Author: PrincessJ
Date: 2010-12-31 14:16
Amen, Tony.
I had another dream last night about a weird, skinny rosewood clarinet that had the voice of a thousand angels. I found it connected to the back of a book.
Last night before I went to sleep, I was practicing a solo which consists entirely of high-speed arpeggios, and in that dream, on that little instrument, I was able to play it cleanly and up to speed.
I've heard a lot of success stories in regards to practicing in dreams, some folks have even taken up lucid dreaming to practice sports from what I've read, being an avid dream scientist, it makes quite a bit of sense.
I've had much success with it myself, I've composed music from things I've woken up with stuck in my head, as a matter of fact most of my pieces are dream-inspired.
When it comes to the clarinet, my dreams are actually what inspired me to take up playing the instrument, the one posted earlier in this thread especially, which I had quite some time ago. Most of my dreams are stories and adventures, and it's difficult to resist writing them down. Many people keep a dream journal for psychological reasons, however I keep one purely for entertainment. I'm not one to believe in dream definition, as a cigar can mean one thing to one person, but to the other, it is simply a cigar.
That being said, if I play an instrument or practice a piece shortly before bed, I inevitably dream of that piece, and wake up the next morning, having heard myself play the piece perfectly all night, with motivation to continue improving upon said piece.
Happy 2011!
-Jenn
Circa 1940s Zebra Pan Am
1972 Noblet Paris 27
Leblanc Bliss 210
1928 Selmer Full Boehm in A
Amateur tech, amateur clarinetist, looking to learn!
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