Sometimes the best way to start is to review...
I'm starting to learn how to record using some really simple recording software... at least "they" say it's really simple. I find the older I get the harder it is to learn things. So I'm trying not to frustrate myself.
Well in trying to sit down to play and learn the recording software, I decided to start at the beginning with my guitar too and review some basics with the free lessons that came with the software: basic strumming patterns, root notes, basic pentatonic scale, basic major/minor chords, etc.
What I found was some stuff that I sorta knew but not in full - like pieces of the pentatonic scale but not some of its simple uses and not the variations of the blues scale - the added fourth sharp note.... or whatever it's called. I never learned much of the theory as a teen when I took lessons. Like all things - I took the easy way. I went right for some three-chord songs, so I could get right to the music.
So, here I am watching these beginning lessons for guitar, an instrument I've played for 30 plus years, and suddenly this very old thing seems brand new and yet familiar all at the same time. Some things I knew instinctually make a lot more sense.
Moral for today - sometimes when you are stuck, it's best to go back just a step and review. Suddenly you may find yourself seeing new directions.
Or one could say you learn again with an experienced eye (or ear).
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I think that's very true, J. As we are exposed to so much more with every day, new music, new ideas, new obstacles, new opportunities... it changes how we view that which we've learned before.
ReplyDelete...it's challenging sometimes to block the impulse of "I can't"... or "I won't be good enough" to let the creativity and the skill flow. But with practice, it gets easier. And the successes build. Be gentle with yourself, as you would with your friends.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dawn. Sadly I sometimes think I'm equally hard on those around me with high expectations. It's the opposite of "I can't" or "you can't." It's "I CAN!" and "YOU CAN!" and "AND WHY AREN"T WE DOING MORE!" :)
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