guitarbuddha -> RE: No magic bullets. (May 15 2013 16:44:19)
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo You can "dislike" it all you want, and it is informative to hear many different takes and opinions so that one student can take it all and see what might work or not for HIM or HERSELF, but the simple fact remains that between two (2) points, a straight line is the SHORTEST distance. You can take alternate paths, make circles and snakes, short cuts etc, but in the end it all points to the same thing, there IS a best and most efficient method. A teacher's job is to try to help guide the student and explain why one path is straighter than the other, but in the end it is STUDENT that has to see it for himself. I believe flamenco guitar has it's own discipline and language and you can try to find different ways to learn it, but you will not ever find a way better than the way it has traditionally been done for over hundred years. No music stands, no compas clocks, no potty training metronomes, no ergonomic alexanders, no digital slow downers, no U-tubes, no yoga metal ball hand massagers, no digital tuners, no loops and drum box machines, nothing more than exposure to voices, hand claps, feet and body movement, the instrument (guitar) and time to experience and learn the authentic way in the right environment. THat is the straight line, and anything else is just adding time and distance to travel even though one may finally end up at the same point one day. I know the jist of your posts have been to clarify your position that you don't want further explainations of your points to be taken as non acceptance of other view points, the truth is when one view is the polar opposite, how can one truly "accept" the other view? example. "Do this..." next..."um NO don't do that that will mess you up, do THIS instead... I think it it totally fine to restate and drive your point if you feel strongly about it. ' but the simple fact remains that between two (2) points, a straight line is the SHORTEST distance.' I think you are postulating a two dimensional landscape there. Also that there is only one starting point and one end point. I just don't see things that way. I think we all got different start points, different destinations and hit different obstacles on the way. Some you climb over, some you go round. Some you sit down and have a good look at if landscape is your thing. D.
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