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This weeks "vlog" is about how long it really takes to learn or advance on the instrument. No actual guitar playing but the task of "frustration management" is a daily one for me not only as a teacher but also as a musician trying to improve myself.

 

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Not sure whether the source is old wives' tale hearsay or actually scientific, but I've always heard that it takes ~10,000 hours of practice to master any skill.

 

 

 

There was a book that came out a few years ago...

 

 

Daniel Levitin in
This is Your Brain on Music
talks about the
theory of
10,000 hours:

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Another book in this vein I highly recommend is Talent Is Overrated, about performance in general, but it highlights musicians and athletes and the myths surrounding talent and performance.

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Another book in this vein I highly recommend is Talent Is Overrated, about performance in general, but it highlights musicians and athletes and the myths surrounding talent and performance.

 

 

Thanks! I read The Inner Game of Music a few years ago and it was hugely helpful...maybe I'll check this one out, too!

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