{"id":34178,"date":"2018-07-24T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarshed.foureyes.com\/?p=34178"},"modified":"2020-10-22T07:25:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T14:25:55","slug":"tq-peter-drucker-say-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/","title":{"rendered":"How Saying No in Guitar Practice Helps Us Improve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. <a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/category\/tuesday-quotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find more here<\/a>. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 10px;\"><em>\u201cPeople are effective because they say no.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Peter Drucker<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p>When we play a piece of music, we aspire to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Play the right notes<\/li>\n<li>Play the right hand fingerings as written.<\/li>\n<li>Play the left hand fingerings as written.<\/li>\n<li>Play in the given rhythm<\/li>\n<li>Swell and fade just so<\/li>\n<li>Create beautiful tone with each note<\/li>\n<li>Synchronize the hands and on and on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But if we can\u2019t do each of these separately, there\u2019s no way we\u2019ll do them all at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>And here is where saying \u201cno\u201d comes in.<\/p>\n<p>We practice most effectively when we focus on one thing at time.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, we don\u2019t abandon any musical element for long. Instead, we put all else aside for a moment so we can focus on one little piece of the puzzle.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we put that one aside and focus on some other element. Then another. And another.<\/p>\n<p>Until soon, we\u2019ve given each element our full attention. And when we put them all back together, the total package sounds better.<\/p>\n<p>Chances are, not every element will be as <a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/no-mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cperfect\u201d<\/a> as when we isolate it. But it\u2019s better, and we\u2019ve learned something. We\u2019ve learned to listen better. We\u2019ve learned to practice better. And even if it\u2019s only <a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/one-percent-improvements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1% better<\/a> , that\u2019s still positive progress.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, we\u2019ll be more able to track the individual tasks while combining them. But even then, we\u2019ll still need to say \u201cno\u201d to a thousand possibilities in order to practice effectively.<\/p>\n<p>We can call saying \u201cno\u201d to certain things to focus on others \u201celemental practice\u201d. The irony is that while the work is often simpler and feels easier, it takes massive discipline to actually do it.<\/p>\n<p>It feels right to just dive in and start thwacking away at the whole piece. But this is rarely effective. It can be hard to \u201csay no\u201d, but that\u2019s where the good work gets done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Find more here. Enjoy! \u201cPeople are effective because they say no.\u201d Peter Drucker When we play a piece of music, we aspire to: Play the right notes Play the right hand fingerings as written. Play the left hand fingerings as written. Play in the &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2973,"featured_media":34182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tuesday-quotes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>[Quote] How Saying No in Guitar Practice Helps Us Improve<\/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=\"How Saying No in Guitar Practice Helps Us Improve\" \/>\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! \u201cPeople are effective because they say no.\u201d Peter Drucker When we play a piece of music, we aspire to: Play the right notes Play the right hand fingerings as written. Play the left hand fingerings as written. Play in the ... Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/\" \/>\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=\"2018-07-24T15:00:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-22T14:25:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Quote-Featured-Image28.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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[Quote] How Saying No in Guitar Practice Helps Us Improve","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Saying No in Guitar Practice Helps Us Improve","og_description":"Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Find more here. Enjoy! \u201cPeople are effective because they say no.\u201d Peter Drucker When we play a piece of music, we aspire to: Play the right notes Play the right hand fingerings as written. Play the left hand fingerings as written. Play in the ... Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/","og_site_name":"Classical Guitar Shed","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClassicalGuitarShed\/","article_published_time":"2018-07-24T15:00:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-22T14:25:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":320,"url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Quote-Featured-Image28.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":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/"},"author":{"name":"Allen Mathews","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#\/schema\/person\/435f2f8d2618df3c54e630e55ba86fc6"},"headline":"How Saying No in Guitar Practice Helps Us Improve","datePublished":"2018-07-24T15:00:31+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-22T14:25:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/"},"wordCount":355,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Quote-Featured-Image28.jpg","articleSection":["Tuesday Quotes"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/","url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/","name":"[Quote] How Saying No in Guitar Practice Helps Us Improve","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Quote-Featured-Image28.jpg","datePublished":"2018-07-24T15:00:31+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-22T14:25:55+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Quote-Featured-Image28.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Quote-Featured-Image28.jpg","width":640,"height":320,"caption":"Peter Drucker guitar practice"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-peter-drucker-say-no\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Saying No in Guitar Practice Helps Us Improve"}]},{"@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\/34178","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=34178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}