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It really just boils down to if we enjoy playing guitar. And we do.
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He's VERY intelligent and grasps musical and random tasks quicker that most people can. He can be shown some type of task totally unrelated to music and will be able to handle complex the task at a beyond normal level in a VERY short time. With music it's even way faster that other random tasks. For reference, he picked up piano on his own and had been playing for about a year. He ended up enrolling in a piano class in college. The professor thought he's been playing already for 5-8 yrs. He still didn't put in a lot of time, as everything just seemed to simple for him to hear and learn hard piano passages. I know you're skeptical,but it is what it is.
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Here's a big "gear shift". Chuck Yeager said there are no natural born pilots, just men and women that love what they do so much, they will endure any hardship to be the best at their game. Maybe the same applies to guitar players.
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Still, very few pilots were as successful as Chuck Yeager. Certainly he worked hard over his career But also, he was born with terrific eye sight, which helped him greatly when it came to combat and seeing the enemy a long way off. Part of "talent" is the willingness to put in the time and focus one's efforts. I really think that good musicians have to be more than a little obsessed with learning to play well. I think there are musicians with natural talent, but none of them become particularly good musicians until they work very hard at it over time. - Glenn
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Great to see that you are still out there! - Glenn
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The sad fact is that in reality, none of us really plays guitar at all. It is an illusion we create for ourselves. As the Buddhists would say, we create our own reality. Unfortunately, some of us have much better imaginations than others, so we consider those folks "gifted". It is all nothing more than a great, big, cosmic conspiracy, and one day we will wake up and realize none of this ever happened.
Geez, did I really say all that? Tony
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A stage mother cornered the concert violinist in his dressing room and insisted he listen to a tape of her talented son playing the violin.
The man agreed to listen, and the woman switched on the tape player. "What music!" the violinist thought. A difficult piece, but played with such genius that it brought tears to his eyes. He listened spellbound to the entire recording. "Madam," he whispered, "is that your son?" "No," she replied. "That's Jascha Heifetz. But my son sounds just like him." |
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Are you REALLY certain? Better check with Rod Serling, we could be in the Twilight Zone.
Tony
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I wasn't a natural, so, I just need a little more practice. |
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OK....beam me up Scotty!
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Dang it, Spock, I'm a guitar player, not an engineer!
Tony
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Have not seen if its mentioned before but an interesting book worth reading regarding this matter is "The Talent Code" by Daniel Coyle
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But I am going to read Coyle's book and if he has some "secret sauce" that will move me from an OK player to a very good player in my life time, I'm all ears!! But only one problem, I'm no spring chicken!! I will report back if I get some "astounding" rseults!!
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