isaacullah
1222 posts
Nov 01, 2010
6:19 PM
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Same with many things in life, and in science too! :)
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MichaelAndrewLo
473 posts
Nov 01, 2010
8:00 PM
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Oh for sure! I just love how it relates to pretty much everything with a progressive learning scale. I also think the S curve shows why front loading effort (practice hours) on harmonica is the most beneficial because if you quickly get past the first 1000-2000 hours you are all of a sudden in the mid point (0.5) and progress is exponential and VERY big where that middle is the most pleasurable place to be. The bottom and the top are by the most miserable in terms of improvement. Each hours at the opposite end is a grind and adds little to the overall improvement.
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the_happy_honker
41 posts
Nov 01, 2010
8:56 PM
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"Each hours at the opposite end is a grind and adds little to the overall improvement."
Does this mean you're going to quit practicing?
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MichaelAndrewLo
475 posts
Nov 01, 2010
9:06 PM
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No I am just starting to accelerate to the middle! Just getting out of the bottom end I'd say. It's just begun!
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nacoran
3139 posts
Nov 02, 2010
12:33 AM
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I suspect it could be drawn into a bell curve as reflexes go, emphysema sets in and the mind slips away, with a real sudden drop off at the end.
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mikolune
53 posts
Nov 02, 2010
12:50 AM
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MAL, indeed pretty curve :) from your playing I would say that you've already past the mid-point some time ago ...
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apskarp
349 posts
Nov 02, 2010
1:44 AM
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You can improve even faster if you know how to use multiple overlapping S-curves - when the improvement slows down you can switch to other curve where you have already passed the beginning phase and so on..
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Tuckster
757 posts
Nov 02, 2010
5:49 AM
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MAL- Well,that curve might fit you,with your disciplined practice routine. For me,there would have to be many "plateaus". Maybe not completely flat,but slowly rising.The A-Ha moments don't come as often,once you're in a certain part of the curve. Come to think of it,I'd say that learning curve is different for everyone. I was born in the year of the Ox. That makes me slow and methodical.
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stones
3 posts
Nov 02, 2010
6:57 AM
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I agree the learning curve often changes as you get more experience. right now I feel as though I'm a flat plateau. I'm looking for a new and fresh inspiration. I love playing the blues but lately when I practice I'm starting to get bored I've tried different practice cd's.. (by the way karoke cd's work real good to practice to) I'm looking to learn different licks mmmmmmmm. maybe some... and I hate to say this.. but maybe some jazz or some of the big band stuff from 50 or 60 years ago. those horn guys really had it going on back then, and there is some really cool riffs you can pick up on. just different sequences of notes.asomething different then 1-4-5. I like to listen to all types of music.. not rap or hip hop...uggggh...but some times it's good to get out side the box, and look at alternate things..yea.. when I first started out everything was hard, in the middle everything was fun and exciting and it all started to come easy... now it's the same old, same old.. I'l never stop....just evolve more.
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