I think we need to decompose what we mean by “grinding”. When I practice a segment of a song on the piano over and over until my hands move the proper way to hit the notes, that’s grinding, right?
I think grinding would be if you kept on practicing the song even after you could consistently play it correctly. Otherwise, the positive connotations of “practice” versus the negative connotations of “grinding” wouldn’t make sense.
Maybe “grinding” isn’t the right word, but playing something over and over until it smooths out is the way most people practice.
Thinking about what might be causing problems or what might lead to improvement, and then working on the piece to make specific changes is what you need to do to get really excellent.
I’d never thought of grinding real-life skills—brilliant!
Learning to play musical instruments is basically grinding.
Getting good isn’t—see Talent Is Overrated for details about the 10,000 hours to mastery theory.
People tend to prefer grinding over developing relevant sub-skills by experimentation, but the latter is what works.
I think we need to decompose what we mean by “grinding”. When I practice a segment of a song on the piano over and over until my hands move the proper way to hit the notes, that’s grinding, right?
I think grinding would be if you kept on practicing the song even after you could consistently play it correctly. Otherwise, the positive connotations of “practice” versus the negative connotations of “grinding” wouldn’t make sense.
Maybe “grinding” isn’t the right word, but playing something over and over until it smooths out is the way most people practice.
Thinking about what might be causing problems or what might lead to improvement, and then working on the piece to make specific changes is what you need to do to get really excellent.