{"id":31173,"date":"2018-02-13T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarshed.foureyes.com\/?p=31173"},"modified":"2021-04-29T23:46:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T06:46:20","slug":"tq-archimedes-learn-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-archimedes-learn-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Archimedes on How to Learn Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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\u201cThe only way to learn it is to do it.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

Archimedes, \u201cSword in the Stone\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cToday, instead of practicing my guitar, I think I would learn more by watching Youtube videos\u2026..\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, instead of practicing my guitar, maybe I\u2019ll research new books on Amazon\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, instead of practicing my guitar, I\u2019ll surf the web and read some articles on practicing\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

After all, learning is learning, right?<\/p>\n

In the moment, we can easily convince ourselves to do just about anything besides practicing guitar.<\/p>\n

Before we pick up the guitar and start focusing on something specific, we may feel like a child sitting repulsed in front of a lump of cream corn.<\/p>\n

In these moments, guitar feels more like a pungent medicine than a meaningful and joyous pursuit. So it makes sense that we find creative ways to not practice.<\/p>\n

But this is only an initial resistance. Most often, after a few minutes we warm up to the experience and start enjoying the practice.<\/p>\n

Which is good, because the only way to get better at guitar is to spend the time practicing it.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t learn guitar by osmosis. To improve, we must focus our attention on specific<\/a> challenges.<\/p>\n

Luckily, these challenges come in many forms. We can usually find something to catch and hold our interest if we look for it.<\/p>\n

The way forward in our guitar-playing is always: time engaged.<\/p>\n

Time engaged with near anything that\u2019s at the edge of our current abilities.<\/p>\n

Time spent focused on getting some small movement<\/a> cleaner or faster.<\/p>\n

Time spent curiously<\/a> experimenting with louds and softs and brights and darks.<\/p>\n

Time spent with hands on the guitar.<\/p>\n

These days, we have the luxury of more potential distraction than at any other time in history. There will always be something we don\u2019t understand, and the means to avoid practice by searching for the answer.<\/p>\n

We say we\u2019re practicing guitar, but in fact, the real practice is focus.<\/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 only way to learn it is to do it.\u201d Archimedes, \u201cSword in the Stone\u201d \u201cToday, instead of practicing my guitar, I think I would learn more by watching Youtube videos\u2026..\u201d \u201cToday, instead of practicing my guitar, maybe I\u2019ll research … <\/p>\n

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