https://www.musical-u.com/learn/you-cant-learn-to-swim-in-a-barrel-full-of-water/
I forget where I first heard the saying: “You can’t learn to swim in a barrel full of water”
What do I mean by that?
Well, just as you are only fooling yourself if you splash about in a barrel of water and call it “swimming”, so too are you fooling yourself if you manage to divorce your musical training from… music!
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/you-cant-learn-to-swim-in-a-barrel-full-of-water/