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

[Jordan Feldman]

Check out Carmine Caruso.  He was a music educator that would have you play exercises while tapping your foot and stressed that you focus on your foot...

> On Dec 19, 2016, at 9:26 AM, Tin Lizzie <TrackHarpL at xxxxx> wrote:
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> Hi, Aongus!
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> 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!
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> Tin Lizzie
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> On Dec 19, 2016, at 8:56 AM, Aongus Mac Canawrote:
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>> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:27:17 -0000
>> From: "Aongus Mac Cana" <amaccana at xxxxx>
>> To: "Harp-L List" <harp-l at xxxxx>
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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" .
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>> <snip>
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>> Do these geriatric ramblings ring a bell with any of you guys?
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>> Beannachtai
>> 
>> Aongus Mac Cana
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