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Lon Stetz
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Hi Dave -
This is a good question that often comes up in discussion. I walk around with a picture of a 5 octave marimba in my wallet. When i want to practice exercises out of MOM, Ideo Kinetics or work on a particular marimba piece, i will take the picture out and simply stare at it. Visualizing mentally that i am at the instrument practicing.
To make sure you get the most of this technique, i recommend that you are in a quiet, open environment condusive to your practicing where you can concentrate fully. I also recommend that you do this technique in a private setting, many people,who are not marimbists,will tend to stare at you thinking your weird or something if you do it out in public.
If you are unable to find a marimba pic, another technique i use is that i will memorize a piece of music such as Seuyoshi Mirage, then once the piece is all memorized i will mentally visualize that i am practicing that piece at the marimba. I find that if you close your eyes and visualize meditatively that your practicing it will maximize your results.
Best of luck in your studies.
Sincerely, Lon Stetz
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