I would find this use of a computer terribly unhelpful for myself. I can see how this could be helpful in working out the compositional structure of a piece, however listening to it in order to learn about how a pieces goes would really block my personal interpretation in performance. You're getting the computer's rendition of the piece, and I would think listening to that sterile version so many times would embed it into your subconcious conception of how it should go. I try to avoid listening to any recording of a piece I'm learning until my own conception has become manifest to some degree. (Only at that point do I return to professional recordings in order to discourage myself, or force me to realize how much work I still have to go!)
This should really even happen apart from the mechanics of playing - if you can sing the piece (aurally or mentally) both away from the instrument and while playing, it makes usually makes it a lot easier to overcome technical problems. This is because you now have a musical reason to manifest these or those notes a certain meaningful way rather than simply thinking of them as awkward technical turns. Ideally, all of the work you put in on exercises, excised excerpts of pieces, etc., are only part of the practice routine in order to teach your fingers the freedom to "sing" what you have in your head. Instead of focusing on "Ok... first finger, third finger, index finger on the 4th string... now the fast bit" you get to the point of the piece as a musical whole. Tough work, this. - But very rewarding in the end! Chris --- Vance Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's an interesting gambit to take. I like it but > don't have the > resources to pull it off, wish I did it would make > figuring out the voicing > a lot easier and clearly identifying the errors in > the tablature if any. > > Vance Wood. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Other" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute list" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 12:42 PM > Subject: Re: Practice Habits > > > On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:33:34 -0700, Vance Wood > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There has not been a great deal of response on the > subject of practice. > > This > > leads me to believe that people are uninterested > or are doing what I did > > for > > many years, specifically, playing the same piece > over and over till I > > thought I got it right----which was seldom, if the > truth be known. > > I like to work up the piece on the computer using > Harmony Assistant from > Myriad Software (www.myriad-online.com) > > In conjunction with their Virtual Singer software > version that comes with > Harmony Assistant, you can work up the piece with > vocals and instruments. > Then I record the output to audio cassette tape > (record it multiple times > to fill up an entire side of 60 minute audio tape.) > Finally, I go for a > long walk and listen to the tape, hearing the > instrumental and vocal parts > over and over, letting it soak into the brain. > > It's easier for me to sing or play a piece when it's > already in my > subconscious. > > "The Other" Stephen Stubbs. > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com
