imagining practice

[Paul Marangoni]

http://www.wimp.com/thoughtpower/

[Dave Goodman]

Love it Paul

[MARACATU]

Thanks for the post... now you got me thinking!

[circh bustom]

Ive been thinking of this(no pun intended) for a long while. I was just a bit hesitant to vocalize it behind the fact I figured most people would tell me I was off my rocker. Thanks for posting.

[langmick]

I've known this for a while.

Be the ball Danny, be the ball.

[Victor Lipman]

I read a book in which there is a chapter about mental practice for musicians.
The author advice is to imagine you are practicing in a relaxed position, when you're about to sleep for example, and try to imagine you are seeing things as if you were holding your instrument.

Like this for drummers : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDKSYfrQNgM

[bclarkio]

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[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

I remember a quote I heard from Jaco Pastorius in my early teens. Since then I started visualizing the guitar neck and learned scale patterns on the bus to and from school. It works great with everything, though. I often mention this to my students both on guitar and drums.

[smoggrocks]

yes, this is what they have you do in dance all the time. you think of your movement in space and in your body. works for anything--even thinking through situations [ie; planning for an uncomfortable discussion].

i recently played my first drumming+singing gig [just one tune]. we only had one rehearsal and i'd never played the song before. but i thought about it a lot. all things considered, and for a first pass, it came out pretty good.

thinking through stuff reduces anxiety, too.

[bclarkio]

I think people use visualization naturally, without thinking about what it is, or how to use it more effectively.

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