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Old Sep 03, 2017, 02:08 PM
Clapper Clapper is offline
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Originally Posted by ArcheM View Post
I kind of feel that it's not my place to speak, being a complete failure in many of those areas (and I'm much older), but I'm currently of the opinion that those Youtube videos of musicians are some of the worst things for a self-taught student. They essentially only appear at the top of the search results because those people are in the top 1% of natural talent, favorable circumstances, etc. And you'd start feeling good about yourself only if you immediately began practicing like a professional, obsessed musician, and I don't even know if that's your eventual goal. A much healthier environment would be to compare yourself to a group of peers of similar ability and circumstances. Or yourself from the past... I'm not sure myself from the past would agree with these ideas, but I'm pretty confident that science does.
Hello and thanks for replying.I respect your opinon and you are right that my goal is not to practice like an obsessed musician.I don't want to be the best or extraordinary,I just want to be a good decent player.Maybe I am one,but I'm always criticising my playing to the point of thinking that i am terrible.

Comparing myself with peers of similar ability is not possible since I dont know any begginer nor can I find any online.And I am sure that all the pianists that i see online are not necessarely from that 1%,though some I am sure that they are.