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An important lesson I’ve learned in the past few years learning to drum is that I rarely improve while practicing. I practice, and practice, and then at some po
by idontwantthis 4y ago
An important lesson I’ve learned in the past few years learning to drum is that I rarely improve while practicing. I practice, and practice, and then at some point I come back and I can already do the new skill.
I wish I’d understood this as a younger person. I might have learned a lot of things.
- kzrdude 4y agoThis is what I seem to have learned a lot about, learning piano (and starting) as an adult. The long-term progression. Nothing happens in a practice session. But each day you might notice that there is something you can do a little bit better than before. And over months you can notice even more. It's great to see some progress, but it's really over a long time scale. This year I can do more advanced patterns in the left hand than I could last year (!) etc. And it takes time to learn something new. I found an excruciatingly beautiful melody. I worked for two weeks to learn the song and I made it through the first line - the first six bars. That was great. Then the rest of the song followed, maybe two more weeks for the further 16 bars, and then a few more weeks for the other half of the song (mostly a repeat of the previous with some differences).