[LUTE] Re: Physiology of being warmed up.
- Original Message - From: Herbert Ward wa...@physics.utexas.edu To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 9:58 AM Subject: [LUTE] Physiology of being warmed up .Can drugs help?... Jazz trumpeter Bunny Berigan was once confronted by a fan who said, You play so beautifully, but you're so stoned. How can you play so beautifully when you're so stoned? Berigan replied, The secret is to practice stoned. Gary To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Physiology of being warmed up.
In my opinion, its definitely not just in the brain. If I try to play early in the morning, even after I've had my caffeine, the fingers of both hands just don't work all that well. By the afternoon the brain may be sluggish and in need of a nap, but the fingers are warm and much more capable. Of course you need both the mental and finger facility. But clearly warmed up fingers is really a physical thing. Suzanne Since being warmed up is a major part of lute playing, I wonder whether anyone knows about the physiology of being warmed up? Is being warmed up in the brain? In the muscles? In the spinal cord? Can one learn not to need it? Can drugs help? Is it related to the distinction between short-term memory and long-term memory? What everyday lute playing wisdom might shed light on the question? Etc. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Physiology of being warmed up.
This discussion is probably more hypothetical than objective, being determined by the individual player more than an over all axiom. I think that the actual effort of warming up the hands plays a dual purpose; that of warming up the focus. As the hands become mobile the mind becomes more intent on the labor. As the mind becomes more intent on the labor and focused on the music the hands become less tense and more in harmony with the mind. If your mind is wandering to the itch in your back side your hands are less with what your mind is doing or wanting to do. I know that is a crude metaphor but it does demonstrate what I believe is the occasion to double mindedness where the total commitment of the mind hinders the commitment of the hands. - Original Message - From: Suzanne and Wayne angevin...@att.net To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 1:59 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Physiology of being warmed up. In my opinion, its definitely not just in the brain. If I try to play early in the morning, even after I've had my caffeine, the fingers of both hands just don't work all that well. By the afternoon the brain may be sluggish and in need of a nap, but the fingers are warm and much more capable. Of course you need both the mental and finger facility. But clearly warmed up fingers is really a physical thing. Suzanne Since being warmed up is a major part of lute playing, I wonder whether anyone knows about the physiology of being warmed up? Is being warmed up in the brain? In the muscles? In the spinal cord? Can one learn not to need it? Can drugs help? Is it related to the distinction between short-term memory and long-term memory? What everyday lute playing wisdom might shed light on the question? Etc. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4707 (20091221) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4707 (20091221) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
[LUTE] Re: Physiology of being warmed up.
this seems not too bad for a start: [1]http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/2008/12/26/warming-up-why-bother/ -- References 1. http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/2008/12/26/warming-up-why-bother/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Physiology of being warmed up.
Parkour lute! Playing Dowland while running up walls and leaping over buildings. I have to see this. Youtube, anyone? P 2009/12/21 Franz Mechsner [1]franz.mechs...@northumbria.ac.uk this seems not too bad for a start: [1][2]http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/2008/12/26/warming-up-why-bother/ -- References 1. [3]http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/2008/12/26/warming-up-why-bother/ To get on or off this list see list information at [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:franz.mechs...@northumbria.ac.uk 2. http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/2008/12/26/warming-up-why-bother/ 3. http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/2008/12/26/warming-up-why-bother/ 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
