This was great!
@John Forrister "Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast." - Navy SealsIt has just occurred to me that "piano, piano" applies to piano. Or any instrument I've tried to learn. One of the best things I learned from a music professor when I was in college was how to practice. One aspect of that was to practice slowly before trying to play fast. I've found that applicable in many ways ever since.
@schmeggahead I must think about it since I live in Warsaw – 100 miles from Belarusian border and 200 miles from Russian Kaliningrad…She was escaping from the subway in a nuclear decimated city at the time. She said it many times.
You are near the front lines of a war no one is safe from. It brings back memories of the Cold War of my youth, including the books and movies of the era, like A Canticle for Leibovitz and Dr. Strangelove. I hope the world finds a way out of this evil madness, speedily and soon.@John Forrister "Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast." - Navy Seals
@schmeggahead I must think about it since I live in Warsaw – 100 miles from Belarusian border and 200 miles from Russian Kaliningrad…
My sentiments exactly.I hope the world finds a way out of this evil madness, speedily and soon.
Italian Proverb: "Piano piano se va lontano" . . . One who 'goes' slow 'goes' farIt has just occurred to me that "piano, piano" applies to piano. Or any instrument I've tried to learn. One of the best things I learned from a music professor when I was in college was how to practice. One aspect of that was to practice slowly before trying to play fast. I've found that applicable in many ways ever since.
However, likewise to your good point, accuracy precedes speed as in learning to type . . . as such, speed 'naturally' develops through doing the drill accurately . . . so, so, productively important!It has just occurred to me that "piano, piano" applies to piano. Or any instrument I've tried to learn. One of the best things I learned from a music professor when I was in college was how to practice. One aspect of that was to practice slowly before trying to play fast. I've found that applicable in many ways ever since.
Accuracy followed by speed is certainly an option, but I find that in many, many things I tend to go with speed that makes up for lack of accuracy. When typing, I make mistakes, back up, and correct, VERY VERY FREQUENTLY, but even so, I end up with about 110 correct words per minute.However, likewise to your good point, accuracy precedes speed as in learning to type . . . as such, speed 'naturally' develops through doing the drill accurately . . . so, so, productively important!
We have the saying same in Estonian which is word-to-word identical: "Tasa sõuad, kaugele jõuad". The official translation to English (on Google Translate) is "Row gently, arrive eventually".My mother always told me: "тише едешь, дальше будешь". She said it's an old Russian proverb meaning: "quieter you drive, further you'll get".