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Henry Liebling's avatar

Wonderful stuff.

1. Be there

2. Say no! Might move you to a new situation.

3. Any cycle can be examined/explored at any point. Clockwise? Try anti-clockwise.

4. My favourite graffiti “Only the mediocre are always at their best.” When stuck, Lower your standards. Via Manjusvara “Wolf at the door”.

5. Yorkshire saying. “The man who never made a mistake never made owt.”

6. A favoured strategy of mine as a teacher. Make a plan then bin it if the student(s) agenda is at odds with it. You as the teacher need to wing it!

Very hard to actually explain in words what I do when improvising playing music/jazz. I think I am mainly listening to what comes out and checking how it works with what else is going on. Pattern matching, chord sequence and especially note choice. Feeling with my fingers but barely consciously. Should feel

Like “relaxed awareness”.

To other players/group: am I responding to them? Are they responding to me? Can feel like knowing what they will do. Call and response. Very intuitive. Do not overthink it, in fact barely think at all, just listen and feel.

I’m done. X

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siddhisvari's avatar

I'm so appreciate you writing your newsletters. I always look forward to them. Thank you! X

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