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David Epstein on Range

The Great Antidote

CHAPTER

Whether to Get Lessons or Not?

I would probably have said take some lessons but interspers it with different genres of music first of all try to do different genres you're doing what's called interleaved practice. I think the question more than if you're getting formal lessons or not is like what kind of developmental environment do you have? The best musicians spent a huge amount of time and one thing that set them apart from the other two groups were one they slept more so you know whatever they got more sleep that's good for learning stuff  and they spent a lot of time on their own just like playing and trying on their own. There are so many remarkable stories in this book but there the readers the the listeners

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