YOUR QUESTION

11/30/2019 Rich

Hey Trevor, can you remember any moments in your musical progression when you thought- jeeez I will never be able to play this, and then one day you realised- oh I can play this-
have you any insight into how this occurs?

MY ANSWER

It happens often when I get a difficult piece of music to play. Whether is a self-imposed challenge to learn a Bach cello suite, some new Zorn or Dan Weiss chart. What typically happens is that after chipping away at it, figuring out fingerings, bowings, etc —all the physical aspects — it starts to get easier. At a certain point I actually understand it and start having fun practicing it. Actually the whole process is fun. It’s like a puzzle or math problem. It’s a pretty simple answer to be honest. It takes work. Practice makes perfect.