Chapter Summary: Imagination and visualization are powerful tools when it comes to practicing and honing a very specific skill within another skill. Visualizing implies not only seeing the action in your head, but especially as it applies to music it requires hearing, feeling, and experiencing as well. For musicians that means we can imagine ourselves in a concert hall, at an audition, and even imagine singing our pieces without ever producing audible sound. This kind of practice has its practical uses and can even be more effective at times than actually vocalizing sound.
Key Concept: Visualizing a piece of music can help us to gain a deeper understanding of the work and to practice without having to vocalize.
Key Terms: Visualization
Making Connections: Well, I wish I would have known about and practiced this technique earlier in my life. My silent, non-vocal practicing in my head sessions have never felt very productive. I can map out a piece in my head but actually imagining myself singing it is something I haven't been able to do very well that I need to work on.
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