{"id":52002,"date":"2019-04-09T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/?p=52002"},"modified":"2020-10-22T03:41:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T10:41:52","slug":"tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Shearer on How to Reach Your Musical Potential"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\n

\u201cThe reason so many guitarists fail to reach their potential is error filled repetition, aka not knowing exactly how to do each movement!\u201d
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Aaron Shearer<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

Repetition is a big part of learning any instrument or skill. The goal is to ingrain a series of actions into our memory (mental, aural and \u201cmuscle\u201d memories). To do this, we need to perform those actions many times.<\/p>\n

There are two common pitfalls on this path. The first is not knowing what needs to happen. This is what the legendary classical guitar teacher Aaron Shearer is referring to when he says, \u201cnot knowing how to do each movement\u201d.<\/p>\n

This is more than just \u201cwhat note is this\u201d. Knowing how to do each movement requires us to slow down<\/a> and look at how each finger moves.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s how one note connects to the next. It\u2019s how the fingers work together. It\u2019s form, positioning and movement. And it\u2019s tying these in with the demands of the music (tone, volume, speed, etc.). Together, these are called \u201ctechnique<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

The second pitfall is mindless repetition. When we fail to understand the movements needed, we may attempt to use brute force to smooth out the rough spots<\/a>. We assume that if we play something enough times, everything will work out.<\/p>\n

But this rarely, if ever, works. We use our hard work to embed problems in our memory. So we get very practiced at making the same mistakes.<\/p>\n

Fine woodworking is defined by the details and quality of every joint and finish. Our playing also needs this attention to detail and quality. With it, we\u2019re far more likely to reach our potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Enjoy! \u201cThe reason so many guitarists fail to reach their potential is error filled repetition, aka not knowing exactly how to do each movement!\u201d Aaron Shearer Repetition is a big part of learning any instrument or skill. The goal is to ingrain a series … <\/p>\n

Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2973,"featured_media":52003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tuesday-quotes"],"yoast_head":"\nAaron Shearer on How to Reach Your Musical Potential<\/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=\"Aaron Shearer on How to Reach Your Musical Potential\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Enjoy! \u201cThe reason so many guitarists fail to reach their potential is error filled repetition, aka not knowing exactly how to do each movement!\u201d Aaron Shearer Repetition is a big part of learning any instrument or skill. The goal is to ingrain a series ... Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-04-09T15:00:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-22T10:41:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Quote-Featured-Image67.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":"Aaron Shearer on How to Reach Your Musical Potential","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Aaron Shearer on How to Reach Your Musical Potential","og_description":"Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Enjoy! \u201cThe reason so many guitarists fail to reach their potential is error filled repetition, aka not knowing exactly how to do each movement!\u201d Aaron Shearer Repetition is a big part of learning any instrument or skill. The goal is to ingrain a series ... Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/","og_site_name":"Classical Guitar Shed","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClassicalGuitarShed\/","article_published_time":"2019-04-09T15:00:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-22T10:41:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":320,"url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Quote-Featured-Image67.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-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/"},"author":{"name":"Allen Mathews","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#\/schema\/person\/435f2f8d2618df3c54e630e55ba86fc6"},"headline":"Aaron Shearer on How to Reach Your Musical Potential","datePublished":"2019-04-09T15:00:58+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-22T10:41:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/"},"wordCount":302,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Quote-Featured-Image67.jpg","articleSection":["Tuesday Quotes"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/","url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/","name":"Aaron Shearer on How to Reach Your Musical Potential","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Quote-Featured-Image67.jpg","datePublished":"2019-04-09T15:00:58+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-22T10:41:52+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Quote-Featured-Image67.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Quote-Featured-Image67.jpg","width":640,"height":320,"caption":"aaron shearer guitar practice"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-aaron-shearer-reach-potential\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Aaron Shearer on How to Reach Your Musical Potential"}]},{"@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\/52002","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=52002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}