Connecting Your Head and Your Hands
“Connecting Your Head and Your Hands” by Lee Vinson
This article addresses the connection between technical practice and mental visualization in preparing excerpts for an audition.
I approach audition excerpts in two different ways. I first address an excerpt from a purely technical point of view. I try to tackle any technical problems independently from the excerpt by creating simple exercises that apply directly to the issues presented in the music. Secondly, I want to be mentally prepared to perform an excerpt. I do this through a variety of visualization techniques which we will discuss below. (more…)
