RE: Guitar Craft

["Michael Peters" <mp@mpeters.de>]

> - Do you have to be on a high technical level for the Stage one courses?

no


> - Do you learn a lot of technique? 

not a lot of different ones, only the few crucial ones. Something like how
to hold the pick and hands, to be able to play in an effective and relaxed
way. Of course this is only one of many different ways to do it, but it
works. Then there is a whole system of practices based on that, and pieces.


> - What did you personally learn there and kept later on?

you can learn a lot about yourself if you want. Stuff like, that it is more
important to play one note really good than to play lots of notes fast but
not good. That is, it is a certain kind of inner posture, of being present,
that one can learn. And learning to be present is far more important than
any musical technique. Only being present enables you to truly listen to 
the
other musicians while you play.

Other than that, one learns that "thrack" is a word describing the sound of
many acoustic guitars playing a chord almost simultaneously. :-)  and that
the sound of many guitars played well together can be a truly uplifting
experience.

Also, there is lots of fun.

By all means, go to that course and see for yourself. It may be something
for you, maybe not, but it is definitively an interesting experience.


-Michael
www.michaelpeters.de