Like the grand old Duke of York, Malcolm Gladwell had ten thousand hours. Gladwell’s hours were the time you needed to devote to an activity to master it. It was originally applied to violin players, and thence to everyone. And now it’s back. Because someone has said it may not be true. No shit. This morning’s Guardian ran a piece on a new study that apparently contradicts it. It doesn’t, of course, because there’s nothing serious to contradict. That and what the real issue is here, that most thorny of questions: how talented are you? Continue reading
Category Archives: tuition
Notating I, Sybarite
Just in case you are of a mind … here are some of the notes from I, Sybarite … Continue reading
Phrasing with modes pt 4
The final part of a four-part series designed to help not only explain how to use them new-fangled sounding mode thingies, but also to provide some real hands-on intensive work on phrasing … including explaining what it is … Continue reading
Phrasing with modes pt 3
Part three of a four-part series designed to help not only explain how to use them new-fangled sounding mode thingies, but also to provide some real hands-on intensive work on phrasing … including explaining what it is … Continue reading
Phrasing with modes pt 2
Part two of four-part series designed to help not only explain how to use them new-fangled sounding mode thingies, but also to provide some real hands-on intensive work on phrasing … including explaining what it is … Continue reading
Phrasing with modes pt 1
A four-part series designed to help not only explain how to use them new-fangled sounding mode thingies, but also to provide some real hands-on intensive work on phrasing … including explaining what it is … Continue reading
I think, therefore I rock pt 3
That’s right, it’s the third part! Continue reading
I think, therefore I rock pt 2
That’s right, it’s part two of how to think yourself into the rocking gardens of Babylon … Continue reading
I think, therefore I rock pt 1
The first of a three-part series on how to think yourself into the instrument Continue reading
Temporal picking, pt 1
A workshop designed to help you expand your repertoire with odd note groupings and time signatures. Continue reading