tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post116318059671516490..comments2024-03-23T11:40:13.092-05:00Comments on Musical Assumptions: Musical Encounters up and down the fingerboardElaine Finehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-1164069112275784692006-11-20T18:31:00.000-06:002006-11-20T18:31:00.000-06:00Thanks for explaining this in such clear terms! M...Thanks for explaining this in such clear terms! Maybe that's why I have been feeling a little "off" in the head lately. Perhaps it reflects a change of balance between muscle memory and active thinking.Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-1164067182531698852006-11-20T17:59:00.000-06:002006-11-20T17:59:00.000-06:00the connection between hand and ear becomes automa...<I>the connection between hand and ear becomes automatic. It doesn't need to be interpreted by the conscious brain.</I><BR/><BR/>Neat that you should bring this up; my wife told me a few days ago a little about the mechnism of that. I'll try to not mess it up... I guess when you're rehearsing something new with your fingers (or other body part) your motor cortex and supplementary motor cortex, which are part of the brain proper, are sending out commands as well as receiving feedback to and from your fingers through the cerebellum, not exactly part of the main brain. "Muscle memory" is when your cerebellum takes over and communicates on its own with your fingers. It is subconscious. The cerebellum is also the subconscious mechanism that keeps you from going off the road or running a light when you are completely not paying attention to your driving!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com