Mastering fundamentals rarely leads to failure, but rushing toward success always does.
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I’m learning multiple instruments and music theory at once and shockingly, the journey has been super smooth. I’ve been making steady progress and I can already see my skill improving a ton across the board.
The secret is literally:
- Less time but more frequency. Each instruments gets practiced only for about 10-15 mins/day usually about 3-4 days/week or when I have time. When I have a lot of time or am super in the mood, I’ll go longer but I actually try not to these days. The reason is when you give yourself a short, specific amount of time, you become a lot more efficient with your practice and set more realistic goals. Usually, my goal is to practice a concept or be able to play one bar perfectly 5 times in a row. That’s all. It’s small but small things add up to big things!!
- Start slow, then go even slower. Personally, I have a tendency to get excited and want to go big, but that leads to frustration. Typically, we only are able to compare ourselves to people who are already very good at something because that’s what we see. So naturally, there will be an enormous gap between what we see other people do and what we can do ourselves. The solution is to just start incredibly simple and go slow until you have perfected the most basic concepts.
Examples:
- If you can’t consistently get your fingers to CLEANLY move from one key/string/note to another, you should NOT be thinking about playing chords.
- You should NOT be trying to learn how to play your favorite songs if you cannot play beginner children music.
- If you don’t actually learn/understand basic music theory, you should NOT be spending your time trying to make hit records.
- If you’re not decent at drawing things in perspective, you should NOT be worrying about shadows, color, etc…
- If you can’t walk an hour without feeling tired, you should NOT be trying to start jogging/running.
- If you can’t complete a full set of a workout without maintaining PERFECT form, you should NOT be moving up a weight.
- If you’re trying to lose weight, do NOT just jump into a full deficit without analyzing your diet/eating habits. If you just start eating LESS food without knowing how to incorporate more vegetables/fruits/grains into your diet and being satisfied, you will just be hungry and malnourished and probably not make progress.
– Virg
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