Re: [Harp-L] Singing Ability

["Splash!" <celtiac@xxxxxxxxx>]

I wasn't going to respond to this thread but Richard, you caught my exact 
feeling when I read it too.

As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be.

Or, for them who read scriptures, "In the beginning, was the WORD.  And the 
WORD was GoD, and the WORD was with God.."  The words we speak to ourselves 
create our feelings, and our feelings lead to actions (or inactions) and our 
actions lead to our results.

In music, as in life, our intentions create the path to our future.

Splash!
P.S. I prefer to use the words "I am..." when I speak to myself with 
intention.  ex-" I am going to find a way to do this..."
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Sleigh"
Subject: [Harp-L] Singing Ability


> Dear John,
>
> I need to make this short, so I'm sorry if this crosses the line into  too 
> blunt.
>
> "In my case, I can't sing a lick, and cannot play anything by ear to  save 
> my life. I can play melodies by reading the tabs, but have great 
> difficulty in remembering or memorizing the tabs, and so cannot play  the 
> melody of a given song without reading the tabs."
>
> These are literally "death sentences" and they will kill your efforts  to 
> do anything effective about learning how to sing or play music the  way 
> you want to.
>
> You gotta stop saying things like this if you want to get anywhere  with 
> your practice. You are deciding ahead of time that you can't do  these 
> things. Is it any wonder that you are frustrated?
>
> How about replacing these sentences with questions like "how can I  learn 
> how to do this?" who can tell me how to do this?" or statements  like " i 
> know there is a way and I am going to find it".
>
> There is a book "The Listening Book" by W.A. Mathieu (ISBN  0-87773-610-3) 
> that deals directly with "tone deaf" people learning  how to sing. Page 
> 128 is the beginning of the relevant chapter.
>
> Check it out!
>
> Richard Sleigh
>
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