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    1) Gary Marcus's book "Guitar Zero" challenges the commonly held beliefs that musical talent is innate and that it is too late to learn a new skill like playing the guitar in adulthood. 2) Through devoting himself to practicing the guitar for 6 hours a day for 18 months, Marcus discovered that the brain can form new connections at any age, and that regular practice is key to developing skills as it drives brain growth and allows the brain to proceduralize movements. 3) Contrary to popular assumptions around critical periods for learning, Marcus proves through his own experience learning the guitar that with persistence and practice over years, adults can learn new skills and develop musical abilities just as children can. Regular imm

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    1) Gary Marcus's book "Guitar Zero" challenges the commonly held beliefs that musical talent is innate and that it is too late to learn a new skill like playing the guitar in adulthood. 2) Through devoting himself to practicing the guitar for 6 hours a day for 18 months, Marcus discovered that the brain can form new connections at any age, and that regular practice is key to developing skills as it drives brain growth and allows the brain to proceduralize movements. 3) Contrary to popular assumptions around critical periods for learning, Marcus proves through his own experience learning the guitar that with persistence and practice over years, adults can learn new skills and develop musical abilities just as children can. Regular imm

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    1) Gary Marcus's book "Guitar Zero" challenges the commonly held beliefs that musical talent is innate and that it is too late to learn a new skill like playing the guitar in adulthood. 2) Through devoting himself to practicing the guitar for 6 hours a day for 18 months, Marcus discovered that the brain can form new connections at any age, and that regular practice is key to developing skills as it drives brain growth and allows the brain to proceduralize movements. 3) Contrary to popular assumptions around critical periods for learning, Marcus proves through his own experience learning the guitar that with persistence and practice over years, adults can learn new skills and develop musical abilities just as children can. Regular imm

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    Armstrong, L

    Guitar Zero Book Review


    December 2, 2014

    Urban STEM WIPRO MSI

    Book Review of Gary Marcus Guitar Zero


    Gary Marcuss Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning, is
    more than the next guidebook on your shelf. It is rather a challenge for all willing to learn at
    any age. Its even more than learning to play a guitar while it goes beyond the limits a kind of
    insightful approach. Gary Marcus, an NYU professor of psychology, invites us to share his
    own life experience, a challenge he overcame in midlife despite restricted musical aptitude.
    He, therefore, crashes the set stereotypes and popular beliefs about human brain potential for
    musical proficiency regardless of ones age. Ultimately, Marcus unfolds the secrets of
    persistent training and discovery of musical talent in us.
    This fascinating book provides readers with inspiring insight pursuing a genuine sense
    of music, the way our mind works, and rewarding outcomes that make our dreams come true.
    An acknowledged cognitive science thinker, Marcus revolutionizes the popularly held
    assumption that we have innate musical instinct and challenges the established myth about
    talent.
    While browsing through this page-turner, we gradually absorb into efficient practicing
    techniques translated from the authors own experience as well as the reflections of worldrenowned musicians. Altogether, the context provides readers with a practical advice for all
    those serious about acquiring new musical skills. The book comes as enlightening memoir
    full of fresh insights about learning, music, and human mind.
    Marcus primarily refers to his own experience by describing his full time devotion to
    music for a month or two. At that, he points out that he is completely tuneless to assume that
    anyone can progress faster and better than he in mastering guitar-playing skills. He examines
    the way creativity affects our brain while we are learning a musical instrument or a new
    language, for example. He proves that such learning experiences are forever open to our brain
    regardless of age and natural capacity. The secret lies in practice while it drives brain growth.
    Through practice, our brain to takes what it learns and shifts new skills through
    proceduralization, as Marcus calls it. While a starter struggles to bend a string, the

    Armstrong, L

    Guitar Zero Book Review


    December 2, 2014

    Urban STEM WIPRO MSI

    experienced player does it effortlessly. The secret consists in practicing same exercise moves
    accumulated in the brain at a deeper visceral level that indicates mastery.
    While acquiring any skill is easier for a child than for an adult, this does not mean
    adults are hopeless. The secret, according to Marcus, is in the years of continuous practice
    and hard work that develop and solidify musical mind within us. Within such progress, some
    parts of our brain begin to accept the new skill together with other skills we have so far
    acquired. However, Marcus goes beyond a conventional practice makes perfect. He digs
    into a deeper layer by examining the brain rewires itself and how it fills the gaps in our
    abilities. Thus, Marcus articulates that the reason for learning a new skill is not about
    reaching perfection or virtuoso mastery. Our core inner motivation is bliss while learning
    genuinely makes us happy. Namely learning (as nothing else in psychological context)
    strengthens us with the feeling of control and novelty. More than that, Marcus continues,
    acquiring new skills makes our life full of sense.
    By practicing guitar six hours a day for 18 months, Marcus discovered that the brains
    circuitry gradually creates new connections varying depending on the instruments we play.
    Thus, it is rather important to establish intrinsic motivation within ourselves by loving what
    we do to establish such connections.
    Further, Guitar Zero unfolds a secret of immersion. Marcus claims that children are
    no quicker learners after all; they grasp new skills quicker because they are more persistent.
    He therefore proves that musicians are not born; they make themselves. With dodgy ears and
    clumsy fingers, Marcus had a lousy sense of pitch and felt no natural sense of rhythm. While
    he always loved music so much, he could never sing or play an instrument. School years
    made him a spectator rather than a potential player. In adulthood, Marcus realized his chances
    were close to zero. Bound by routines and daily chores, it is too late to learn something new
    in adulthood, most of us assume. The most suitable time for acquiring new skills is
    childhood. This theory has been scientifically proven until recently, making us believe that

    Armstrong, L

    Guitar Zero Book Review


    December 2, 2014

    Urban STEM WIPRO MSI

    there are critical periods of learning. If you miss your chance, you will never stand the chance
    of doing it in your lifetime. Game over!
    However, contrary to popular belief, Marcus comprehensively proves that the
    evidence for critical periods is almost unsupported. Marcus crashes established stereotypes
    with regard to learning and through his experience proves that we should refrain from them
    and learn new skills instead. We should not wait for a window of opportunity to open before
    us or get discouraged with the fact we are not suitable for something at all. Say a person does
    not have an ear for music; in this case, most people will advise to quit it. However, Marcus
    proves this statement wrong. He offers us the way of trial and error and proves that through
    practice we accumulate vital brain memory and connections driving us forward in mastering
    the same skill.
    Hence, your game is not over while the show goes on into new heights and horizons
    of your limitless opportunities!

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