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I have to say you sound like a very determined person to be willing to practice so much Hanon despite not liking music in the first place. It is an amazing qual

by teyc 15y ago

I have to say you sound like a very determined person to be willing to practice so much Hanon despite not liking music in the first place. It is an amazing quality. In the light of your lack of progress, I wonder whether it is because you set standards that are too high or your dislike of music made the work harder than it has to be?

dkarl 15y ago
I think I put my standards too high. I programmed for years before I did anything really impressive or even useful, but that didn't bother me at all. I didn't even think about becoming a professional programmer or accomplishing anything with programming until I had already put in a huge amount of work. Every time I did something new, I felt a sense of accomplishment, even though it didn't compare to the professionally produced games and programs I used. With music, I cared about the results right from the start and didn't get enough intrinsic satisfaction out of it to distract myself from how poorly I was playing. If I had compared myself against age-mates or measured myself against how I well I played a piece the previous week, I'm sure I would have enjoyed it more. I have to say you sound like a very determined person to be willing to practice so much Hanon despite not liking music in the first place Actually, Hanon was easier for me than a real piece of music would have been, because I was able to treat it as a purely technical exercise. Nobody would want to listen to it no matter how well I played it :-)
- teyc 15y ago
  * Every time I did something new, I felt a sense of accomplishment, even though it didn't compare to the professionally produced games and programs I used. * What about your programming projects. Do you (like the rest of us) have problems with releasing early and often? How about if you treated music this way too - release early and often?

by teyc 15y ago

dkarl 15y ago

I think I put my standards too high. I programmed for years before I did anything really impressive or even useful, but that didn't bother me at all. I didn't even think about becoming a professional programmer or accomplishing anything with programming until I had already put in a huge amount of work. Every time I did something new, I felt a sense of accomplishment, even though it didn't compare to the professionally produced games and programs I used. With music, I cared about the results right from the start and didn't get enough intrinsic satisfaction out of it to distract myself from how poorly I was playing. If I had compared myself against age-mates or measured myself against how I well I played a piece the previous week, I'm sure I would have enjoyed it more. I have to say you sound like a very determined person to be willing to practice so much Hanon despite not liking music in the first place Actually, Hanon was easier for me than a real piece of music would have been, because I was able to treat it as a purely technical exercise. Nobody would want to listen to it no matter how well I played it :-)

teyc 15y ago
* Every time I did something new, I felt a sense of accomplishment, even though it didn't compare to the professionally produced games and programs I used. * What about your programming projects. Do you (like the rest of us) have problems with releasing early and often? How about if you treated music this way too - release early and often?