I have heard good things about a book called Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner.
http://www.amazon.com/Effortless-Mastery-Liberating-Master-Musician/dp/156224003X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1284995951&sr=1-1 On Monday, September 20, 2010, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > "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. > > -- 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.
