How is it Possible?

Scott Henderson · Post by **Scott Henderson** » 13 Nov 2005 7:42 am

A good teacher presents a thought or idea and lets his students run with it!
GOOD JOB REECE!!!!!

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Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 13 Nov 2005 8:26 am

I have read everyones post and it looks like everything was covered very well.

As for me, I like to know my chords, theory and my fretboard to know where everything is. It is, as Reece says, a very complicated procedure.

After a few(??) years of playing, I don't have to think about it, so thankfully, it became automatic. The human brain is really something.......al

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Jim Stahlhut · Post by **Jim Stahlhut** » 13 Nov 2005 11:15 am

For me it's years of practice, study, listening, and transcribing. Then years of playing and experimenting until it matures and you learn to SPEAK the language correctly and you can let the music just flow out of your brain and the body takes care of the rest. Music is certainly a language and you need to live in it long enough and deep enough to speak it fluently. But what do I know I'm a just Jazz guitar player???

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 13 Nov 2005 8:38 pm

Yes it certainly is a language,
and one that crosses lingustic borders too.

You need don't need too know how to speak English
to understand what an english speaking steeler is playing.

But if your head doesn't get past Britney Spears pop,
then you'll likely have a hard time with Doug J. playing Anthropology...

Just like holding an extended, wide-ranging conversation
with several very intelegent people,
you need to have the experience,
reinforced knowlege of lingistic variations,
and knowlege base in fact or fantasy
to really carry some verbal water to the well.

Just like improvising on an instrument,
some people have the expirience and memories
to hear something new, and then pull
new thoughts out and put them in play.

When we improvise on stage, like at a jam,
we have some references to what's happening,
but are pulling from past repetitions to make
a fluid set of best guesses of what to do (or say)next.

Again muscle memory (mouth / tounge)coupled with lingustic experience,
or muscle memory (knees, legs feet, fingers)
and the practiced theory of repeated chord patterns
and our individual collective melodic memory.

The interesting players for me can "communicate feelings".
The very best can communicate to ;
the simple chord pattern and minimalist melodic crowd,
and do it with warmth and emotion.

AND those in need of much more input per minute,
but who still have that need for "feeling"
with-in that faster frame work.

Buddy, Reece and Doug Jernigan, to name only 3,
fit this description well.
More power too them!
[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 13 November 2005 at 08:42 PM.]

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 14 Nov 2005 3:51 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Learn to play with analytical left brain (thinking)

then perform with intuitive right brain (soul).<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
It seems that the 'aha!' comes when the two start cooking together.

Now I know better than to think when I'm playing the piano.

Leila, I know what you mean.

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 14 Nov 2005 6:03 am

Was the question how we use all these senses/skills to perform,,,,,,or how we "learn" to perform?????? After we reach a level of learned ability,,,then we perform in the zone. The ease with which we perform depends on the depth of "zone" we're in,,,which in turn depends on how well we've "learned",,,,

Sidney Ralph Penton · Post by **Sidney Ralph Penton** » 14 Nov 2005 11:19 pm

i have been playing for 18 months or little longer. the key to it all is desire. if you don't have the desire to play then you loose it. no one has the desire to cut off a leg or a hand so they don't do it. if you don't have the desire to play you will not play or play for long. i was on a web site don't know which one before i started trying to play psg and about 75% of the sample songs by all different brands of psg was gospel. when i heard the song amazing grace i got the desire to learn how to play. got me a carter starter then went to a carter U12 and ended up with the best a zum steel. i am learning how to play gospel music and what i really enjoy doing is playing in churches and then speaking of our lord, what he has done for me and what he can do for you. one of the subjects i speak of is "DESIRE" if your going to do something in life you have to have the desire to do it. and that can be applied to your christian life also. just my thoughts. thanks doc.

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