{"id":197485,"date":"2021-06-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/?p=197485"},"modified":"2021-06-22T02:01:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T09:01:25","slug":"tq-anders-ericsson-training-upkeep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-anders-ericsson-training-upkeep\/","title":{"rendered":"Anders Ericsson on Keeping the Changes We Gain in Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Find more here<\/a>. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe cognitive and physical changes that come from training require upkeep. Stop training and they go away.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Anders Ericsson<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The old adage holds true: \u201cUse it or lose it.\u201d This is true perhaps nowhere as much as with playing guitar pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We toil away at learning pieces. We hone and polish. We struggle to iron out the kinks and smooth all the rough edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what happens when we finally get to a point we can be happy with (or at least resigned to)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We give ourselves the prize of starting a new piece<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then the process starts over again, and the old piece may slip into the background. We get drunk on the promise of our new projects and forget our previous ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before long, days and weeks have passed. Months, years. And when we do decide to play it again, we find it\u2019s not there anymore. This can be heartbreaking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the same thing happens with our technique and training in general<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we get too wrapped up in our current pieces, we may feel tempted to skip our scales or exercises<\/a>. We may save our real training to the end of practice, then cut it short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We may convince ourselves that playing pieces is all the training we need. And it can be, but only if we transform the challenges within the piece into exercises themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what should we do if we slide back in this way? The only thing there is to do: We accept it<\/a>, learn from it, and move forward. We mourn the loss, then forgive ourselves and look ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can always restart our training today. No matter how much time has lapsed<\/a>, we can do something meaningful to train our hands now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And how much time is needed to maintain our gains?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not that much. We just need to reinforce the basics and meet the far edges of our abilities. This means we review our fundamentals<\/a>, and use them to meet challenges that are hard, but not too hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A weight-lifter needs to continue to add more weight, even if only a little<\/a>. And in the same way, we need progressive challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our pieces, in our technique work, the trick is to find something to push us. Then we rise to the task and do the work. And if we let embers grow cool, we give them a new spark and forge ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Find more here. Enjoy! \u201cThe cognitive and physical changes that come from training require upkeep. Stop training and they go away.\u201d Anders Ericsson The old adage holds true: \u201cUse it or lose it.\u201d This is true perhaps nowhere as much as with playing guitar pieces. We … <\/p>\n

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