--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm not sure how any > > > composer could write any music down without first > > > hearing it in his/her head, any more than a writer > > > writes without first hearing the words in his/her > > > head. ... > > > > Just like writers have different ways of writing so > > do musicians have different ways of composing. > > Yeah, what he said. Just FYI, writers who have to > hear the words in their head before writing them > down are the counterpart of "mouth readers" when > reading. Slows you down and is definitely not > necessary, except maybe for poetry and to get a > strong feel for dialogue. Sometimes the process > is concept --> language, without an intervening > stop at speech. > > I know, I know...somebody's going to come running > in and say something like, "...also without a stop > at thinking," which is possible, but not my point. :-) > I'm just making the point that the idea of the usual > progression as concept --> "hearing" it in your > head --> paper is not always true. Many writers > skip the middle step entirely. >
PHysiologically speaking, I'm willing to bet that EEG and brain imaging of people writing/ speaking/composing will ALWAYS show that intermediate step even if it never gets noticed by the person doing it. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
