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Little Measures of Success
Little Measures of Success
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MindTheGap
728 posts
Oct 23, 2015
4:26 AM
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As a learner, I like to have simple measures of success. With a conventional once-a-week teacher, you'd get that all the time. Start a piece, learn it the best you can, and play it. It doesn't have to be perfect, like a professional, just has to be at the appropriate level of quality for your current level of skill. That's success.
I rehearse and play with a band, and for a while my little measure of success had been to learn a new thing at home (a riff or bit of technique, or an idea for 12-bars of solo or whatever). Then, if I can take it out and play it with the band - even if it's not "as good as I can do it at home", then that's success. I don't always succeed.
What does success look like for you, at the moment?
Last Edited by MindTheGap on Oct 23, 2015 4:27 AM
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jason campbell
53 posts
Oct 23, 2015
5:46 AM
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OK, this might sound odd, but sometimes success means failing at some aspect of playing, and then keep going. I had a bad night at an Open Mic last night, and it bothered me once I got home. But I am not quitting, and already working on "fixing" the problems. In a way, that's success
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MindTheGap
729 posts
Oct 23, 2015
6:19 AM
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Jason - that doesn't sound odd. In fact that's a little bit of genius. There's been reams written about this, but in general Churchill's maxim KBO is where it's at!
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Ian
125 posts
Oct 23, 2015
4:48 PM
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For me success comes when that tune or riff that you've been struggling with for a while starts to flow without much thought. When you can start really swinging it without thinking about the next move...
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Harmlessonica
164 posts
Oct 26, 2015
5:07 AM
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Well, I recently made some progress with tongue block bends.
Previously I could scoop bends while puckering, but not really aiming for notes.
This time, I set myself a target of the 3 draw whole step bend (in the context of playing Summertime in the low octave) and experimented with my TB embouchure to get that bend with the help of a tuner.
The tone wasn't musical, but after a few weeks I'm finding I can start the bent note directly, then run the tuner, and more often than not I'm hitting it fairly accurately.
For me, that's not just a little measure of success, but a whole step. :)
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Last Edited by Harmlessonica on Oct 26, 2015 5:08 AM
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