{"id":34619,"date":"2018-09-11T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarshed.foureyes.com\/?p=34619"},"modified":"2020-10-22T07:19:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T14:19:26","slug":"tq-john-lennon-wasting-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-john-lennon-wasting-time\/","title":{"rendered":"John Lennon on Wasting Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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\u201cTime you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

John Lennon<\/em><\/p>\n

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We naturally look forward to where we want to be with our music. We think of the pieces we want to play, the speed, the fluidity.<\/p>\n

And we recognize that we aren\u2019t there yet. And no matter where we are now, the goal always seems far away.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo much work to do! No time to waste! We must move forward!\u201d<\/p>\n

Paradoxically, many of the practice techniques that seem to get us nowhere are the ones that move us forward fastest.<\/p>\n

Slow practice, for instance, lets us work around all sorts of problems. But in the moment, when we\u2019re practicing and we only have so much time for guitar today, it can take real willpower to actually do it.<\/p>\n

It feels like a waste of time.<\/p>\n

Playing the melody alone, or the bass part alone, seems like a waste of time, too. After all, that\u2019s not what we\u2019ll play – we\u2019ll play all the notes.<\/p>\n

And technique practice? Scales and patterns and exercises? No time for that – we have music to play.<\/p>\n

So how do we make these practice methods that feel like wastes of time (even if we know intellectually they\u2019re not), feel productive and worthwhile?<\/p>\n

We learn to enjoy them.<\/p>\n

When we relish slow scales, counting aloud, or looping a short section, they become treats. They may even become more satisfying than blazing through a piece ignoring all the fumbles and slips.<\/p>\n

Okay, fine and good. But how do we build that bridge? How do we go from \u201cshould\u201d to \u201cwant to\u201d?<\/p>\n

With any area that repels us, chances are we haven\u2019t discovered what to be curious<\/a> about yet. Once we pull out the magnifying glass and look for small details, the attraction grows and we become magnetized to it.<\/p>\n

When we ask, \u201cWhat\u2019s going on here?\u201d, we see all the interesting little challenges. We see the intricate inner workings. We see far more than we do just flying by.<\/p>\n

Even in something as drab as a Soviet-era apartment complex, we can zoom in and find abundant beauty and fascination. A flower, a spot of moss, light refracted off a droplet of dew, not to mention human drama. Beauty can always be found in the micro.<\/p>\n

As we pick up the guitar to practice, the time will fly and we\u2019ll finish most fulfilled when we slow down and explore fine details. When we \u201cwaste time\u201d with the trivial and nit-picky<\/a>, we bloom as musicians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Enjoy! \u201cTime you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.\u201d John Lennon We naturally look forward to where we want to be with our music. We think of the pieces we want to play, the speed, the fluidity. And we recognize that we aren\u2019t there … <\/p>\n

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