{"id":46084,"date":"2019-08-07T16:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/?p=46084\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T10:13:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T10:13:27","slug":"your-codex-and-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/learn\/your-codex-and-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Codex and Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postLeadIn\">Have you been losing your enthusiasm for learning music? Or perhaps you\u2019re loving it &#8211; but don\u2019t seem to be making much progress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Believe it or not, both of these can stem from the same root problem. 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Please support the show by rating and reviewing it!<\/p>\n    <p class='review_button'><a class='cta_button' href='https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/podcast-review\/' target='_blank' onclick='logPodReview();'>Rate and Review!<\/a><\/p>\n    <\/div><!-- MU Podcast Schema -->\n<div class='mu_podcast_schema' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/PodcastEpisode'>\n <div style='display:none;'>\n  <a itemprop='url' href='https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/learn\/your-codex-and-creativity\/'>\n       <span itemprop='name'>Your Codex and Creativity<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n  <div itemprop='datePublished' datetime= '2019-08-07T16:00:46+00:00'>2019-08-07T16:00:46+00:00<\/div>\n  <div itemprop='description'>In this episode we share tips to help you find balance between codex and creativity. Learn how to unlock continuous progress with your musicality practice.<\/div>\n    <div itemprop='associatedMedia' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/MediaObject'>\n      <div itemprop='image' href= 'https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Musicality-Now-Your-Codex-and-Creativity.png'>https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Musicality-Now-Your-Codex-and-Creativity.png<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<h2>Transcript<\/h2><div class='mu_podcast_transcript'>\n        <div id='mu_podcast_transcript-link-46084' aria-expanded='false' class='sh_link sh_hide'><a class='cta_button mu_podcast_transcript_showhide_link' href='#' onclick=\"showhide_toggle('mu_podcast_transcript',46084,'Show Transcript','Hide Transcript');return false;\"><span id='mu_podcast_transcript-toggle-46084'>Show Transcript<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id='mu_podcast_transcript-content-46084' class='sh-content sh-hide' style='display:none;'>\n        <div itemprop='audio' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject'>\n          <div itemprop='transcript'>\n           \n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hi, I\u2019m Christopher, the founder and Director of Musical U, and welcome to Musicality Now.<\/p>\n<p>Recently I had cause to go back to the very first interview we did here on Musicality Now &#8211; or \u201cThe Musicality Podcast\u201d as it was then. It was with Natalie Weber of the highly-popular Music Matters Blog, and she shared this wonderful analogy that has always stuck in my head since then.<\/p>\n<p>It was a story from a book, The Piano Shop on the Left Bank in which a teacher was talking to their student. And I\u2019m going to paraphrase Natalie\u2019s telling of the story so it may not be true to that original book! But I think the point comes through clearly.<\/p>\n<p>The student is asking the teacher why they have to bother with all these drills and exercises instead of doing the interesting, fun, creative work. And the teacher explains how Leonardo da Vinci didn\u2019t just spend his life following inspiration and drawing whatever he was moved to draw. He became one of the greatest artists of all time through extensive practice of drawing the raw component pieces. Individual body parts &#8211; arms, legs, heads &#8211; from a variety of angles. Honing his ability to accurately capture those building blocks. So that when inspiration struck, his work on this \u201ccodex\u201d of body parts meant he could directly express the creative vision with great artistry and skill.<\/p>\n<p>The point being: the tedious legwork of honing your technical skills is what empowers you to feel free and creative and produce great art.<\/p>\n<p>And this goes way beyond the simplification which may be springing into your mind, of \u201cyou need to work hard to achieve things\u201d. It\u2019s more subtle than that.<\/p>\n<p>In our conversation Natalie was mentioning this in reference to how ear training exercises and drills can be the raw material that empowers you to play by ear or improvise. So even though we might shy away from those abstract drills in favour of more applied creative exercises, there\u2019s great value in putting in that foundational skill work.<\/p>\n<p>But what I wanted to share today is what we went on to discuss, which is that there\u2019s a balance to be found\u2026 A \u201csweet spot\u201d between technical proficiency on your instrument and the creative practices that may be what inspire you to play the instrument in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Here at Musical U we often talk about the \u201ctrifecta\u201d of instrument skills, music theory, and ear training. How the three together are what create a competent and confident musician who feels empowered to do whatever they want to in music. And how traditional music education typically focuses almost exclusively on instrument skills, tries to persuade the student to study a bit of music theory \u201cbecause they should\u201d and often completely neglects the ear skills.<\/p>\n<p>A large part of the purpose of musicality training is to rebalance that triangle and bring the ear skills and conceptual understanding of music up to par with the instrument skills, which lets you go from a note-playing robot to a free, creative and expressive player.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s the thing: you can go too far in the other direction too! I\u2019ve been guilty of this myself and I think that\u2019s why this story in Natalie\u2019s interview resonated with me and made me want to share it with you today.<\/p>\n<p>Because when we talk about musicality training, we aren\u2019t for a second saying that instrument technique doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n<p>And there have certainly been times in my musical life when I\u2019ve focused too much on the theory and felt like \u201cOkay, I understand that, let\u2019s move on\u201d &#8211; without pausing to ask if I could actually do anything with that newfound understanding.<\/p>\n<p>And there have been plenty of times, including at the moment when I\u2019ve focused almost exclusively on musicality training &#8211; and my instrument chops have got pretty rusty, so that when I come to apply my shiny new ear skills in creative ways I find my fingers aren\u2019t quite up to the task!<\/p>\n<p>So I wanted to share (or perhaps remind you, if you\u2019ve heard Natalie\u2019s full interview) of this concept of \u201cthe codex and creativity\u201d. And however that model applies in your own musical life, prompt you to ask yourself: do I have the right balance? Am I in the sweet spot between doing the nitty-gritty technical exercises to level up my core skills and doing the more free, creative, applied practices that put them all to use?<\/p>\n<p>And one last thought &#8211; this isn\u2019t black-and-white, either\/or. Finding that sweet spot isn\u2019t just about doing some of one and some of the other. It can also look like finding ways to develop those core skills in interesting, creative and musical ways. That\u2019s what we do with the song-based learning in our Foundations course, it\u2019s what we do with our Learn\/Practice\/Apply framework inside Musical U membership. And you\u2019ll hear it coming through in past episodes of this show about improving and enjoying, about getting started improvising, and about bringing out your inner musicality.<\/p>\n<p>So how can you know if you\u2019re in the sweet spot?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it\u2019s pretty simple, and it comes back to that past podcast episode. Are you enjoying and improving? If you aren\u2019t enjoying, chances are you\u2019re weighing yourself down with too many dull, abstract exercises, doing your duty but inevitably losing motivation and momentum. If you aren\u2019t improving, chances are you\u2019re spending too much time applying your skills for fun music-making but without balancing it with the core skill work, or doing the creative practices in a way that develops those core skills effectively along the way.<\/p>\n<p>So look out for those two warning signs, ask yourself \u201cam I in the sweet spot?\u201d and find your own balance between codex and creativity.<\/p>\n<div class='podcast_subscribe_buttons'><p class='subscribe_cta'>Subscribe For Future Episodes!<\/p>\n    <div class='buttons'><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribeitunes' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"apple\");'><i class='fa fa-apple' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> Apple Podcasts<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribeandroid' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"android\");'><i class='fa fa-android' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> Android<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribeyoutube' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"youtube\");'><i class='fa fa-youtube' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> YouTube<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribegplay' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"gplay\");'><i class='fa fa-google' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> Google Play<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribestitcher' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"stitcher\");'><img src='https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/wp-content\/themes\/Divi-MU\/img\/Stitcher-icon.png' alt='Stitcher' class='podcast_icon'>Stitcher<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscriberss' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"rss\");'><i class='fa fa-rss' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> RSS<\/a><\/div>\n    <p class='review_cta'>Enjoying the show? 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