In episode 46 of the guitar music theory podcast. I am Des guitar music theory podcast.

I am Desi Cerna and today we're going to talk about the nature verse nurture debate.

Is guitar talent something you're born with or is it something you develop through study and practice?

How do you know when you've reached your limits and when should you give up on something?

We're going to talk about these things and a lot more, but before we get get started let me remind you to go to my

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in the podcast show notes. The All right, so the nature versus nurture debate, let's talk about it and specifically what it means to

you as a guitar player and the effort you're putting forth into learning the instrument and trying to get better.

And let me just kind of give you a little heads up here.

This is going to be kind of a rant, and I'm going to be kind of rambling here. I'm not working from regular notes like I normally do, but this is just something that's been in my mind and I've had a lot of conversations with students over the years and in person and

through email and I thought you know what let's just let's talk about this and

spoiler alert, I'm going to give you the answer to the big

question right up front, but then we're going to talk more about what that really

means. So the question is, is, you know, doing

something exceptionally well, is it something that you're born with or is it something

that you develop through practice?

And I think the best answer is

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