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Learning To Play Music At Any Age With Gary Marcus

Rachel Solomon
02/09/2012 at 8:00 p.m.

Scientist Gary Marcus was never musical as a child. In the fourth grade, he stumbled through "Mary Had A Little Lamb" on the recorder, failing to understand that different notes had different durations. But at age 40, after being bested too many times by the video game "Guitar Hero," Marcus decided to teach himself how to play the guitar. In his book, "Guitar Zero: The New Musician And The Science Of Learning," Marcus investigates how anyone of any age might master a new skill, including addressing the popular myth that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert at something. He spoke — and of course, played some guitar — at the Elliott Bay Book Company on January 27, 2012.

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Gary Marcus spoke at the Elliott Bay Book Company on January 27, 2012.

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Gary Marcus is a professor of psychology and director of the New York University Center for Language And Music, where he studies evolution, language and cognitive development.

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