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user99

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Counting while fast Tempo and repeating pieces

on: February 01, 2013, 01:12:51 PM

Hi, is it normal that trough practicing pieces over and over again I internalize the music so, that I see the notes on paper and don't have to count. It's like a kind of automatism in my mind.

Greets,
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j_menz

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Re: Counting while fast Tempo and repeating pieces

Reply #1 on: February 02, 2013, 05:49:57 AM

Quote from: user99 on February 01, 2013, 01:12:51 PM

Hi, is it normal that trough practicing pieces over and over again I internalize the music so, that I see the notes on paper and don't have to count. It's like a kind of automatism in my mind.

Greets,
User99

Yes. It's normal.

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