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Re:Blow to 10k-hour rule as study finds practice doesn't alw... by ksaj on Saturday May 07, 2022 @09:37PM (#31300434)
Also, "correct practice." Something pointed out with guitarists all the time: If you practice sloppy, you will be very good at playing sloppy. It has a lot to do with why so many amateur guitar players can't keep a beat and don't know how to play over chord changes (which is also why so many metal solos are over a single unchanging chord).
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Re:Blow to 10k-hour rule as study finds practice doesn't alw... by kwooding on Sunday May 08, 2022 @11:11AM (#31304769)
The way it’s often been quoted to me: “practice makes permanent.”

Or, put another way, “perfect practice makes perfect.”

It absolutely matters what you practice, or you’re just training your fingers to stumble at the same spot every time, which is exactly what I did for decades before being introduced to deliberate practice.

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