{"id":36910,"date":"2018-05-29T00:16:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T07:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/~classll0\/?p=36910"},"modified":"2020-10-22T07:24:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T14:24:22","slug":"tq-henry-ford-small-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-henry-ford-small-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Ford on Effective Practice on Big Pieces"},"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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\u201c<\/em>Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

Henry Ford<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Guitar practice is the study of simplification.<\/p>\n

We start with complex pieces of music, and go about trying to wrap our heads around them.<\/p>\n

To do this, we need to simplify. We need to break the piece of music into large sections, then smaller sections, then bits.<\/p>\n

And not just that. We can break the bits into melody<\/a>, bass and accompaniment. We can break pieces apart by rhythm patterns, right-hand patterns, or left-hand patterns.<\/p>\n

We can isolate tricky spots and technical hornets\u2019 nests. We can split the learning into key elements: notes, choreography, phrasing, memorization, speed and others.<\/p>\n

We can drill even deeper and explore the connection of each little note to the next. We can chop, slice, and dice our music into a million pieces. And the more the divide, the stronger it will go back together.<\/p>\n

And while it can be daunting to think of all these at once, none is particularly hard by itself.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not particularly hard to play the melody. It\u2019s not particularly hard to play rhythm. It\u2019s not particularly hard to play the tricky spots, if simplified and played slowly<\/a> enough.<\/p>\n

Effective practice is taking small bites. First this, then that. A mighty tree felled with a small axe, one swing at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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