Visual-spatial
Visual-spatial skills have been linked to sight-reading ability in orchestra musicians. Before I read this particular research, I already knew that my husband is an amazing sight-reader and he can pack more in the back of the Forrester than I could ever imagine possible. And after I read the research, I wondered if my really quite mediocre visual-spatial aptitude and really quite mediocre sight-reading skills are related.
We're thinking of buying an elliptical machine. Would it fit in the back of the car? I have no idea!
Clearly, the awareness of the page, and the ability to sort out what's on it, is an important ability for a conductor. I'm not so good at these as my husband, and my training is primarily choral, so I have a dickens of a time working with instrumental scores. Visually, the page is so big, there's so much on it, and it's spread out so far, that I just have to spend a lot of time before I'm able to wrap my ears around it.
And this brings me to the point I will make with all the multiple intelligence posts, and which I will also be making tomorrow: knowing one's weaknesses allows a conductor to compensate for them. And how do I compensate for my total lack of a knack for seeing the page?
Preparation.
I spend so much time with my score that I don't really even have to look at it to know what's on it. I know the music so well that the notes on the page are just reminders of the sound in my head rather than instanty instructions of what the sound should be--which is, I understand, how really good readers see music.
Preparation. More on it Thursday.
We're thinking of buying an elliptical machine. Would it fit in the back of the car? I have no idea!
Clearly, the awareness of the page, and the ability to sort out what's on it, is an important ability for a conductor. I'm not so good at these as my husband, and my training is primarily choral, so I have a dickens of a time working with instrumental scores. Visually, the page is so big, there's so much on it, and it's spread out so far, that I just have to spend a lot of time before I'm able to wrap my ears around it.
And this brings me to the point I will make with all the multiple intelligence posts, and which I will also be making tomorrow: knowing one's weaknesses allows a conductor to compensate for them. And how do I compensate for my total lack of a knack for seeing the page?
Preparation.
I spend so much time with my score that I don't really even have to look at it to know what's on it. I know the music so well that the notes on the page are just reminders of the sound in my head rather than instanty instructions of what the sound should be--which is, I understand, how really good readers see music.
Preparation. More on it Thursday.
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