--- title: "1 Learning Play Quotes By Howard Roberts" description: "1 Learning Play quotes by Howard Roberts. Plus more from Howard Roberts and more Learning Play sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d95/howard-roberts-52514_acquisition_learning-to-play-the-guitar-is-a-combina_39327.png" --- > [Learning to play the guitar is a combination of mental and motor skill acquisition. And to develop motor skill, repetition is essential... Whenever musicians have trouble executing a passage, they generally tend to blame themselves for not having enough talent.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-roberts/learning-to-play-the-guitar-is-a-combination-of-mental-and-motor/) [Howard Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d95/howard-roberts-52514_acquisition_learning-to-play-the-guitar-is-a-combina_39327.png) ## More by Howard Roberts > [Learning to play the guitar is a combination of mental and motor skill acquisition. And to develop motor skill, repetition is essential... Whenever musicians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-roberts/learning-to-play-the-guitar-is-a-combination-of-mental-and-motor/) [Howard Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-roberts/) > [Whenever you study composition you inevitably encounter Bach right off the bat. You can't get across the room without running into him and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-roberts/whenever-you-study-composition-you-inevitably-encounter-bach-right/) [Howard Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-roberts/) > [I feel an autumnal Saturday, no matter how beautiful, is wasted if it doesn't find me sitting in on a football game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-roberts/i-feel-an-autumnal-saturday-no-matter-how-beautiful-is-wasted-if-it/) [Howard Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-roberts/) > [Chord substitution isn't some mysterious religious sect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-roberts/chord-substitution-isn-t-some-mysterious-religious-sect/) [Howard Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-roberts/) > [A good musician can do more to change society than 30 average mayors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-roberts/a-good-musician-can-do-more-to-change-society-than-30-average-mayors/) [Howard Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-roberts/) > [I've come up with the theory that the music is within. We don't bring it in; it's already there. We have to figure out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-roberts/i-ve-come-up-with-the-theory-that-the-music-is-within-we-don-t-bring/) [Howard Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-roberts/) > [... the hardest studio music to play is Tom & Jerry - cartoons. The music makes absolutely no sense, as music. You can't get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-roberts/the-hardest-studio-music-to-play-is-tom-jerry-cartoons-the-music/) [Howard Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-roberts/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learning-play/howard-roberts/#itemlist", "name": "1 Learning Play Quotes By Howard Roberts", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Learning to play the guitar is a combination of mental and motor skill acquisition. 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