{"id":32520,"date":"2018-05-08T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allenmathews.wpengine.com\/?p=32520"},"modified":"2020-10-22T07:27:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T14:27:28","slug":"tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvin Gaye on the Inner Work of Musical Mastery"},"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

\n

\u201cIf you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.\u201d <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Marvin Gaye
\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

As musicians, most of us dream of playing flowing, effortless, beautiful music.<\/p>\n

Then, when we pick up the guitar to play, we find all sorts of tension<\/a>, distraction and difficulty.<\/p>\n

So how do we bridge these two? How to we go from where we are to where we want to be?<\/p>\n

The transition can only happen within us. There is no magic scale or exercise that will bring us there. To play flowing and beautiful music, we need to know how it feels to \u201cflow\u201d. We need to understand \u201ceffortless\u201d.<\/p>\n

And not just intellectually, but viscerally. We need to know with our bodies, not just words.<\/p>\n

But to get there, we can use words and exercises.<\/p>\n

We can ask ourselves, \u201cHow would my hands feel right now if I were playing that way?\u201d and \u201cHow much tension is in my shoulders if I play at the highest levels?\u201d<\/p>\n

Sitting on the couch, we can experiment with how we hold or release our muscles. We can practice touching things gracefully, with flowing movements.<\/p>\n

Even brushing our teeth can become guitar practice. We can seek the perfect tension throughout our bodies and adjust moment to moment.<\/p>\n

We can learn focus and calm, alert awareness<\/a>. We can practice this anytime. The more mundane the task, the bigger the opportunity. It doesn’t happen overnight, but it puts us on the path.<\/p>\n

Like Marvin said, if we want peace (or any other feeling), we have to learn to generate it ourselves, inside.<\/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! \u201cIf you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.\u201d Marvin Gaye As musicians, most of us dream of playing flowing, effortless, beautiful music. Then, when we pick up the guitar to play, we find all … <\/p>\n

Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2973,"featured_media":50004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tuesday-quotes"],"yoast_head":"\n[Quote] Marvin Gaye on the Inner Work of Musical Mastery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marvin Gaye on the Inner Work of Musical Mastery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Find more here. Enjoy! \u201cIf you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.\u201d Marvin Gaye As musicians, most of us dream of playing flowing, effortless, beautiful music. Then, when we pick up the guitar to play, we find all ... Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Classical Guitar Shed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClassicalGuitarShed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-08T15:00:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-22T14:27:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Quote-Featured-Image62.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Allen Mathews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CLguitarshed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CLguitarshed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Allen Mathews\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[Quote] Marvin Gaye on the Inner Work of Musical Mastery","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Marvin Gaye on the Inner Work of Musical Mastery","og_description":"Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Find more here. Enjoy! \u201cIf you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.\u201d Marvin Gaye As musicians, most of us dream of playing flowing, effortless, beautiful music. Then, when we pick up the guitar to play, we find all ... Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/","og_site_name":"Classical Guitar Shed","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClassicalGuitarShed\/","article_published_time":"2018-05-08T15:00:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-22T14:27:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":320,"url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Quote-Featured-Image62.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Allen Mathews","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@CLguitarshed","twitter_site":"@CLguitarshed","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Allen Mathews","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/"},"author":{"name":"Allen Mathews","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#\/schema\/person\/435f2f8d2618df3c54e630e55ba86fc6"},"headline":"Marvin Gaye on the Inner Work of Musical Mastery","datePublished":"2018-05-08T15:00:44+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-22T14:27:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/"},"wordCount":293,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Quote-Featured-Image62.jpg","articleSection":["Tuesday Quotes"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/","url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/","name":"[Quote] Marvin Gaye on the Inner Work of Musical Mastery","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Quote-Featured-Image62.jpg","datePublished":"2018-05-08T15:00:44+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-22T14:27:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Quote-Featured-Image62.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Quote-Featured-Image62.jpg","width":640,"height":320,"caption":"Marvin Gaye guitar practice"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-marvin-gaye-peace-inside\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Marvin Gaye on the Inner Work of Musical Mastery"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/","name":"Classical Guitar Shed","description":"Learn Classical Guitar Online with No Guesswork","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#organization"},"alternateName":"ClassicalGuitarShed","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#organization","name":"Classical Guitar Shed","url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CGS-logo-black-400.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CGS-logo-black-400.png","width":400,"height":192,"caption":"Classical Guitar Shed"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClassicalGuitarShed\/","https:\/\/x.com\/CLguitarshed","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/classicalguitarshed\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/classicalguitarshed\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ClassicalGuitarShed"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#\/schema\/person\/435f2f8d2618df3c54e630e55ba86fc6","name":"Allen Mathews","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd85201413da6cc89a33d7e7ee7256f3a3245f3c7f8edd8d34e11cf1dcb0b6e4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd85201413da6cc89a33d7e7ee7256f3a3245f3c7f8edd8d34e11cf1dcb0b6e4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Allen Mathews"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2973"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}