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Originally Posted by chaseroonie
Sax, i agree. I don't want this topic to sway from the issue, but i will say that there is a difference between playing and practicing, or at least thats what i am trying to find out. That is very commendable that your wife can study like that, however, wouldnt you agree that the guitars complexity and its strain on the brain would be a far more difficult thing to do for 10 hours? I mean i didn't even mention that he claims to have done it regularly. Doesn't seem possible for a human being.
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My analogy was not to compare studying history with playing guitar. What I'm suggesting is even though I might not be able to do an activity in the same way as someone in the highest echelon of that activity, I would not just think that they are exaggerating what they do to reach the top.
The reason these people are above average at something(music/sports/research discovery), is they do the things that the average person has trouble conceiving as possible. Most often I hear these incredible training stories in sports, Tiger Woods hitting balls into the night when all others have said, "I can't do anymore, I've popped".
I also think some activities like music and golf put us in a position to think we are similar to Steve Vai or Tiger Woods because we can buy all the same equipment and play the same courses. We would never compare our weekend workout to an NFL player and we would never compare watching Discovery Channel to what Stephen Hawking does. Well Steve Vai and other professional musicians are as far removed from the Friday night club player as Tiger Woods is to the local club player.