You play beautifully!
I would tend to agree. Actually, it can be quite frustrating.
My time playing flutes has been fairly short, so I think I haven’t learned enough to have much to forget, but it is often seen in my Car-Fluting Series that I forget things even from month to month, like finger positions and learned dexterity.
But more so, I’ve had over 20 years spent playing guitar and singing. I don’t have much time for music these days because my children are young and they benefit from my attention more than the guitar. When I do pick it up though, it can be very frustrating, because although I may remember a song, remember the rhythm chords and the lead parts that go in between them, remember (probably most but not all) of the lyrics, etc., but find that my hands have lost the dexterity required to play what I remember with crystal clarity in my mind’s ear. My fingers know, in other words, where to go, but they tend to forget how to get there!
From all these comments I can make a new post. An improved one!
You have said this very well! We do hear what we should play, our fingers maybe still remember where to go, but the connection between where and how is the tricky part! I agree with your opinion.
Your children need you more than your guitar, that is also true. Enjoy your family and young children as much as you can, once they grow up they will not want to spend with you so much time anymore...
I hear this from so many parents! It makes me so sad!!! I see it in my mind’s eye, every time I close my eyes and give them big squeezy hugs or sit on the floor to play with them…so, while it’s sad, I suppose it’s like a companion knowledge that should be seen as a blessing, like how don Juan speaks of death.
I guess what I mean to say is that, knowing this is saddening to a degree, but really does have the power to help generate strong feelings of genuine gratitude for the moments that are unfolding in the present. Which, now that I re-read what I’ve said, is also pretty much exactly what I think you’re saying! 🤣
Yes, you hear that as it is true in most cases... and how nice summary hehe, yes, in the end, it is what I tried to say :D
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