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Int hi
sbriefint
rodu c
toryc hapte
r,Ma rkTurnerdi
scus
ses
“Mus
ici
sli
keac
raf
t, hisphilosophyofmu s
ic,mu sic
ians
hip,andpract
ici
ngin
gene r
al
. Ma r
kstatest
ha tnoma gica
l s
hortcutexi
st
sfor
mar
ti
ala
rt
,orasp
ort
.
” l
ea rni
ngmu s
ic.
Hebe l
ievesallmu s
iciscomprise
dofs e
ver
al
—Mar kTurner princi
pleideasthateveryonemu stlea
rnthes a
mewa y.
Someoft hesema ini
d easincl
udeme lody,
ha r
mony,and
rhythm, r
e ga
rdl
e s
soft heg enre.

ToMa r
k, musicisli
kea nyothercra
ft,mar
tia
lart,orsport
.
Inor dertobe comea“ ma s
ter”ofmu si
c,t
hou s
andsofhou rs
off ocu s
ed ,
effici
entpracti
cene e
dstobepu ti
ntoi t
.Ma r
k
explainsthatrepetit
ionisthemot herofal
lskil
l
. Ma r
kalso
me ntionsthat“ master
”i sr
eall
yal a
beltha
tisplacedby
othersu pony ou ,
andt hatal
lamu sici
ancanrea
llydois
edgec losertowa r
dthes oundt ha
ttheyhaveintheirhead
andt hes oundt hatt
hey ’
dlik
et oexpres
sinrealt
ime .

Furthermor e,byint
egra
tingyourl
if
eint oyourmu s
icyouca
n
makey ou rmu si
cwi l
lbe
c omearefl
ecti
onofwha tyoufe
el
andbe l
ievea ndthemu s
icwilla
chi
eveade epe
rme ani
ngand
wis
d om. Fu rt
hermore,Ma r
kinsi
st
stha tonemu s
tbe
abl
et ohe arthei
rideasasbesta
spossibleinorde
rtobe
i
nc ontrol ofthema ndsothatwhatthe ysa
yontheir
i
nstrume ntisgenu i
ne.

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