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Post by zontar on Aug 28, 2021 6:22:12 GMT
Just sharing to start--feel free to comment--I will later...
Agree or disagree?
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Post by zontar on Aug 29, 2021 1:04:57 GMT
First myth:
I'm too old.
No-you can still learn--and people have proved it anecdotally, and by actually doing proper studies of it.
But a big factor he mentions is time.
When I taught adult students tended to often have to reschedule lessons, and had trouble being consistent --work, family, life, etc has away of getting in the way.
That's even true for most of us who already play.
but it can still be done on a level to be able to have fun at home.
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Post by zontar on Aug 30, 2021 21:04:45 GMT
Myth #2-- Children Need Music lessons
I guess the key word here is "Need"
I've known people who lament that their parents didn't make them take lessons as kids.
However maybe it wouldn't have been worth the trouble or hassle.
Maybe it would have.
On the other hand I know people who hate that their parents forced them to take lessons, although some of them wish they'd taken it more seriously.
Then there are people like me, that took lessons, and even though sometimes it was hassle for my parents & all that--it worked out in the long run.
But the key word is still "Need"
Some might, some might not, but that should depend on the aren't, the kid & the desires of both.
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Post by laristotle on Aug 30, 2021 23:39:34 GMT
10 yrs old.
I bugged my parents constantly for a guitar.
One day, walking with my mom to the grocers, she says 'if you cut your hair, I'll buy you a guitar'. Done.
Took three lessons then quickly got tired of playing twinkle little star by notation.
Couple of years later, my mother takes me to europe with her. My older cousins play guitar and showed me chords.
The first songs that I learned were Rising Sun and Proud Mary.
I was hooked then on.
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Post by zontar on Sept 1, 2021 22:53:25 GMT
Myth #3: You need to read sheet music well.
this also goes along with another myth I've encountered-that reading music hurts your creativity.
Both are myths on opposite ends of things.
For some settings reading music is valuable, and perhaps even essential, but for some it isn't needed & never used.
SO if you have goals that mean you should learn to read music--learn it.
If your goals don't involve the need for reading music, there's nothing wrong wth learning it any way--but if you don't there's no harm.
Still if you haven't & are a relatively new player, I'd recommend checking it out.
If you've been playing 10+ years or so--if you don't want too & don't need to-then feel free not to.
And reading music doesn't kill anything creative--I can read music, and I don't feel held back.
It can be a good starting point and you you mix things up from there.
Nothing wrong with having a skill.
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Post by laristotle on Sept 1, 2021 23:03:45 GMT
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Post by zontar on Sept 1, 2021 23:09:38 GMT
A classic sketch I enjoy. But that's more about the faults of that sort of book, than about reading music. The pain is real. |
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Post by zontar on Sept 8, 2021 21:17:16 GMT
Myth #4-- beginners should start on acoustic guitar.
well maybe they should, maybe they shouldn't.
I started on Classical Guitar (Which is an acoustic)
It didn't hurt me, but yeah, my heart was more into electric guitar
I don't regret starting on classical, I learned basics I can apply to acoustic & electric, and it helped with bass as well.
I do like listening to classical guitar as well.
But I agree this is a myth--and agree with his reasoning.
Is it better to start on acoustic or electric?
It depends.
And if you really want to learn, neither should deter you.
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