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As a guitar teacher (and school teacher for that matter) I wonder what goes on inside my students' minds. How do they process, how are they progressing, etc. This article approaches that topic by seeking to understand musicianship. Here's the first bit:

'How do musicians, especially jazz musicians do what they do? How do they remember all those melodies and know to play those long, lush lines of newly-improvised-on-the-spot melodies? Where do their ideas come from and where are they going with them and how do the other players know when to do what and to whom?'

Read the rest at the link below.

Link (http://www.open-spaces.com/article-v5n3-grant.php)

Added on: 2009 02 21