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習い事をするということって!Learning is fun, but it's never easy!

Tad Papa

外国語の学習、楽器の練習などなど、習い事って楽しくもあり、大変でもありますよね。
私の母は、日本舞踊のお師匠だったのですが、修業時代に先生から言われたことを私に教えてくれました。まずは先生が教えたとおりに踊りなさい。自分で勝手に演出してはダメです。自分のオリジナリティを出すのは先生の教えたとおりに踊れたあとです。それが私に教えてくれたことです。
私は、アマチュアのギタープレーヤーなのですが、練習するときは最初はあくまでテンポもリズムも楽譜に忠実に練習します。アレンジを入れるのは、楽譜をマスターできたあとですね。母の言いつけを今も守っています。^^/
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Learning a foreign language or practicing a musical instrument、and so on、 can be fun and challenging, can't it?
My mother was a teacher of traditional Japanese dance(Nihon Buyoh), and she once shared with me something her own teacher had told her when she was an apprentice.

"First, dance exactly the way your teacher has taught you. Don't try to add your own interpretation or make changes on your own. You can express your own originality only after you have mastered the dance exactly as your teacher taught it. That was the lesson my mother passed on to me. 
I'm an amateur guitar player myself. When I practice a piece, I always start by following the sheet music faithfully, especially when it comes to tempo and rhythm. I don't add my own arrangements until I've mastered the piece as written.

I still follow my mother's advice to this day. ^^/

 

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