Understanding Guitar

One Beginners’ Efforts

I’ve accidentally spent my entire evening reading up on beginning to learn to play the saxophone. Not that I want to stop learning guitar mind you. Saxophone would just be another way to learn the same trade; another tool to accomplish something similar, if you will.

Anyway, so I’ve been reading the following article:

http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/saxophone.html

[It's worth reading if you are at all interesting in potentially learning to play a saxophone.]

I bring this up because towards the end of the article I came across information that was very, very (very!) worth sharing with any current or future readers of this site.

If you perform an identical motor action repeatedly - such as operating the keys of a saxophone - your brain will form neural pathways to make the action in question easier, quicker and more intuitive. Think of them as shortcuts between your brain and your fingers for frequently used tasks. As you practice, the neural pathways that will make playing your easier will develop and become more accessible.

To apply this to guitar, replace “operating the keys of a saxophone” with “fretting the guitar.” In my pursuit of learning guitar, I had already read this somewhere, however revisiting this as a reminder doesn’t hurt. For me, it helps me keep in mind that fretting a guitar will become easier…

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