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> In what ways do you find that these habits serve you well now? It doesn't help now, it helps you get better for the future. This is something in photography
by CarVac 7y ago
> In what ways do you find that these habits serve you well now?
It doesn't help now, it helps you get better for the future.
This is something in photography: if you lengthen the feedback cycle, you are forced to build a stronger mental model of the behavior of the camera.
With film, you had to see whether the exposure was right well after the fact. With digital, you could see right away and take another shot after adjusting. With live view, you can fix exposure before taking the shot.
Which teaches you more? If you always have exposure preview, you blindly learn to adjust the exposure compensation knob until the exposure is good, and there's no learning forced upon you.
With film, when I would mess up exposure, I would find out a week later and feel intense regret: "Damn, in that situation I should have used positive exposure compensation."
This leads to me, having understood the system better and internalized it, being able to anticipate what exposure comp I need ahead of time.
Basically, if there's nothing (or less) lost as a result of a mistake, you won't learn as quickly.
- uxp100 7y agoI'm going to make a little stretch here, just bullshit really, but: There is no (conventional) way to lengthen the feedback cycle when playing a musical instrument. It is immediate. But beginning jazz piano soloists are often taught to vocalize their lines as they play. This clarifies your goals, and keeps you from aimless noodling that is in key, but lacks a pull towards something (which is how I play, since I have shit pitch memory and perception). I guess I'd draw the connection to writing tests before implementation. And then to extend out a little further, as you become experienced and have internalized what your instrument will sound like, this habit could hold you hold you back from truly free expression, not that anyone wants that in my code.
- CarVac 7y agoOn the other hand, personally when playing music I don't perceive any feedback on the more subtle aspects unless I make blatant mistakes. Intonation and bowing on cello, unwanted accents on piano. These are only revealed fully when I record myself. And regardless of how short or long he feedback loop is, listening to a recording of my own mistakes when playing is sufficiently traumatic for me to make for a strong learning experience.
- retrac 7y ago> There is no (conventional) way to lengthen the feedback cycle when playing a musical instrument. While maybe not quite the same thing, recording yourself has been a standard tool in music education for decades. With some instruments, you can even play with earplugs or turning off the amplifier. It's surprising how much it changes your focus.