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Bezig met laden... Practicing: A Musician's Return to Musicdoor Glenn Kurtz
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. An effective tour into dedication, expectations, delusions and rebirth. A very special book, which mixes a personal experience with the history and role of a very special instrument. A must read for every musician and for every learner. ( ) This was fine. Thought some of his prose was a bit over the top and his story was just not that terribly interesting. I get it, he was really good when he was a kid, one of the good players in college, and not a world class player as an adult. He's practicing again now. Good. He's probably still an excellent player despite the time off. I hoped this book would be more than it turned out to be. Kurtz was a child guitar prodigy. He went on to study music at a renowned conservatory, but he abandoned the guitar and music not long after he graduated. He returned to the guitar a few years ago and uses the format of this book to discuss the pleasures of his return. I wished he had been more open about the whys and hows of his departure and his subsequent return to music. "When you play an instrument, and playing comes easily, playing is enough. But slowly, as you play more, what you hear outpaces your ability. This music beyond you, as you are, leads you on, and you ache to lay hold of it. You sit down, you look at your hands, you hold the instrument. You listen to the musicians you admire, who have this same equipment, hands and instruments. Then you look at your own hands again, and it doesn't seem possible. How do they do it? What you want to play shimmers ungraspable in the air, or in the hands of others. I think this is when your story as a musician begins. Playing, you begin to practice. And practice makes "perfect." Now you'll never play the way you wish you could. Now one lifetime is not enough. You'll never be finished practicing." That says it all right there, that does. I'll Never Forget The Day I Read A Book! geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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In a remarkable memoir written with insight and humor, Glenn Kurtz takes us from his first lessons at the age of eight to his acceptance at the elite New England Conservatory of Music. After graduation, he attempts a solo career in Vienna but soon realizes that he has neither the ego nor the talent required to succeed and gives up the instrument, and his dream, entirely. But not forever: Returning to the guitar, Kurtz weaves into the narrative the rich experience of a single practice session. Practicing takes us on a revelatory, inspiring journey: a love affair with music. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)787.87092The arts Music Stringed instruments Plucked Lute Family Guitar Biography And History BiographyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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