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Post Subject: Depending on the definition, everything that we think that we sense is psychological - regardless if live or recorded musicPosted by rowuk on: 6/7/2026
Romy, I did take the opportunity to investigate Dr. Teplov and his work. It is very interesting HOW he followed up on Pavlov. I am not so far as to being conclusive about where this all goes, but the idea of the nervous system being core to our senses makes sense to me. I was taught and teach that learning is NOT strictly a matter of enough practice, in fact, many important things in performance are acquired by getting a process started and then NOT pushing for louder, faster, higher, rather to sleep on it and let the nervous system deal with sorting it out. In german we say "abliegen lassen" roughly translated, lay it away and come back later. The important part of this method is to take things in a manner that we can deal with, with no mistakes, to capture the essence of the routine with no errors. Very often, when we return to the same exercize a day or 2 later, we can perform it equally accurately but faster, higher, louder - with equal confidence.
Teplov's focus on the genetic predisposition is more of a problem for me as it leads to the "exclusive club" of those who have it vs those that do not something I do not see in the world around me. I firmly believe that much of Teplov's strength, mobility, balance, and dynamism can be acquired by process (conditioning). What I do not know is how much Teplov had to "satisfy" his soviet ideologs...
In any case, my personal conditioning, balanced by innate capabilities do shape my approach, understanding and pleasure of playback and live instances alike. Funny enough, the same things give me pleasure and annoy me live and recorded. It is not the same experience, but my reaction is the same.Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site