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Being in the moment. Bird quotes: "You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and...
Sometimes I think about chords and pull melodies from them, other times it’s let center noodling. Depends on the song and how I’m feeling. If it’s a song I really know, I’ll try to remember licks...
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...
Starting a phrase late
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