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Originally Posted by Gordon Currie
I've been attempting to get to this point with almost everything I play - with great results. Even improvisation. I find that if I rely on my 'mental map' of the fingerboard, I remove a dependency on seeing+interpreting that can be dicey on dark stages. Even though I might open my eyes, I am not visually focused on anything, which means (for me) my other senses - hearing and touch - become much more present.
I think this technique is more powerful than I ever realized.
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Thanks for this suggestion, Gordon and Wrighty.
Every week my teacher gives me some new exercises that involve scales and patterns that are new to me. I have a hard time internalizing them so that I can just play rather than sight read, and that leads to mistakes.
Closing my eyes last night gave me immediate results. Of course I may still choke at my lesson tonight
