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  • Noa Kageyama

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    November 22, 2016 at 10:46 am

    Good question. The clear intention is more the “what” step, as in hearing very clearly exactly what you want the first note to sound like. The process is more the “how” step, as in reminding yourself how it feels kinesthetically when you execute exactly as you’d like, effortlessly and with ease.

    The order is deliberate, but that being said, you can certainly experiment with rearranging the steps to suit you, and eventually, you’ll be doing a number of the steps simultaneously, or mashed together anyhow. The end result is less of a sequential checklist and more of an organic, natural process. Hope this helps to clarify!

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