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Re: naturals

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-03-27 14:54

The average person (musician) requires a certain amount of total hours on an instrument to achieve a certain amount of proficiency. Under these ground rules you can achieve a certain baseline and then, given that the musician is gainfully employed in group performance/rehearsals, only a modicum of personal (alone time) practice would really be necessary.

Of course some of us are 'smarter' than others. In a real world example, I have a student who immediately and permanently makes an improvement upon a correction. This student also takes advantage of this ability and does not really practice.

We all know there are individuals with photographic memory, or the ability to speed read with better comprehension than those of us who plod along through a novel. I believe it's the same with music. Some folks are just faster, retain more, and have physiological advantages (faster muscles, better coordination) than the rest.

...............Paul Aviles

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