rombsix -> RE: Your learning progress (Feb. 20 2021 16:29:47)
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I started at age 16 while in high school and I took private lessons with a teacher in Beirut. I supplemented that with the Oscar Herrero Paso a Paso DVD series. During the summer break, I would practice about seven hours a day. During school / college, I would practice one hour a day. I think I peaked, technique-wise, in the first five to ten years, and I then got busier and busier so I could barely maintain or was losing technique. I think I started to sound relatively flamenco by the five-year mark. I think the most important tip is this: discipline, and to work on your weaknesses rather than get tempted to take the path of least resistance where you work on what you already do well, because if that happens, you'll have fun, but in ten years, you'll realize - "Oh crap - ten years have passed, and I've made minimal progress".
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