{"id":56571,"date":"2019-07-16T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/?p=56571"},"modified":"2020-10-22T03:33:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T10:33:04","slug":"tq-josh-waitzkin-quality-sloppiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-josh-waitzkin-quality-sloppiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Waitzkin on Cultivating Quality and Reducing Sloppiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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“When you\u2019re not cultivating quality, you\u2019re cultivating sloppiness.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Josh Waitzkin<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In our day-to-day guitar practice, what is \u201cquality\u201d?<\/p>\n

To know whether something is quality or not, it helps to know an ideal. Or we can at least have a general sense of what we\u2019re trying to do. The more specific we can be, the higher quality we can bring to each moment.<\/p>\n

Quality attention is focused and aware, relaxed and engaged.<\/p>\n

Quality movement<\/a> is intentional and deliberate. It\u2019s in control and uses appropriate tension.<\/p>\n

Quality listening means playing slowly<\/a> enough to hear each note. It\u2019s hearing the actual sounds coming from the instrument, and objectively comparing them to sounds we hear in our \u201cmind\u2019s ear\u201d.<\/p>\n

We can also know quality by what it\u2019s not. It\u2019s not sloppiness. It\u2019s not rushing through. It\u2019s not just the \u201cwhich notes?\u201d, but also how we play them. It\u2019s not mindless and distracted. It\u2019s not flaccid.<\/p>\n

As Josh Waitzkin implies with this quote, quality is something we cultivate. We tend it daily. We nurture it.<\/p>\n

We gain quality in our music through attention and practice. When we make quality our standard, at any level, we define success by the type of work we do. The end goals of \u201cfinishing\u201d specific pieces or speeds are secondary. Our main foci are to stay engaged and hold true each step of the process<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Through quality practice, we make new discoveries. Practice stays fresh and rewarding. And we enjoy the satisfaction of a job well done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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