--- Chris Nogy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The other trick my teacher used was to take a piece of > heavy posterboard about 30 x 15, put a string through the corners on > one long side, and hang it around my neck like a shelf to block me > from watching while my left hand worked complex lines of more than my > natural reach.
I will often tape a piece of paper to the back of the keybox I had one I made with " By the time you see it, it's too late!" Printed on it. It's very easy to get hypnotized by the moving keys, so this helps me look at the audience, which they all, for some reason, think is important. Personally I would rather look at a Hurdy Gurdy than an audience, but... > > Being able to instinctively identify intervals is critical to playing > HG well, identifying them without looking, like a fretless string > player. But since you have keys as tactile indicators, learning to > operate them without looking very much strengthens your abilities > with your left hand. Hear,hear! > > They say you have to do something the same way 1000 times in order > for it to become 'spinal reaction', or instinctive (autopilot). OH, I thought they said 160 times, guess I better get back to work. Later, Roy
