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Can I read Guitar Zero : the New Musician and the Science of Learning on EtoBox?
Guitar Zero : the New Musician and the Science of Learning by Gary Fred Marcus is a music available to read on EtoBox.
What is Guitar Zero : the New Musician and the Science of Learning about?
On the eve of his 40th birthday, Gary Marcus, a renowned scientist with no discernible musical talent, learns to play the guitar and investigates how anyone—of any age —can become musical. Do you have to be born musical to become musical? Do you have to start at the age of six? Using the tools of his day job as a cognitive psychologist, Gary Marcus becomes his own guinea pig as he takes up the guitar. In a powerful and incisive look at how both children and adults become musical, Guitar Zero traces Marcus’s journey, what he learned, and how anyone else can learn, too. A groundbreaking peek into the origins of music in the human brain, this musical journey is also an empowering tale of the mind’s enduring plasticity. Marcus investigates the most effective ways to train body and brain to learn to play an instrument, in a quest that takes him from Suzuki classes to guitar gods. From deliberate and efficient practicing techniques to finding the right music teacher, Marcus translates his own experience—as well as reflections from world-renowned musicians—into practical advice for anyone hoping to become musical, or to learn a new skill. Guitar Zero debunks the popular theory of an i
Who reads Guitar Zero : the New Musician and the Science of Learning?
It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.
Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- Gary Fred Marcus
- Publisher
- Penguin Press HC, The
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781594203176
- Category
- music
- Subjects
- Technology, Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.61 / 5 (1,161 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14