Posted by: greg ®
11/14/2008, 01:06:28
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Although I agree that playing reperoire is dangerous while retraining I believe it could also be useful if you do it wisely. After each practice session I deliberately play music (extremely slowly of course) BUT concentrating on the correct and relaxed way of plucking and not performing musically correctly whatever I play. This way my brain associates the instrument, music and playing with the feeling of ease. This to me is a very important step: that I not only intellectually but emotionally change my attitude towards my instrument. I also check myself if I truly feel the change or just believe that I feel it (two different things) - when my students play their basses I listen to how I feel. Do I feel relaxed when watching their plucking fingers or do I feel tense - basically do I want to see it or not? There are two master factors determinig our emotions: fear or desire. Being musicians we are all sensitive and are exposed to either so in my view it is definitely an issue.
Modified by greg at Fri, Nov 14, 2008, 01:09:01
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