I agree re Wooten's book, the other titles are interesting here. I am slowly grinding my way though one called "The Perfect Wrong Note" by William Westney. It is geared to piano, however the tips can be used by anyone. It is about learning to trust your musical self and offers great suggestions to improve the pay off when practicing with an eye to efficient use of time to improve overall playing.
It is very dry, but the ideas are top drawer. linda On Sep 17, 1:33 am, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > If you haven't seen or heard about Victor Wooten's book, "The Music > Lesson", you might look it up. It's a bit of a flight of fantasy > (maybe?), but he does get to the heart of the subject. I seem to > remember Tater saying something about reading it at one point or > another. > > While I'm on the subject of books, another one I like is called "The > Art of Practicing" by Madeline Bruser. It's got all kinds of stretches > in it and really focuses on posture/relaxing/no tension/no injuries > while playing. It also explores the deeper meaning of playing music, > as does Victor's book. > > There's another book whose title escapes me at the moment (my memory > is good, it's just short), a kind of journal about a classical > guitarist who has quit playing for a while and then picks up the > guitar again. The book is about his rediscovery of his love for > playing music. I remember it as having some good stuff in it. Anyone > know the title of that one? > > What books have you folks found that have helped you deepen your > understanding of playing music? I'm not talking mando instruction > books as much as books that explore playing/practicing music. Maybe we > could start at Taterbug Reading List. > > -- > My CD of original tunes played on mandolin, mandola, and > mandocellohttp://www.HillbillyChamberMusic.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
