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gerundino63
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Joined: Jul. 11 2003
From: The Netherlands
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RE: Expressing emotions (in reply to Ron.M)
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Hi Ron, Sorry, I cannot agree with you, in my opinion, you really must not" worry about the difficult chainge at the 12 fret" It is the trick, as far as I am thinking, to play in the moment. Play the notes consious when the time arives at the moment to play the note. Play the note and drink it, it feel it, when the time is there for it. And worry about a difficulty when the time is there to play the difficulty and feel that one too. This is my goal, even try to play that way while practicing. Perhaps different people have different aproaching of things.... But remember, the result is what counts. Peter
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Date Oct. 20 2005 20:19:42
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Florian
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From: Adelaide/Australia
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RE: Expressing emotions (in reply to Ryan002)
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When you get angry your muscles become stiff and you dont perform as well, i gues is why the biggest thing in martial arts is to not fight angry as you reflexes are weak and you head is not clear. Also i know that if you performing or playing in front of someone and just a second before you think in your head oh no i am gonna mess the next part up , chances are you do. Your mental preparation is very important, theres never 100 % for everything but i think some things that help : - before playing a piece or anything in front of pple make sure u know it backwoods and when at home you can do it your eyes closed and you 100 % confident with it, so that when you do it in front of pple you might be able to do it at about 90 % or 80 % when nerves get a hold of you. - make a concious effort to keep yourself in the moment, dont let your head race ahed, when we are nervous and playin in front of pple we tend not to be in the moment, is like a blur, we there but not really there, so before starting the piece take a second, touch the chair, or the guitar and aknolodge where you are. At the same time if getting angry works for you and you perform well under it well then do whatever works for you.
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Date Oct. 21 2005 0:18:09
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Ryan002
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From: Singapore
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RE: Expressing emotions (in reply to Ryan002)
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I must confess I feel no small degree of terror at the thought that the audience interprets the piece rather than myself. If meaning is determined by the audience and not the musician, then what can we say of the fact that <Insert Pop Icon's Name> is probably more popular than Haydn or Paco de Lucia these days? If interpretation is the work of the audience, doesn't that turn the musician into a sort of technician who merely creates the notes? Surely the musician still plays a lead role in making meaning? Also, I shudder at the thought of a thousandfold audience making a thousandfold interpretations of a single piece, a sort of potentially infinite multiplication that means the piece means everything (and that is the same as saying it means nothing). It would essentially mean that I cannot communicate anything with certainty through music and my sound becomes ultimately mute, nothing more than a mirror of the audience in front of me. Since they develop the meaning, they hear and experience nothing they have not got from within themselves. (By Nietzche's standards I would then become a writer ) That aside, I notice the symptoms of building anger when I play Bulerias. It's not so much a cathartic release (which is probably healthy) but a sort of slow growing hate / depression that blossoms outward from anger. Usually I merely sound angry, Bulerias actually *makes* me angry. With some more recent contemplation, I now attribute all this now to the fact that I used to play music in order to relieve some form of distress. While it helped before, I have now somehow managed to "infect" the music by actually aligning it with moments when I feel particularly bad.
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Date Oct. 22 2005 17:45:24
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Miguel de Maria
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From: Phoenix, AZ
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RE: Expressing emotions (in reply to Ryan002)
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I used to like moody, sad, wistful things, which is fairly negative, like anger/hate. Eventually I realized that there is enough sadness in the world without wallowing in it. And there is certainly enough hate in the world without embracing it. "You are what you eat." If you like to watch violent movies, wallow in perversion, live an inner life of hate, then that is all there will ever be for you. On the other hand, if you expose yourself to happy people, successful people, and positive thoughts and music then you may be able to cleanse yourself and actually live a tolerable existence. I don't watch the news and rarely watch horror movies for this reason. I also would rather listen to happy music or watch comedy than something that expresses a negative emotion. I repeat that there is enough negativity in the world, as soon as you step out of your private space, enough to go around. Why would you want to bring that **** into your own mind? Try happiness...
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Date Oct. 25 2005 15:58:01
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