Re: [Harp-L] Figuring out what you're hearing in your head

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

new approach ....
 
Instead of "playing a scale"  "playing an arpeggio", begin to perceive  them 
less as entities unto themselves and more as Note Choices. Call it  "exploring 
the note choices stepwise" "exploring the note choices interval  wise".
 
The goal, as I see it, it to have a solid grasp of all the note choices you  
have at any time based on your level of knowledge of chordal  
structure/harmonies. The choices should dance at the front of your imagination  and your 
ability to pick out the ones you "hear" in your mind's ear immediately  directly 
affects your flow of ideas.
 
Playing a scale usually results in running up and down from bottom to top  
and back without sinking into how each note sounds and their relationships with  
each other. It becomes habitual without much depth - in other words, it takes 
 longer to GET IT when you approach the endeavor as playing a scale, playing 
an  arpeggio (not to say that it doesn't have value in teaching where the 
notes  live, just that there is a shorter path to deeper understanding by changing 
how  you approach the procedure).
 
 
In a message dated 3/4/2009 8:02:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

playing  the scale

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