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	<description>The Art of Virtuosity</description>
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		<title>A dinner conversation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was having dinner with a musician friend the other day, and the conversation turned to the subject of when is an optimal age to start playing the guitar. The friend said something to the effect that anyone who starts playing the guitar after age 14 should really give up as it’s already too late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A third factor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I mentioned two essential factors of speed, which are relaxation and alignment. In this post, I’ll bring in a third factor which is trajectory. Proper alignment is critical in good playing – you have to make sure that the different elements in your your body are balanced with one another. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two important factors of speed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speed is an important part of virtuosity; in fact, most people seem to think of it as a key defining quality of virtuosity. That’s not true, of course, virtuosity is more than just about moving fast. For me, it’s about attaining a deep level of understanding of a task, achieving a mastery that enables you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A desiderata of the guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote the Desiderata of the Guitar a number of years ago and had completely forgotten about it. That is, until recently, when I rediscovered it while doing some spring cleaning on the site. I found the sentiments expressed in the piece as relevant as ever and fit well with the philosophy espoused in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The follow-through redux</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a concept, the follow-through has never made any sense to me. Why carry on the stroke after you’ve already plucked the string? Once you’ve plucked the string, any movement after that is superfluous. It also has an inherent flaw. It changes the target of the stroke from plucking the string to carrying the finger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Push or pull – a clarification</title>
		<link>http://philiphii.com/2011/11/push-or-pull-a-clarification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of years ago, I wrote an article titled “Projection on the Guitar” where I described a stroke called the push-stroke. I learned the technique from Julian Byzantine. The idea is to push your finger into the string before you pluck it. This produces greater vertical displacement of the string which in turn results [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Music School</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the world of providing instrumental music lessons, there’s an unwritten code out there. Let’s say you’re a musician turned businessperson and you want to start a private music school. You rent the premises, you do the advertising, you pay the bills, and you hire teachers to teach for you and you split the takings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Hansen&#8217;s Tao Te Ching</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I probably have the biggest collection of the Tao Te Ching in Texas. This photo of my bookshelf will attest to that. Twenty-five different versions in the photo with at least one stray version which I couldn’t locate. &#160; What is it about this ancient text that holds such fascination for me? I had never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing pieces for performance –  six levels of commitment</title>
		<link>http://philiphii.com/2011/11/preparing-pieces-for-performance-%e2%80%93-six-levels-of-commitment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My good friend Miguel de Maria asked me if I could write a few words on how to prepare pieces for performance. I really don’t have much to say as I don’t have any fixed system, so I thought I’ll just share some general observations on what I&#8217;ve seen others do. &#160; Over the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to be extraordinary &#8211; a new book</title>
		<link>http://philiphii.com/2011/10/how-to-be-extraordinary-a-new-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not easy to be a guitarist these days. Good guitar players are a dime a dozen. Just check out youtube and you’ll see what I mean. So how do you make an impact? How do you stand out from the crowd? You become extraordinary. And that’s the subject of my latest book, “How to [...]]]></description>
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