[Harp-L] Playing in your head and reading music

[Jordan Feldman]

lol-I've made quite a bit of progress practicing while driving.
Not so much my playing, but have gotten really good at steering with my knees.

> On Dec 19, 2016, at 10:08 AM, Leonard Schwartzberg <leonard1 at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> As best as I can tell, the difference 'tween the blues player on unicycle
> playing harmonica and the businessman playing harmonica on his shiny 28
> speed bicycle is:  Attire.
> 
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> From: Harp-L [mailto:harp-l-bounces at xxxxx] On Behalf Of Tin Lizzie
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 9:26 AM
> To: harp-l at xxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Playing in your head and reading music
> 
> Hi, Aongus!
> 
> I am not a neuro-scientist, but I have a keen layman's interest in that kind
> of stuff.  I heard someone say, once, "I could never learn to juggle well
> until I tried to  *talk*  and juggle at the same time."   Something about
> forcing your brain to 'automate' a skill by increasing the workload with an
> added skill.  So, clearly, we should all start playing harmonica while
> riding unicycles!
> 
> Tin Lizzie
> 
> 
> On Dec 19, 2016, at 8:56 AM, Aongus Mac Canawrote:
> 
>> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:27:17 -0000
>> From: "Aongus Mac Cana" <amaccana at xxxxx>
>> To: "Harp-L List" <harp-l at xxxxx>
>> Subject: [Harp-L] Playing in your head and reading music
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>> I don't know if there are any Neuro-Scientists on this  list, but I am
>> fascinated by how you can get skills like driving, playing golf, reading
> and
>> playing music into the "automatic pilot" section of your "chip" .
>> 
>> <snip>
> 
>> Do these geriatric ramblings ring a bell with any of you guys?
>> 
>> Beannachtai
>> 
>> Aongus Mac Cana
> 
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