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Re: Some Beginner Questions

Author: autumnsilence
Date: 2008-08-03 05:37

I agree that it is much different from person to person, but also by how advanced/comfortable you are with the instrument and how much you 'understand' it in a sense. When i first learn a new instrument, when i play my mind feels a little confused or 'cluttered' i guess because when trying to play a extremely simple passage i have to stop and think about the individual finger placements of each note and it gets a little frustrating at first. But once you get comfortable with it, it becomes second nature. Like after about a year or two maybe (dont remember when it happened) but I can glance at a note and immediately without even thinking about it i know the name and fingerings for the note. (although i would like to be able to hear the pitch of the note befoe i play it..) after that harder passages become easier once you get used to changing between fingerings at a faster pace and without thinking much about it.. put in simple words, depending on what im playing, i usualy think about trying to be expressive and where and how i can do it, or i am simultaniously listening to the rest of the band and all the individual melodies and harmonies amongst the mix. When i am doing a very difficult passage, im thinking about the note pattern while im doing it or a little bit ahead. Mostly after playing it once or twice i get absorbed in the music and am focusing on the whole thing instead of only my individual part.

dont know if that makes sense but thats the only way i can explain it.

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