(quoting myself) it's really easy for me to start doing it wrong by listening to someone else
The weird thing is that this doesn't seem to apply to intonation. Not that I never have intonation problems, but not because of that.
You know how if someone can sing a melodic line on their own and not get thrown by other people singing other notes near them, they are called "a strong singer"? Even though it's not about volume, it's a cognitive thing? And a "weak singer" in that context isn't one who'll get drowned out, it's one who'll start singing the notes the other people are singing? In that context I have always been "a strong singer".
I mean, loud too, but in that I could be relied to keep singing the alto line even if I was the only alto and there were two sopranos to my right and a tenor to my left, and not accidentally follow the sopranos. So that's a different cognitive task for me, apparently.
i actually am quite good at visualising/feeling myself doing activities, and can mentally rehearse to good effect this way.
Oh! I think I get it now. Your 'visualisation' in that context is not visual, it's kinaesthetic. And mine (in that context) is tonal and verbal but not kinaesthetic, and the reason that I'm influenced by other people's technique but not their pitch is that they're completely different functions in my head, and that's why I can memorise music way more easily than I can learn technique.
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Date: 2015-09-26 09:31 am (UTC)The weird thing is that this doesn't seem to apply to intonation. Not that I never have intonation problems, but not because of that.
You know how if someone can sing a melodic line on their own and not get thrown by other people singing other notes near them, they are called "a strong singer"? Even though it's not about volume, it's a cognitive thing? And a "weak singer" in that context isn't one who'll get drowned out, it's one who'll start singing the notes the other people are singing? In that context I have always been "a strong singer".
I mean, loud too, but in that I could be relied to keep singing the alto line even if I was the only alto and there were two sopranos to my right and a tenor to my left, and not accidentally follow the sopranos. So that's a different cognitive task for me, apparently.
i actually am quite good at visualising/feeling myself doing activities, and can mentally rehearse to good effect this way.
Oh! I think I get it now. Your 'visualisation' in that context is not visual, it's kinaesthetic. And mine (in that context) is tonal and verbal but not kinaesthetic, and the reason that I'm influenced by other people's technique but not their pitch is that they're completely different functions in my head, and that's why I can memorise music way more easily than I can learn technique.