"Free Play; Improvisation in Life and Art" by Stephen Nachmonovitch is another partially dry but good read on improvising. Bugger
On Sep 16, 7:24 pm, Linda <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
