It is amazing what a tired mind can do: Orchestra, 4 hours of sleep in 48 hours, we were learning Happy Birthday. We were to start on the open D string, but, somehow, I started an octave lower with the bass, first finger on the C string. Well the first time through, I played it pretty well just by ear. Then I started listening to where my fingers were supposed to be, and since I was on the wrong string, proceeded to made very odd sounds. My tired brain could not deal with the conflicting information entering my ears, that my fingers were doing the right thing and getting the wrong results and so I had a total brain fart. I could not remember the names of the strings or play a single note despite some very kind efforts to help me. I sat numbly a while and then thought about D. I can always find C so D would be a full step up. C is third finger on the G string so D must be the next string. All of a sudden everything snapped back into focus. It was all a matter of perception
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:59:10 +0000
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