{"id":31345,"date":"2018-02-27T09:51:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T17:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarshed.foureyes.com\/?p=31345"},"modified":"2023-03-16T03:55:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T10:55:37","slug":"tq-oscar-wilde-moderation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-oscar-wilde-moderation\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Wilde on Moderation and Excess in Guitar Practice"},"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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\u201cEverything in moderation, including moderation.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

Oscar Wilde<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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We strive to be prudent and rational. We aim for temperance and restraint.<\/p>\n

And most of the time, this is well and good.<\/p>\n

But on occasion, we need to balance all this moderation with some healthy excess.<\/p>\n

The ideal guitar practice touches on several areas of study. It may contain technique, new pieces of music, older pieces of music and more.<\/p>\n

But what about those days when our minds aren\u2019t in it? On those days, it can be therapeutic to dig into scales<\/a> or exercises for the entire practice. We can get out of our heads and into the physical challenges of moving our hands. We can take the mental load off and put the physical load on.<\/p>\n

On a different day, we may not feel like doing scales or exercises<\/a>. We may become enamored with a new piece of music, and want to spend every minute working on it.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s perfectly fine. Wonderful, even.<\/p>\n

Someone once said of dietary choices, \u201cIt\u2019s not what we do one day a week that matters – it\u2019s what we do six days a week that counts.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the same holds true in guitar practice.<\/p>\n

We can aim for a well-balanced practice routine<\/a>. And if we hold to it most days, we can safely go \u201coff the rails\u201d once in a while.<\/p>\n

Problems only arise when we ignore important areas in our practice. As long as we\u2019re getting our \u201cminimum daily allowance<\/a>\u201d of everything, we can skip a day here or there and not see any ill-effects (just like overeating on holidays).<\/p>\n

Even more dangerous than occasional excess is constant rigidity. We\u2019re in service to our musical growth, yes. But we\u2019re also in service to our whims and passions. (At least in moderation!)<\/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! \u201cEverything in moderation, including moderation.\u201d Oscar Wilde We strive to be prudent and rational. We aim for temperance and restraint. And most of the time, this is well and good. But on occasion, we need to balance all this moderation … <\/p>\n

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