Dave Wirth
He/She with the most patience, wins.
Patience is a highly sought-after, and usually unavailable, commodity. I often wonder if the people who are patient and are willing to wait in order to get what they want get ignored needlessly. It's not like having patience is sexy. It's not like it's the meaning of life either. It sure helps though. The trick with patience, as my good friend Jay puts it, is learning how to play with tension. To play chess, one has to rely on strategy. Strategy relies on tension. Playing with tension means having patience.
Guitar could be enhanced by developing all three. The tension of not knowing how to do a particular skill that is beyond one's technical ability often is the reason why many people quit. Taking lessons from any teacher is a great strategy for learning because the teacher can help to alleviate that tension with empathy (hopefully). They know where their students are at, and they know how to help. The students learn, let go, and then move on.
Learning to play with tension means learning how to let go and have patience that eventually we will be on top. The reward is monstrous anyways: Satisfaction.
