I firmly believe that the ‘joke’ was no doubt created by a male intended to poke fun at a female - so, yes, sexism.
BUT
What if a female were to proudly claim ownership of the concept and come out of the situation as the smart cookie.
A person able to look at an object and recognise its potential for use as a tool to perform an entirely different job to that it was designed for.
Like the coke can and the shim.
Wouldn’t that female be having the last laugh?
Would the sexism within the joke dissolve and cease to exist?
I hope so.
And I hope that my little journey into sexual politics can be forgiven and excused.
And wouldn’t that fall nicely within the a paraphrasing of Justin’s mantra?
If it (the object being used for a non-assigned purpose) works good, it is good
I have found this to be my experience over the last 4+ years, having started Justin’s great PMT course very early in my journey.
I think this theory course, highly practical, is the pinnacle of Justin’s many works. Couple that with someone @Richard_close2u 's calibre, and we’re all on a winner here.
It has however, also been the bedrock of my practical development. Sure, I’ve put in hard work, lots on practice on technique, chord, scale work like everyone has to.
But it has been the theory I believe that has progressively allowed me to spend greater QUALITY time on guitar; and in certain ways become my own teacher. Stick with it. It will reward you exponentially. I am starting to realise I am only yet scratching the outer surface.
Moi aussi.
Although I’m a mono-linguist (we English speakers are not so good at learning other languages sadly) so can only explore in my mother tongue.
Inspiring indeed
Yes, I started with PMT early on as well, then I found Richard’s articles, and I agree the combination is great.
What makes me most happy, is that my “lightbulb”-moment is based on a usecase over in the “beginner songwriter” group. Practice and theory compliment each other beautifully for me at the moment.
