Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, Charlie Parker said it best - to learn everything you know about your instrument, then forget everything and play, i.e. let the instinct take over. As an aside, George Lucas said much the same thing - "May the force be with you"! Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:08 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > On Jan 4, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Bill Pearce wrote: > >> In my experience, I have found that it takes a very special unusual person >> to be able to apply that level of technical regidity in a way that does >> not >> sap the life from art. > > > Yet the application of technical rigidity is necessary in the learning > process > of most arts and crafts. > A violin student must learn where to find the notes > and how to use the bow to extract and sustain them. > Hours of trial and error, repetition and practice > causes the "technical rigidity" to disappear > into the art of performance. > > Of course if we had a digital violin > with auto fretless fingering, auto bow use, > auto chords, auto melody, auto symphonic mode, auto bluegrass mode, etc. > perhaps we could do away with learning the instrument; > and simply dial in our creativity and push the button > to produce the music to suit our mood. > > ;~) > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >