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坚持每天【练琴】的人的「内在动力」究竟是什么?

2023-05-08 20:12 作者:BOHAN博涵  | 我要投稿

最近在看Jerry Coker的《How To Practice Jazz》,书中关于学习爵士乐的原因及动力诠释得非常生动清晰,我认为他在剖析学习动力的这个板块上适用于任何音乐风格以、乐器(人声)。对此问题我也常有一些思考,但作者用一个更为精炼和逻辑性的方式提炼了出来,让我有深深的共鸣,借此分享给大家。

章节1 CHAPTER1 

学习前的思考 Pre-study Considerations

为什么你想要学习爵士(音乐/乐器)

“Why Do You Want To Study Jazz?”

从成功的潜在可能性上来说,我们开始学习爵士乐(这里可以理解为音乐/乐器)的动机是极其重要的。这将是一项艰巨而持久的事业。如果你学习的动机软弱、不健全或被误导,它们迟早会削弱你的努力,降低我们成功的概率,以及减少个人成就感。

“Your motivations for embarking on the study of jazz are extremely important, with regard to your potential success.it will be an arduous and perpetual sort of undertaking. If your motivations are weak, unsound, or misguided, sooner or later they will weaken your effort and reduce your chances of success and personal fulfillment.”

在下面的提供了十一个选项,这些选项适用于我们学习爵士乐(音乐/乐器)的动机和原因。我们可以选择下面的某些对应自己动机的选项,在选择的时候我们需要非常诚实,遵循自己内心的想法。(以下翻译统一用“音乐”代替“爵士乐”)

“Being perfectly honest with yourself, mark each of the provided boxes in the following list of possible motivations which apply to your reasons for studying jazz.”


1. 学音乐可以吸引别人的眼球(注意力)...让我觉得自己很重要

It's an attention-getter... makes me feel important”

2. (学音乐)可以吸引异性

“It attracts members of the opposite sex.”

3.我有点压力(来自父母、乐队指挥、同伴团体等)不得不学音乐

“I’m being sort of pressured to do it (parents, band director, peer group etc.).”

4.做音乐确实胜过洗车(比较法)!

“It sure beats washing cars (comparative approach)!”

5.听起来很有趣

“Sounds like a lot of fun!”

6.我只是想看看我能不能做到

“I just want to see if I can do it.”

7.我钦佩能做到这一点的人(他们的技能让我敬畏,也让我害怕)

“I admire people who can do it (their skill awes me and scares me)”

8.它一直让我着迷……有一种魔力

“It has always fascinated me...a sort of magic”

9.这是一种创造性的技能,值得付出努力

It's a creative skill, worth the effort”

10.这是一种创造性的自由(民主),可以在人群中一起兴奋、交流

“It’s a creative democracy that can be collectively exciting and communicative in group situations”

11.为了避免惰性。当我没有参与创造性的实践、表演或学习时,我会感到没有成就感,感到空虚

“To avoid inertia. When I am not involved in creative practice, performance, or study, I feel unfulfilled and sense an emptiness”

12.我不得不,甚至痴迷于,一直做音乐...我无法确切解释,但这样做的动力是不可否认的

“I am compelled to,even obsessed with, working at it all the time...I can't explain it exactly, but the drive to do it is undeniable”

13.创造性的音乐是上天赐予的礼物,因此是非凡的(神圣的)。它鼓舞了表演者和听众的心。我必须成为这个活动的一部分 

“Creative music is a God-given gift and therefore divine. It lifts the hearts of performer and listener alike. I must be apart of that activity”

你的选择如何?(根据作者的描述)

  • 动机1-4是薄弱的,不会让你坚持很长时间学习音乐;

  • 5-8是更好的原因,也许表明随着时间的推移,你的动机可能会有所提高;

  • 最后五个(9-13)是学习音乐的最佳动机,它们将带你度过一生不断发展的过程。如果你的努力开始减弱,就用它们来提醒自己。

“How did you do? Motivations 1-4 are weak reasons for studying the music and won’t buoy you for very long. 5-8 are better reasons andmight indicate that, as time passes your motivations might improve. The last five(9-13) are the best motivations for studying jazz and they will carry you through a lifetime of continuous development Use them as reminders, if and when your efforts begin to sag.”

看到这,我也想起在一个Guthrie Govan采访视频中,Guthrie提到:音乐只能带来快乐,我们不能要求它给我们更多的东西了。其他我们想要的一切,名声、金钱、只不过是商业性质的附属品罢了(大概这个意思)。

如果你想成为一名音乐家(用音乐谋生),请不要这样做。如果你必须成为一名音乐家(离不开音乐),这(音乐家)就是世界上最好的工作。

“if you want to be a musician, don't do it. if you have to be a musician, it's the best job in the world.”

——摘录自Guthrie的采访

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