I was once asked why I could sight read a piece of music but couldn't remember it to play from memory and I said I didn't know. However my music teacher said that it was probably because I matched the pattern of the notes on the stave to a memory of how my hands felt when I played. Whereas a person playing from memory matched the memory to the how their hands felt.
She always contended that those who sight read should find knitting and crochet easier because it was a pattern of movements linked to a pattern whilst those who played from memory might find drawing easier because they felt the thing they wanted to draw as a movement. I didn't believe this until I started to make lace and then, earlier this year I was taught properly to crochet and pertang! It seemed trued. With two a levels in maths I suppose I bad no challenges in either in numbers or calculations so for me, as has been said beforehand , I see the pattern in the pricking and feel the direction and the movement needed to make it. When I make lace the Aussie has mentioned that I move the bobbins fast but very rhythmically, almost as though I was tapping out a tune. Kind Regards Liz Baker On 8 Jul 2013, at 14:44, Tess Parrish <[email protected]> wrote: > It was my brother the mathematician who pointed out that math is one thing, > calculation another. So those who consider themselves "mathematically > challenged" may only suffer from problems with numbers, and in my case I am > convinced that this started for me in first or second grade with poor > teaching in arithmetic class. However, I am musical, love to solve problems, > tend toward logical thinking--in effect, with the same family genetics as > that brother of mine. I grasp at finding the poetry and music in mathematics, > which he has spent his life knowing. > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
