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Yeah, I think when I audiate this happens a lot less even if it is just rhythmic syllables and not actual pitches.
On a good day, my hands are on autopilot and I’m just listening. On the best days not to myself. I think there’s this misconception about how you should hear what you want to play before you play...
Probably is. But not being able to go inside other's heads, what are other people doing in the moment when improvising?
I don't understand My pp wants an ainy And not a male one :smile-new:
I hate to say it but the problem is probably that whole “thinking of a phrase” thing :nightmare:
I'm the one who originally told pauln he hadn't written a correct haiku when he first posed one. So I know the form of a haiku. Was doing a goofy pauln one.
It's not recovering, it's called improvising. I play around with starting and ending phrases early or late all the time. My recent favorite sentence (inspired by a James Blood Ulmer line TBH):...
I learn the lyrics and sing the melody while I practice (or try to figure out by ear) the changes. The lyrics are helpful for the phrasing and for the form. Bruce Forman recommends to learn the...
I find myself thinking of a phrase I want to play and then have a tendency to come in late. This is especially bad if I was envisioning starting on the beat and I come in off of it or vice versa. ...
What is the best way to memorize melodies and how many keys do you REALLY need to know them in? I'm asking specifically for melody because I'm pretty good with chord progressions. So, I've read...
I wonder. If someone posts an NBD (New Bow Day) on a cello forum about their new Douglas Ragusa or Argus T9, do they have to scroll through troll posts about dummy’s paying more than $50 for a bow...
I'm retired and not enjoying it much because I've never had a hobby - always been work whether music or art - could never separate them from the search for money. When the gigs quit after Covid, I,...
Alone Together … some really pleasant-to-listen-to muttering in this one. Enjoy. https://youtu.be/lskOHSMMy3M?si=iSw6-rYp_dKDxK-f
I had pretty much the same symptoms befall my own TomKat model. Took it to my very reliable local tech guy a few months ago, and he couldn't repair it. He did point out, however, that the rest of...
I see chip marks on the fret board binding as if the guitar fell forward and maybe resulted in the neck joint lacquer separation on the opposite end. That washer around the jack hole is awful. I'd...
Starting a phrase late
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