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> Athletes and musicians are performers. They are repeating a set sequence of movements over and over. They are reacting to the same situation with minor variat
by AyyEye 2y ago
> Athletes and musicians are performers. They are repeating a set sequence of movements over and over. They are reacting to the same situation with minor variations over and over.
This is peak hacker news.
- Jensson 2y agoMy grandparent was a big organist, he practiced the same movements over and over on new organs before big performances. How do you think musicians learn to play every note close to perfectly? If you mean a musician working with a DAW, then yeah it is much closer, but such musicians works much more like a knowledge worker and doesn't need to focus on the fundamentals that much, just like programmers, at least not more than the equivalent of an undergrad that programmers gets.
- watwut 2y agoMusicians who play in orchestra may play the difficult sequence a lot, but they do not get to play whole concert again and again. They also need to be able to react to other sections, because otherwise whole orchestra desynchronized. Sometimes play unexpectedly something different. The big groups of musicians are massive chaos.
- AyyEye 2y agoNot all musicians consider "close to perfect" a virtue. I suspect that outside of western classical and pop music it's quite rare. Certainly the music I listen to isn't anything like that.
- antod 2y agoExtra points if they can compare to bridge engineering too.