Finding Your Flow: Illuminating insights into the true nature of Musical Time and how to cultivate a full-body sense of Rhythm…
Musical Time: Finding Your Flow (Micro-Lessons)
Developing a deep sense of musical time isn’t about counting numbers in your head. It’s about feeling motion in your entire body. ~ fjp
Rhythm, even without pitches, is a musical LANGUAGE in and of itself. ~ fjp
Musical rhythm and musical technique are INSEPARABLE! ~ fjp
Rhythm is just as important as the notes you play. ~ fjp
Playing “with good time” is not about robotic precision, but about learning how to dance. ~ fjp
Musical time is a very delicate fabric. Any attempt to fight its natural flow will tear the threads. ~ fjp
Musical time lives and breathes in the way you MOVE your body! ~ fjp
Musical Rhythm always flows OUTWARD: from your torso, through your shoulders, through your arms, through your hands, and into your fingers. ~ fjp
Rhythm should always feel NATURAL… ebbing, flowing, and breathing with each musical phrase. ~ fjp
Musical Rhythm is achieved NOT by machine-like precision, but by fluid CHOREOGRAPHY! ~ fjp
TIME NEVER STOPS. Time keeps flowing… even in-between the notes... especially in-between the notes. ~ fjp
Don’t try to keep time with your fingers. Express the rhythm with your entire body and let your fingers go along for the ride. ~ fjp
You cannot MAKE musical time happen. You can only ALLOW musical time to happen. ~ fjp
Musical rhythm has the power to MOVE people… literally and figuratively… transforming your audience from passive listeners into active participants. ~ fjp
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