• TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world
    24·
    5 hours ago

    If the deal was I’d be excellent guaranteed after ten years of practice, that would be a good deal. Because, I could practice 20 years without a deal and still be mediocre at best.

    • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
      15·
      3 hours ago

      I really wish more research firepower was put behind adult learners since the entire education system seems to be based around teaching people technical skills instead of musicality and ultimately I feel like the people who succeed are those who can teach themselves to be musical.

      I took it upon myself to learn to play by ear and sing, and it’s made a tremendous difference in my musical experience. If you’re just practicing where and when to put your fingers, I think you’re gonna plateau pretty quick, and, more importantly, it’s not going to be as much fun.

      • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
        5·
        2 hours ago

        I really wish more research firepower was put behind adult learners since the entire education system seems to be based around teaching people technical skills

        Welcome to the fun world of modern western culture, where anything that isn’t boosting work productivity or making lots of money is either ignored or treated as stupid and worthless. It might be bad for individuals’ mental health and destroy the sense of community and belonging, but think about the profits!!!

      • zimy@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 hours ago

        entire education system seems to be based around teaching people technical skills instead of musicality

        Right, because what’s considered “musical” is highly subjective and would be useless without the theoretical knowledge to analyze and describe others’ playing and apply it to your own. Good luck playing jazz without knowing what a II-V-I or major scale is. I’ve taught guitar part time and most of my students were 12 year olds who wanted to play like Kirk Hammet but didn’t want to learn theory, guess what? They sucked and had no idea what to play that wasn’t memorized tabs. Once I convinced them to just learn A minor on the low E string after a few lessons they could thrash improvise riffs as well as anyone, some of them even discovered modes (mostly phrygian) all on their own by just fooling around at home! Creativity comes with experience, experience comes with a base level of knowledge about what you’re doing.