Friday, 5 June 2009

Trying to get my brain to stop working

So now the work begins. I sat for an hour this morning, not playing the falsetto, but just playing that chord, the unnatural chord. Moving my 2nd finger from the 3rd fret to the 4th. Again and again and again. Teaching the neurons in my brain what I want them to start doing without my asking. Muscle memory. Repetition until it becomes second nature. Apparently the fundamental rule of neural activity: those that fire together wire together.

In summary: I'm trying to get my brain to stop thinking. That's the mission of all guitarists.

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