![]() ![]() He said Dylan may be squeezing the neck too hard when playing chords… This is the big muscle that controls the thumb.Īnother member named Bert responded with a good answer. In the Fingerstyle 101 Group, we got a good question from Dylan about having a persistent muscle spasm in the fleshy part of his thumb. I think this is one of the reasons why great songwriters usually know the rules but enjoy breaking them where it feels right to. It just goes to show having a formula is handy, but breaking those rules is often where the magic happens. If all great music was formulaic, then songs as diverse as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘April Come She Will’, ‘Space Oddity’, ‘Blackbird’, and 1000s of other gems would never have been written. Most of these songs probably won’t stand the test of time. Many modern radio-friendly songs do have a distinctive formula using the I V vi IV chord progression (the chords of G D Em C in the key of G Major). Gary Marcus argues though, if all movies had a formula, classic endings like The Sixth Sense, Seven, and the original Planet of The Apes, with their twists, would never have been made. Where all movies can be broken down into a series of rules. The author talks about a screenwriter who wrote a book with a formula for making a great movie… I was reading about what makes a good song from one of my old favourite music books the other day ( Guitar Zero by Gary Marcus). If you do, you will have more fun and make more progress. Like the fact that most people waste 80% of their time.Īim to get rid of what doesn’t matter and focus more on the 20% of things that do matter. ![]() The 80/20 rule really highlights a few things… When jamming or improvising, 80% of the time, most guitarists use the same 20% of chords, patterns, licks, or notes.Ĩ0% of your frustrations come from 20% of things that hold you back (i.e., a certain chord buzzing, a specific part in a song, or a certain chord change – such as C to D). I have heard about this a lot over the years in many contexts, but never really in a musical context.Ĩ0% of songs are built around 20% of chords and chord progressions.Ģ0% of the things you play probably give you 80% of the most enjoyment. The rule states that 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes. It is the 80/20 rule (also known as the “Pareto principle”). This is something I have found fascinating for a long time, and I come across an article on it the other day. Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including guitar thumb pain, the 80/20 rule, and more. ![]()
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