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Try playing the guitar in a different tuning and you are born again guitarrist! but yes, learning a different instrument helps you play differently.I am recently trying to play guaguancos rhythms on the congas while tapping the rumba clave with a cowbell pedal...i guarantee you it will surely give you a split headache! Luis --- Per Boysen <per@boysen.se> wrote: > On Oct 21, 2004, at 16:10, Krispen Hartung wrote: > > > After a while we become cover musicians of our > own clichés and > > performance styles. > > That were the point where I stopped playing for one > year, and started > learning a different instrument. Highly recommended > ;-) > > > Sure, we learn new gimmicks, tricks, and clichés, > > but I find that actual significant leaps in > personal musical growth are > > difficult after playing for 25 years. > > I'm 48 and every day I'm learning more about music > than I learned about > playing instruments in the twenty-something years > before yesterday ;-) > I think too much focus on "playing your > instrument" can harm your > natural ability to "make music". > > > One of my guitar mentors once said in a video if > you can just spend 10 > > minutes a day learning something new on your > instrument, whether it is > > a > > new chord, scale, or improvisational technique, > you can improve > > tremendously over time. > > That's only true to 50 percent because when you have > learned everything > you also have to learn how to forget about it. And > THEN you may > experience that "significant leaps in personal > musical growth". This > has been said over and over by many top musicians - > I think Miles Davis > is still the most frequently quoted guru on the > topic? > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > --- > http://www.looproom.com (international) > http://www.boysen.se (Swedish site) > > ===== www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com