idea behind the numeracy hour was to find one way that each kid could understand how to perform mathematical functions, what it turned into was my son getting stressed because he was only completely proficient in one of the five methods of long division, the others took him too long. Stupid f***ing teachers.
There are 12 notes - it can be as hard or as simple as you want it to be, and the music mags and a certain type of teacher want it to be harder than you think you can cope with - then you need their help.
To some teachers if you aren't indigent, you're not a good student.
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yep thinking gets in the way of muscle memory, several studies show that
I don't mind learning stuff for an exam, the qualification will hopefully have some use.
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I like learning stuff, it's just the way I am, but we're all different.
I didn't know that muscles had memory, I thought that the brain had the memory cells.
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I look for I Vi ii V, ii V, ii V I patterns and use the Major scale of the I (modes if you like) - for interest.
Messy stuff with 4 chords a bar is usually something chromatic, so I follow the chromatic roots/3rds, or completely ignore it and move on the the resolution - no time to think about it
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Lots of tutors talk about muscle memory, also ear training, you find yourself playing things without thinking them. That's the aim, playing what your inner-voice hears.
IMHO etc
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Other music would not necessarily fit that approach (sounds crap when I throw it into the cover band's tunes )
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.