Next step we are practicing, we are rehearsing these musical concepts, our expression, our artistic interpretation... Or we may be about to perform a piece...
How is this different from forming and developing?
It is about Listening and being present...
Once the music is in us we are ready to practice, rehearse and/or perform...
So, how do we have our artistic, authentic interpretation be so clear and still be open to the moment, to what is being sounded, communicated through our music making?
We have to be present, open to the moment, to really listen to what is coming out of our instrument. Sometimes we may think we are hearing what we want to hear, instead of what is actually being sounded. How do you really hear what is coming our of your instrument?
Refining how you Listen is one the most important things you can do to transform your playing. Being open to the moment, not the past, or future is the best place to be when you are playing, practicing, performing...
This being alive to the moment, open and present, is part of what makes live music so amazing! It is the risk of what may happen... ahhh the possibilities!!!
The important part is to be present, to enjoy the music you are making in the moment. In this place there is life, vitality, possibility, a place with magical moments of music making.
So, Imagine, educate, inspire, refine, define, open, explore, develop your interpretation.. get clear... and then allow the present to breathe life into you and the music.
Listen first.... and become a part of the music...
Listening,
Jennifer
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