Smaller mistakes

I’m not a world class musician by any stretch of the imagination, but I don’t believe that you ever get to a point where you don’t make any mistakes.

And I’m including world class musicians here. I don’t think they ever get to a point where they consider themselves flawless in their playing. Making 0 mistakes ever.

The mistakes just get smaller.

When you start out the mistakes are noticeable by everyone, including people who don’t play any instrument at all. The more you practice and the better you get the smaller those mistakes become. Fewer people are able to notice them. You still might make mistakes, but it might take someone that plays that specific instrument to notice them.

Eventually it might take someone that has played that specific piece on that specific instrument.

And eventually it might take someone who has played that specific piece on that specific instrument and has more developed technique than you to notice those tiny mistakes.

Unfortunately the ‘mistakes’ don’t go away. But they do get smaller and less noticeable.

Eventually becoming so small that you don’t view them as mistakes anymore, just things to practice for next time.

ISJ