{"id":51317,"date":"2019-04-02T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/?p=51317"},"modified":"2020-10-22T03:50:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T10:50:48","slug":"tq-bob-hawke-scream-loudest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-bob-hawke-scream-loudest\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Hawke on What is Most Important in Guitar Practice"},"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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\u201cThe things that are most important don\u2019t always scream the loudest.\u201d
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Bob Hawke<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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When we play and practice music, we juggle several tasks. We have notes, fingerings<\/a>, phrasing, technique, body use, focus, and more.<\/p>\n

At any given moment, we only have room in our attention for one or two of these. The others take a back seat. Ideally, we bounce from one to the next often enough that nothing goes too far awry. But that doesn\u2019t always happen.<\/p>\n

For instance, when we learn<\/a> a new piece of music, the \u201csqueaky wheel\u201d is usually the notes. The main question we ask is, \u201cwhat are the notes and where do I play them?\u201d And this makes complete sense.<\/p>\n

If we take a broader view of our learning and progress, this one piece of music is a small part of a larger whole.<\/p>\n

In this larger view, there may be more important skills than the ability to figure out notes. Our technique (how we move and use our bodies) is the tool with which we play all the notes. So training technique may be more important than finding the current notes.<\/p>\n

Phrasing, (the way that one note connects<\/a> and relates to the next), is also a skill that transcends any one piece of music.<\/p>\n

In our practice, then, one of the most powerful questions we can ask is, \u201cIs the work I\u2019m doing right now positively building my future abilities (or am I just playing more notes)?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Enjoy! \u201cThe things that are most important don\u2019t always scream the loudest.\u201d Bob Hawke When we play and practice music, we juggle several tasks. We have notes, fingerings, phrasing, technique, body use, focus, and more. At any given moment, we only have room in … <\/p>\n

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